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Japanese Coo-Che becomes a viral sensation, and everyone wants a taste

• Oona McGee
  Jul 25, 2026
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“Drinkable Cigare” is so hard to get it’s been dubbed a “phantom”.

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• (biscuits • Cigare • Coo-Che • cookies • food • Ichibangai • langue de chat • limited edition • milkshake • milkshakes • new • shakes • souvenirs • sweets • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • Tokyo Station Ichibangai • YOKU MOKU)

Japanese sweets brand creates new drinkable Cigare and we’re totally here for it

• Oona McGee
  Jun 21, 2026

Famous “Cat’s Tongue” cookies get a whole new look with a limited-edition release at only one location. 

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• (biscuits • Cigare • cookies • food • Ichibangai • langue de chat • limited edition • milkshake • milkshakes • new • shakes • souvenirs • sweets • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • Tokyo Station Ichibangai • YOKU MOKU)

Choc mint ice cream season hits Japan with a spectacular drinkable ice cream from Tully’s

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2026

Why go to Starbucks when you can find hidden gems like this at a locally born chain?

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• (choco mint • chocolate • dessert drinks • drinks • limited edition • milkshakes • mint • mint choco • mint chocolate • SNJO • taste test • Tully's)

Zunda Shake vending machine lets you taste samurai culture in milkshake form

• Oona McGee
  May 7, 2026

Edo-period specialty gets a modern makeover in the heart of Tokyo. 

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• (dessert vending machine • drinks • edamame • Japanese vending machines • milkshakes • Sendai • shakes • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • soybeans • specialty • sweets • Tokyo • unique vending machine • vending machines • weird • weird drinks • zunda • Zunda Shake)

Tokyo’s newest Domino’s branch serves no pizza, only milkshakes!

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 18, 2024

Exclusive Omotesando flavors on offer at special shake shop.

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• (dessert drinks • dominos pizza • drinks • food • milkshakes • Omotesando • pizza • sweets)

Domino’s Japan creates a bacon shake for dipping pizzas into

• Oona McGee
  Jan 19, 2023

“Unknown fusion” is a crazy new way to enjoy pizza.

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Mos Burger says dipping fried chicken into milkshakes should be a thing, so we try it out

• Oona McGee
  Dec 3, 2022

Does this strange combo have what it takes to become Japan’s next big food trend?

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• (burgers • chicken • COK • crazy trends • fast food • food trends • fried chicken • fusion food • milkshakes • Mos Burger • SNJO • trends • weird • wtf)

Lupin III x McDonald’s Japan commercial makes us want to zip through the drive-thru 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2022

Lupin’s latest anime caper takes place at the golden arches.

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McDonald’s releases new Sukiyaki Tsukimi Burger in Japan for moon viewing season 2022

• Oona McGee
  Sep 1, 2022

Plus a new McFlurry, dipping sauce, and more burgers to round out this year’s collection.

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• (burgers • Chicken McNuggets • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McFlurry • milkshakes • moon viewing • Moon Viewing Burger • pie • sukiyaki • sweets • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers)

McDonald’s adds Doraemon exclusives to its menu in Japan【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 10, 2022

Anime tie-up inspired by the flavours of a Japanese summer festival.

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• (anime • choco banana • COK • Doraemon • fast food • food • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • milkshakes • pie • Ramune • SNJO • summer festivals • sweets • taste test)

McDo…raemon! McDonald’s Japan offering Doraemon Shake and pie for festival season

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2022

It’s like an Anywhere Door for your sweet tooth.

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• (anime • choco banana • Doraemon • fast food • food • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • milkshakes • pie • Ramune • summer festivals • sweets)

Mos Burger brings back sake shakes, business manga, and vintage websites all at once

• Master Blaster
  Jan 4, 2022

We’re gonna party like it’s 1999.

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Sake milkshakes return to Japan just in time to celebrate New Year’s

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 24, 2021

Collaboration with one of Japan’s favorite sake breweries won’t get you drunk, will make you happy.

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• (amazake • Asahi Shuzo • COK • Dassai • drinks • fast food • milkshakes • Mos Burger • sake • sweets)

New Pokémon x McDonald’s collaboration features Pikachu on milkshakes and desserts in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Jun 3, 2021

Limited-edition series is a treat for the eyes and the taste buds.

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• (anime • apple pie • cute • desserts • drinks • fast food • food • limited time • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McFlurry • McShakes • milkshakes • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)

Tasting McDonald’s Japan’s new Milky “Taste of Mummy” collection

• Oona McGee
  Apr 27, 2021

How do the soft serves and McShakes stack up to the real Milky ice cream and milkshakes?

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• (collaboration • cute • desserts • food • Fujiya • ice cream • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McShake • milk • milk candy • milkshakes • milky • Milky tastes like Mommy • SNJO • soft serve • sweets • taste test)

Japan’s Mos Burger Dassai sake milkshake is here, but is it any good?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 29, 2020

Japan’s most popular sake brand teams up with its most popular domestic burger chain for a dessert drink like no other.

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• (amazake • Asahi Shuzo • COK • Dassai • drinks • milkshakes • Mos Burger • sake • shakes • SNO • sweets • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan runs new anime ad for milkshakes, some viewers see lolicon mag cover instead

• SoraNews24
  Jul 15, 2020

“Forever, Love” campaign gets lost in translation.

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• (anime • commercials • drinks • fast food • Japanese commercials • marketing • McDonald's • McShake • milkshakes • sweets)

How to make a McDonald’s Ramune milkshake at home

• Oona McGee
  May 25, 2020

This recipe is even better than the new McShake, with much more of that distinctive Japanese flavour. 

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• (COK • drinks • fast food • McDonald's • McShake • milkshakes • Morinaga • Ramune • ramune candy • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

McDonald’s captures the sweet flavour of Japan with new Ramune milkshake

• Oona McGee
  May 14, 2020

The Japanese soda with a glass marble steps out as a McShake for a limited time.

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• (drinks • fast food • McDonald's • McShake • milkshakes • Morinaga • Ramune • ramune candy • sweets)

We try a curry milkshake at Mos Burger Japan 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 17, 2019

Japanese fast food chain assures us that spicy thickshakes are awesome…but are they really? 

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• Japan
• (COK • curry • drinks • fast food • food • milkshakes • Mos Burger • restaurants • SNJO)

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