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Masterpieces of Japanese art brought to you through cake and cookies

• Master Blaster
  Sep 29, 2025
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Inspiringly delicious.

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• (art • baumkuchen • culture • food • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • macarons • sweets • The Great Wave off Kanagawa • Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji • ukiyo-e • veautiful)

McDonald’s Japan’s new apple caramel black tea and Kyoho frappes are creatively cool autumn treats

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2024

New fall frappes on the way in time for when the leaves fall.

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• Japan
• (Apple • caramel • drinks • fast food • food • frappes • grape • Kyoho • macarons • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • sweets • tea)

McDonald’s adds new watermelon frappe and fruity macaron to its menu in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 26, 2024

Yamapi and Suzu Hirose get the anime treatment in a whacky new commercial for the summertime treats. 

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• Japan
• (commercials • drinks • fast food • food • frappe • fruit • Japanese commercials • macarons • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • pineapple • Suzu Hirose • sweets • Tomohisa Yamashita • watermelon • Yamapi)

Shu macaron and herbal Japanese tea pairings are a feast for the eyes and mouth in Harajuku

• Krista Rogers
  May 20, 2024

Enjoy these stylish shu macarons with original blends of tea to enhance the flavors even more. 

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• Japan
• (cafe • cafes • cream puff • cream puffs • drinks • food • green tea • Harajuku • macaron • macarons • pastry • shu cream • sweets • Takeshita Dori • Takeshita Street • tea • Tokyo)

Collaboration brings Baskin Robbins macarons to Family Marts across Japan

• Shannon
  Mar 21, 2024

Did your favorite flavor make the cut?

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• (Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • COK • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • macarons • sweets)

You can eat a Fat Chocobo, Sephiroth macarons as part of Japan’s new Final Fantasy sweets lineup

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 23, 2023

Final Fujiya Fantasy.

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• Japan
• (cafe • cake • Chocobo • cute • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • food • Fujiya • macarons • Peko-chan • restaurants • Sephiroth • sweets • Tifa)

Look out, Starbucks — McDonald’s Japan has now entered the dessert drink game

• Oona McGee
  Aug 29, 2023

Can a fast food chain beat a coffeehouse chain at its own game?

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• Japan
• (Anji Tabata • COK • commercials • cool • drinks • fast food • frappes • Frappuccino • Japanese commercials • kimutaku • macarons • marketing • McCafe • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • review • SNJO • strawberry • sweets • Takuya Kimura • taste test)

Lindt blends sakura with pistachios for cherry blossom season in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 12, 2023

Swiss chocolatier’s take on the cherry blossoms includes a new macaron that captures the scent of spring. 

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • drinks • food • hanami • lindor • Lindt • macarons • pistachio • sakura • sakura sweets • sweets)

McDonald’s Japan won’t sell you a Caramel Macaron dessert burger, so we made our own

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2021

Sometimes, you just have to take the craziness into your own hands.

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• (COK • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • macarons • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

McDonalds Japan and Godiva Chocolate’s collab coffee frappe is dismayingly delicious【Taste test】

• Katy Kelly
  Dec 4, 2020

We take a big sip of the Godiva Chocolate Espresso Frappe and are left with conflicting emotions despite its amazing taste.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • coffee • COK • drinks • fast food • frappe • Godiva • macarons • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • SNOJ • sweets • tasty)

Pikachu’s butt evolves into delicious dessert at Tokyo’s official Pokémon sweets shop

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 17, 2020

Pikachu Sweets and Pokémon Cafes also add Pikachu cheek-to-cheek parfaits and spooky Ghost-type tea drinks.

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• (anime • cafes • COK • food • macarons • Pikachu • Pikachu Sweets by Pokémon Cafe • Pokemon • restaurants • sweets • video games)

We try 7-Eleven Japan’s latest fancy desserts: ice cream macarons【Taste test】

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 21, 2018

Meringue meets ice cream in convenience store chain’s latest summer-themed dessert offering.

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• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience stores • ice cream • macarons • SNOJ • sweets • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan adds limited-edition French macarons to their menu

• Oona McGee
  Dec 14, 2017

Four macaron flavours, imported directly from France, now come packaged in cute McDonald’s takeout boxes.

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• (france • limited edition • macarons • McCafe • McCafe by Barista • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • sweets)

We try the sakura macaron and cherry blossom iced drink from Lindt Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 12, 2016

Lindt blends its signature chocolate flavour with sakura and pairs it with a delicious macaron for the cherry blossom-viewing season.

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• Food & Drink, Japan
• (cafes • cherry blossoms • chocolate • Lindt • macarons • sakura • sweets • taste test)

From Totoro to Sailor Moon: Macarons get delicious anime makeovers

• Oona McGee
  Nov 4, 2015

When you’re looking for cute inspiration, you don’t have to look much further than Japan. As the birthplace of the world’s beloved wide-eyed, chubby-faced anime characters, the nation is full to overflowing with commercials, posters, sweets and goods that are so adorable even self-respecting adults can’t help but squeal like delighted children when they catch sight of them.

Now Japan’s cast of cute characters have found a home for themselves across the seas in a gorgeous little Airstream trailer in California, where they continue to pop up in limited numbers in the best way ever: as deliciously sweet macarons. Come with us as we take a look at some of the cute critters and adorable edibles in the collection after the break.

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• (anime • cute • macarons • manga • Naruto • Sailor Moon • Studio Ghibli • sweets)

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