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Dorayaki from 89-year-old Japanese confectionery shop is one of the best sweets hidden in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Apr 29, 2026
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Filled with a special “phantom butter” from Calpis, you won’t find a treat like this anywhere else in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (dorayaki • hidden gems • Japanese sweets • monaka • old shops • Otsuka • SNJO • sweets • Tokyo • tradition • traditional • traditoinal sweets • wagashi)

Potato ice cream from Family Mart takes ice cream to a whole other level【Taste Test】

• Master Blaster
  Mar 15, 2025

If potatoes aren’t the future of ice cream, they should be.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • desserts • Family mart • ice cream • monaka • Potato Monaka • potatoes • snacks)

Fun with Kaki No Tane rice cracker ice cream sandwiches【Taste test】

• Master Blaster
  Jan 31, 2023

Just when you thought ice cream couldn’t get any better.

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• (COK • food • ice cream • kaki no tane • monaka • snacks • SNO • sweets • taste test • wasabi • weird)

These might be the most beautiful Japanese monaka sweets ever made【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2023

Elegant patterns have auspicious meaning, hidden Valentine’s Day surprises.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • chocolate • food • monaka • sweets)

The newly revitalized Dandy Chocolate ice cream monaka surpasses what it means to be chocolate

• Dale Roll
  Oct 28, 2022

Nowhere will you find a more chocolatey ice cream wafer sandwich!

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• Japan
• (chocolate • Dandy Chocolate • delicious • ice cream • ice cream monaka • monaka • sweets • taste test)

Japanese monaka ice cream looks very different in Hokkaido

• Oona McGee
  Oct 25, 2022

Does the corniest ice cream on the market really capture the taste of the region?

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• Japan
• (COK • corn • desserts • Hokkaido • ice creams • local specialties • Masanuki Sunakoma • monaka • review • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • taste test • unusual • weird)

We go on a pilgrimage to find traditional sweets shaped like a Subaru car

• Katie Pask
  Jul 9, 2022

A must-have snack for anyone who likes cars, traditional Japanese confectionary… or both!

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• Japan
• (car • food • Gunma • gunma prefecture • Japanese sweets • monaka • SNJO • Subaru • sweets • Takamichi Furusawa • taste test • traditional sweets • travel)

We made hanamaru monaka, a traditional Japanese sweet loved by legendary-swords-turned-hot-guys

• Katie Pask
  Jun 10, 2022

Even those of us who weren’t legendary swords in a previous life will fall in love with these easy-to-make sweet treats!

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• Japan
• (food • Japanese sweets • monaka • recipe • SNJO • sweets • Touken Ranbu • traditional Japanese sweets • traditional sweets • Udonko)

It’s eco-friendly AND delicious! Popular Yamanashi sweet now comes in an edible container

• Dale Roll
  Jan 2, 2022

This tasty sweet is now easier to eat…but the edible package version is harder to find.

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• (clever • cool • eco-friendly • food • mochi • monaka • omiyage • shingen mochi • sweets • Yamanashi)

These adorable hamster-shaped monaka will make a great gift, or maybe just a snack for yourself

• Dale Roll
  Dec 18, 2021

Plus, they’re super customizable!

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• (anko • COK • cute • food • hamsters • Japanese sweets • monaka • red bean paste • sweets • traditional Japanese sweets • wafers)

Japanese toilet sweets put a new twist on tradition

• Oona McGee
  Sep 18, 2021

The perfect sweet for a potty mouth. 

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• (adzuki • Aichi • COK • funny • INAX • Japanese sweets • Japanese toilets • LIXIL • monaka • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • Toilets • traditional Japanese sweets • wtf)

Japanese convenience store ice cream wins gold for reporter at the Tokyo Olympics

• Oona McGee
  Aug 8, 2021

“Best convenience store ice cream” unites people of all nationalities.

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• (2020 Tokyo Olympics • 2021 Tokyo Olympics • 7-Eleven • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • ice cream • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese ice creams • konbini • monaka • Morinaga • sweets • Tokyo Olympics • twitter)

Enjoy the sweet taste of autumn with the help of Kirby and pals

• Katie Pask
  Oct 15, 2020

Putting an adorable spin on a traditional sweet!

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• Japan
• (anime • autumn • collaboration • cute • fall • food • Hoshi no Kirby • Kirby • monaka • sweets)

Our reporter tries amemonaka, the traditional sweet from Niigata Prefecture

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 4, 2020

This traditional confection is pretty to look at, but how’s the taste?

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• Japan
• (amemonaka • Chomeido Ameho • confectionery • mizu-ame • monaka • Niigata • sweets • taste test • traditional)

Japan’s adorable cat marshmallows return in powered-up form as new sandwiched sweets

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2016

Some assembly required. Much cuteness included.

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• Japan
• (anko • cats • cute • Felissimo • monaka • sweets)

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  • Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
  • Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
  • Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
  • Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
  • Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month

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  Today

  1. Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
  2. Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
  3. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  4. First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
  5. Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
  6. Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
  7. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  8. Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]
  9. Japan’s free stock image site of muscular men doing whimsical and mundane things reveals rankings
  10. This is Japan’s best cycling course, but is it fun for bicycling beginners too?

  Weekly

  1. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  2. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  3. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  4. Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
  5. Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
  6. Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
  7. Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
  8. Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
  9. Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
  10. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan

  Monthly

  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  4. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  5. What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?
  6. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  7. Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
  8. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  9. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
  10. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign

  Yearly

  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
  9. Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
  10. Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa

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