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McDonald’s releases new heartwarming anime video that’s peachy-keen, has Vocaloid song【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  May 13, 2024
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Golden Arches continue to be a source of surprisingly cozy anime shorts.

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• Japan
• (anime • fast food • food • Hatsune Miku • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moving • n-buna • Peach • sweets • touching • video • vocaloids)

McDonald’s Japan’s new Peach Frappe is pretty as a peach, but is it any good?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  May 11, 2024

McCafé by Barista’s spring star returns, and it’s brought a new friend.

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• (COK • drinks • food • frappe • McCafe by Barista • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Peach • smoothies • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Who wins in a battle of McDonald’s and Komeda Coffee’s chicken tatsuta burgers?【Taste test】

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 30, 2024

There was no way that we were gonna chicken out from this fight.

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• Japan
• (Burger • chicken • COK • comparison • Komeda Coffee • McDonald's • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • taste test • tatsuta)

McDonald’s Japan’s new pancake pie is a taste sensation

• Oona McGee
  Apr 30, 2024

An unusual pie with a very unusual filling. 

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• Japan
• (commercials • drinks • fast food • food • Japanese commercials • kissaten • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • pie • pies • retro • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan releases a pancake pie for new retro kissaten coffeeshop series

• Oona McGee
  Apr 20, 2024

Classic Japanese desserts get a Kissa Mac makeover for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (commercials • drinks • fast food • food • Japanese commercials • kissaten • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • pie • pies • retro • sweets)

McDonald’s Japan teases customers with a crazy mentaiko burger

• Oona McGee
  Apr 4, 2024

But we have the last laugh in the end.

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• Japan
• (April Fools' Day • burgers • COK • crazy • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mentaiko • review • seafood • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)

McDonald’s creates a dream Japanese bento for April Fools’ Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 2, 2024

And here’s how you can create one too. 

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• Japan
• (April Fools' Day • bento • COK • fast food • food • food hack • hack • Japanese food • Makunouchi bento • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • obento • P.K. Sanjun • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan made two almost identical commercials, with one tiny, touching difference【Vids】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 29, 2024

A taste, and words, to remind everyone of home.

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• Japan
• (ads • fast food • food • Japanese language • linguistics • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moving • touching • video)

What are McDonald’s macarons really like in Japan?

• SoraNews24
  Mar 27, 2024

We find out if budget fast food macarons are worth the hype. 

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• Japan
• (adzuki • COK • commercials • desserts • Japanese commercials • matcha • McCafe • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • sakura • sweets • TV commercials)

Does McDonald’s Japan’s first-ever matcha pie live up to the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 15, 2024

A first not just for Japan but the world.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • green tea • hanami • Japanese commercials • matcha • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • pie • review • sakura • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

McDonald’s sells Japanese red bean and matcha drinks with a zany sakura tea ceremony commercial

• Oona McGee
  Mar 15, 2024

Traditional flavours make hanami flower-viewing more captivating than ever before.

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• Japan
• (adzuki • COK • commercials • desserts • Japanese commercials • matcha • McCafe • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • sakura • sweets • TV commercials)

Hello Kitty/Yu-Gi-Oh crossover Happy Meal toys appear, but far, far away from Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2024

Sanrio characters cosplay as Yu-Gi-Oh creatures for fans in one country only.

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• Europe, Japan
• (anime • collectible card games • fast food • food • Happy Meal • Hello Kitty • manga • McDonald's • Sanrio • trading card games • video games • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Seaweed Salt Potato Butter Bacon Teriyaki Egg Burgers from McDonald’s are a mouthful

• Master Blaster
  Mar 10, 2024

Is this enough to turn a McDonald’s teriyaki hater into a fan?

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• Japan
• (COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • P.K. Sanjun • Seaweed Salt Potato Butter Bacon Teritama • SNJO • teritama • teriyaki burgers • teriyaki sauce)

McDonald’s Japan releases first-ever matcha pie, perfectly timed for sakura season

• Oona McGee
  Mar 8, 2024

Three traditional fillings make this one of the most Japanese McDonald’s pies in the history of the chain.

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• Japan
• (commercials • food • green tea • hanami • Japanese commercials • matcha • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • pie • sakura • sweets)

McDonald’s Japan captures otaku hearts, brings back Nyan Cat sound with new cat girl anime video

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 1, 2024

Hatsune Miku meme hit’s lyrics get an update.

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• Japan
• (anime • Hatsune Miku • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Nyan Cat • otaku • Shakashaka Fries • video)

What did Mark Zuckerberg eat at McDonald’s in Japan, and is it as great as he says it is?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 1, 2024

We order everything Zuckerberg did, to see if it really is worthy of a Michelin star.

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• Japan
• (fast food • food • Mark Zuckerberg • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • review • SNJO • taste test)

Is McDonald’s Japan’s new Butterscotch Pie better than Belgian Chocolate?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 13, 2024

Proof that McDonald’s pies are totally different in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (Belgian chocolate • butterscotch • chocolate • chocolate pie • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • pie • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Godzilla burgers appear at McDonald’s Japan, and t’s time to eat them all!【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Jan 11, 2024

King of the Monsters teams up with the king of fast food hamburgers.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • Godzilla • hamburgers • kaiju • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test)

McDonald’s adds a questionable Butterscotch Pie to its menu in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 5, 2024

New commercial explains “Butter Scotch?” to the nation.

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• Japan
• (butterscotch • COK • commercials • desserts • Japanese commercials • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • pie • sweets • TV commercials)

McDonald’s French fries humidifier is the star of this fukubukuro lucky bag from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2024

It’s like you can smell the fries cooking in the room!

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• Japan
• (COK • fast food • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO)

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