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All Lotteria fast food restaurants in Japan to close by the end of March

• Master Blaster
  Jan 23, 2026
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Lotteria is dead. Long live Zetteria.

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• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Lotte • Lotteria • restaurants • Zensho • Zetteria)

Lotteria releases an unadon eel rice bowl burger in Japan for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Jul 17, 2025

Does this burger really taste like a Japanese rice bowl?  

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • Doyo no Hi • Doyo No Ushi No Hi • eel • fast food • food • limited edition • Lotteria • prawns • review • SNJO • taste test • unadon • unagi)

Identity crises abound with the Okonomiyaki Burger from Lotteria and/or Zetteria in Osaka

• Master Blaster
  Jun 18, 2025

Is it okonomiyaki or a burger and what is the name of this place?

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• Japan
• (fast food • hamburgers • Ikuna Kamezawa • Lotteria • okonomiyaki • Okonomiyaki Burger • Osaka • Zetteria)

New Okonomiyaki Burger flips up the fast food scene in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 26, 2025

Exclusively available in one area of the country.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cool • fast food • food • local specialties • Lotteria • okonomiyaki • Osaka • weird • weird food)

Sakura season begins at Lotteria Japan with new mochi pie and parfait shake

• Oona McGee
  Feb 8, 2025

Sweet treats bring hanami cherry blossom-viewing to the menu for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom • cherry blossom treats • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2025 • chocolate • drinks • hanami • Lotteria • milkshake • pie • sakura • sakura 2025 • sakura drinks • sakura Frappuccino • sweets)

Sukiyaki Torotama burgers stampede back to Japan’s Lotteria for New Year’s luxury

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 15, 2024

Beefy, melty, potentially spicy burgers to end and begin the year with.

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• Japan
• (beef • burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • Lotteria • restaurants • sukiyaki)

New wafu torori hanjuku tsukimi burgers from Lotteria are an edible Japanese vocabulary lesson

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 29, 2024

Linguistics you can taste.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • egg • fast food • food • hamburgers • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • Lotteria • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers)

We tried Korea’s way-too-big King Tonkatsu Burger at Lotteria 【Taste Test】

• Shannon
  Apr 23, 2024

This burger impacts the eyes as much as the stomach.

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• Korea
• (burger chains • Busan • Korean eats • Lotteria • taste test • tonkatsu • tonkatsu burger • tonkatsu sandwiches)

Is Lotteria’s new meat sauce burger a challenge to the reign of Mos Burger’s Japanese classic?

• Dale Roll
  Feb 24, 2024

We taste test to find out!

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• Japan
• (COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Lotteria • meat sauce burger • Mos Burger • SNJO • taste test)

Japan’s giant sukiyaki burgers pair beef with beef for hot pot flavor in sandwich form

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 12, 2024

Lotteria kicks off its sukiyaki fair, which comes with a large side order of Japanese vocabulary.

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• Japan
• (beef • burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Lotteria • sukiyaki)

Japan’s Great Gratin Croquette Burger War begins: McDonald’s vs. Lotteria【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 30, 2023

The battle for the heart and stomach of fast food fans gets started, and our taste buds are the battleground.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • croquettes • fast food • food • gratin • gratin croquette burgers • Gurakoro • Lotteria • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test)

The two best Tsukimi Moon-Viewing burgers in Japan for 2023

• Oona McGee
  Sep 29, 2023

Find out which two chains are the ones to visit when the moon rises on this special festival day.

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• Japan
• (autumn • Egawa Tasuku • fast food • festivals • First Kitchen • limited menu • Lotteria • moon viewing • moon-viewing burgers • review • seasonal menu • SNJO • taste test • tradition • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)

Tokyo’s new burger chain isn’t new, is disappointing, tasty, and hopeful all at once【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 27, 2023

Zetteria both is and isn’t like Lotteria.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Lotteria • restaurants • SNJO • Zeppin Cheeseburger • Zetteria)

What are Lotteria Japan’s tsukimi moon-viewing burgers like this year?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 14, 2023

We find out if these new limited-edition menu items taste as good as they look in the poster.

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• Japan
• (burgers • cheeseburgers • eggs • fall • fast food • hamburgers • Lotteria • sriracha • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)

Lotteria celebrates moon-viewing season with four deliciously eggy, limited-edition sandwiches

• Dale Roll
  Aug 31, 2023

Four brand new sandwiches with an egg and one of two tasty new sauces? Sign us up!

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• Japan
• (burgers • cheeseburgers • eggs • fall • fast food • hamburgers • Lotteria • sriracha • tsukimi • tsukimi burger)

What happens when you combine fries from 8 different fast food chains in Japan?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Apr 2, 2023

Playing God with French fries can have some unexpected consequences.

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• Japan
• (Burger King • COK • Dom Dom Hamburger • fast food • First Kitchen • food • french fries • freshness burger • fries • KFC • Lotteria • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mos Burger • SNJO • taste test)

Lotteria teams up with Demon Slayer for epic hunger-slaying “Oni-on” combos

• Dale Roll
  Mar 31, 2023

Plus, free Demon Slayer stickers with every “Oni-on” combo order!

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• Japan
• (anime • collaboration • Demon Slayer • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba • fast food • hamburgers • Lotteria • rice burgers • sandwiches)

Japanese fast food chain releases “high-protein” sandwich made of fried chicken, bacon, cheese

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 16, 2022

Lotteria takes accentuating the positive to a new extreme with the Hot Wild Chicken Sandwich.

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• Japan
• (crazy • fast food • food • fried chicken • Lotteria • weird)

Lotteria gives us chocolate burgers for Valentine’s Day in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 2, 2022

No fancy frills here — just a whole bar of chocolate wedged inside a bun.

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• Japan
• (burgers • chocolate • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • Lotteria • marketing • promotions • Valentine's Day • weird)

Japanese fast food chain offers “Lonely Christmas” meal packs for the dateless this December

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 22, 2021

You can treat your Christmas blues by treating yourself to some comfort food at a discounted price.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • funny • Lotteria • SNJO)

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