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“New York-style” tsukimi mochi burgers to appear at Wendy’s Japan this fall

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 20, 2026
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A fusion of Japanese and American influences is converging to kick off moon-viewing burger season.

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• (burgers • COK • fast food • First Kitchen • food • hamburgers • mochi • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers • Wendy's • Wendy's Japan)

Japanese sweets shop sells an ohagi so exquisite it sells out by noon

• Oona McGee
  Jun 18, 2026

There’s one unique feature that makes this Tokyo sweet so sought after. 

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• Japan
• (anko • Hatanodai • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • mochi • ohagi • old store • Shinagawa • SNJO • Tokyo • traditional Japanese sweets • unique)

Japanese Sakuranbo Mochi goes viral online with millions of views, but is it worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2026

Seasonal fruit gets a Japanese makeover, but only for a very limited time.

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• Japan
• (Chateraise • cherries • cherry • fruit • gyuhi • Japanese sweets • mochi • sakuranbo • social media • summer • sweets • viral)

Shakey’s Japan creates matcha mochi, Kyoto fish, and Kansai Chili Con Carne pizzas

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 11, 2026

Japan’s Kansai region inspires some very bold baking in Shakey’s Japan’s ovens.

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• (COK • crazy • food • green tea • matcha • mochi • nama yatsuhashi • pizza • restaurants • saikyoyaki • Shakey's • Shakey’s Japan • Shakey’s Pizza • sweets • weird)

This shop combines traditional Japanese sweets with…mayonnaise?!?[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 10, 2026

Even with a shop name like Mayo x Mayo, we weren’t expecting this much mayo.

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• (COK • crazy • daifuku • dango • food • Japanese food • mayo • mayonnaise • mitarashi dango • mochi • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

New Tokyo sweets shop offers 648 different mochi ice cream dumpling combinations

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 9, 2026

Customizable Yukimi Daifuku shop makes an amazing variety of sweet treats so that you can find the perfect one for you.

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• (COK • crazy • food • ice cream • Japanese food • Lotte • mochi • mochi ice cream • sweets • Yukimi Daifuku)

Have you ever noticed how much Totoro looks like New Year’s mochi? This plushie’s designers did, and the result is adorable!

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 24, 2025

Spirited Away’s No Face also gets into the Japanese New Year’s spirit with a special kadomatsu.

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• (anime & manga • cute • figures • Japanese New Year’s • kagami mochi • mochi • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • Oshogatsu • plushies • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Kirby mochi arrives at Family Mart, but is it as sweet to eat as it is to look at?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 12, 2025

Nintendo star’s latest transformation is into Tabemasu sweets.

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• (Bandai • Bandai Candy • COK • convenience stores • cute • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Kirby • mochi • nintendo • SNO • sweets • tabemasu • taste test • video games)

McDonald’s Japan’s moon-viewing mochi pies are a little more westernized-tasting this year

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 7, 2025

Taste-testing the new-recipe Tsukimi Pie.

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• (COK • fast food • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McDonald's pies • mochi • moon viewing • pies • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tsukimi)

Wendy’s Japan’s mochi moon-viewing burger don’t just have mochi, they are mocchi too

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 3, 2025

Another part of tsukimi traditions gets drawn into the gravtional pull of moon-viewing burgers.

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• (burgers • fast food • First Kitchen • food • hamburgers • mochi • moon-viewing burgers • tsukimi • tsukimi bugers • Wendy's • Wendy's Japan)

Donuts with seaweed and soy sauce — Is Japan’s Mister Donut idea too Japanese for its own good?

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2025

Traditional mochi treatment puts a spin on the Pon de Ring, but is it an unrecoverable tailspin?

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• (crazy • donuts • food • isobemaki • Mister Donut • mochi • seaweed • SNJO • soy sauce • sweets • taste test • weird)

Rice ball melon bread – A treat Japanese bakeries aren’t crazy enough to make, but we are【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2025

Today in the SoraKitchen, we push the melon bread envelope with melon bread filled with onigiri, mochi, and even ramem.

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• (bread • COK • cooking • crazy • funny • melon bread • mochi • onigiri • ramen • rice balls • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • taste test • warabimochi • weird)

Studio Ghibli serves up My Neighbour Totoro with a side of traditional Japanese wagashi sweets

• Oona McGee
  May 7, 2025

Proof that Totoro loves sweets and matcha as much as we do.

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• (anime • cute • daifuku • dango • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • ichigo daifuku • Japanese sweets • mochi • My Neighbor Totoro • sakura mochi • strawberry daifuku • Studio Ghibli • sweets • taiyaki • Totoro • traditional Japanese sweets • wagashi)

Baskin-Robbins Japan gets extra-Japanese with new kanmidokoro-inspired flavors and sundaes

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 4, 2025

Mochi sundaes and anmitsu ice cream bring traditional tastes to the chain’s ice cream treats.

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• (anmitsu • Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • food • green tea • ice cream • matcha • mochi • sakura sweets • sweets)

Matcha Ofukumochi: One of Japan’s most deliciously direct desserts【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 26, 2025

What you see is what you get, and exactly what we want, with this regional treat.

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• (COK • food • green tea • green tea sweets • Ise • matcha • matcha sweets • mochi • SNJO • sweets)

Chocolate mochi slices appear in Japan, make our mouths water and our kitchen smell amazing

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 15, 2025

Taste-testing our newest find at Japan’s specialty grocer that always lures us in with free coffee.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • food • KALDI • kirimochi • mochi • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Japan’s deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year’s?

• Elliot Hale
  Jan 8, 2025

Journey into the history of a 1,000-year-old tradition to uncover why this dangerous delicacy continues to have its place on the dinner table.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • food • kagami mochi • mochi • New Year's • ozoni • rice cakes)

Japanese mochi tasting flight has roots in samurai dining culture

• Oona McGee
  Nov 22, 2024

A new take on honzen ryori in the holy land of mochi.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • Genbikei • Ichinoseki • iwate prefecture • Japanese food • michi no eki • mochi • restaurants • rice • rice cake • SNJO • travel • unique)

Grill your own treats at Miyagi’s Japanese tea and dessert store

• Elliot Hale
  Nov 10, 2024

Savor your freshly grilled dango, dunked in matcha cream, or slather some mochi with zunda at this Miyagi tea shop.

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• Japan
• (COK • dango • fried tofu • kamaboko • Kikusuian • matcha • Miyagi • mochi • sasa kamaboko • Saya Togashi • SNJO • Tagajo • zunda)

How to make Kyoto’s most famous dessert, nama yatsuhashi, with your microwave

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2024

A surprisingly simple way to give your taste buds a trip to Kyoto whenever you want to.

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• Japan
• (cooking • easy recipe • Japanese sweets • Kyoto • microwave • mochi • nama yatsuhashi • recipe • SNJO • sweets • yatsuhashi)

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