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Do Japan’s Sushi Manju sweets look as good as the packaging on the box?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 12, 2024
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Unusual case of false advertising surprises everyone in the office.

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• Japan
• (cute • food • Japanese food • Kitte • Kitte Marunouchi • Lawson • manju • marketing • Mr. Sato • packaging • shopping • SNJO • souvenirs • steamed buns • sushi • Sushi Manju • sweets • Tokyo • Tokyo Station)

How to eat a Whopper the beautiful way, from Burger King Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 23, 2023

This genius hack will change the way you eat burgers forever.

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• (Burger King • Burger King Japan • burgers • cool • fast food • food • food hack • hack • marketing • packaging • tweet • twitter • urawaza • video)

McDonald’s changes its packaging in Japan for the first time in six years

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2023

New designs look way more enticing than the previous ones.

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• Japan
• (Big Mac • burgers • COK • design • fast food • food • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • packaging)

What’s inside the McDonald’s Big Smile Bag in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 15, 2021

All part of the chain’s Japan-exclusive 50th anniversary celebrations.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • design • fast food • food • fries • fukubukuro • limited edition • lucky bag • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mr Speedee • packaging • retro • SNJO • Speedee Service System)

Booze Hack: One Cup Ozeki sake lids make perfect beer can covers

• Master Blaster
  Jul 26, 2021

An ironic commonality between two rival drinks.

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• (alcohol • beer • Coca-Cola • drinking • nihonshu • One Cup Ozeki • ozeki • packaging • sake)

Latest design for gorgeous stylized Japanese Coca-Cola cans spotlights Tohoku festivals

• Katy Kelly
  Jun 23, 2021

You’ll want to grab this pretty commemorative Coke can if you’re in northern Japan.

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• (Akita • Aomori • Coca-Cola • Coke can • cool • design • festivals • Iwate • Michinoku • packaging • Tohoku • traditional)

Onikun: Epic onigiri so big they’re half demon, half rice ball

• Oona McGee
  Jun 7, 2021

Exciting range includes a new take on the rice burger, and it’s only available at one convenience store chain. 

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • JR East • marketing • NewDays • onigiri • packaging • review • rice balls • SNJO • taste test)

Original McDonald’s character Speedee makes a comeback in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2021

Before Ronald McDonald, Speedee was the mascot for the fast food chain, and now he’s back for a limited time. 

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• Japan
• (burgers • design • fast food • food • fries • limited edition • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Mr Speedee • packaging • retro • Speedee Service System)

Space Onigiri: Do these long-lasting Japanese rice balls taste any good on planet Earth?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 28, 2021

We put the JAXA-endorsed product to the test.

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• (COK • emergency rations • food • JAXA • marketing • onigiri • packaging • rice balls • SNJO • space food • taste test)

7-Eleven under fire in Japan for mysterious holes in their onigiri rice balls

• Oona McGee
  Jan 18, 2021

Customers wonder if the chain is now selling “air” as a new rice ball filling.

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• (7-Eleven • COK • conbini • controversy • convenience stores • Japanese convenience stores • kombini • konbini • marketing • onigiri • packaging • rice balls)

Deceptive strawberry milk package angers 7-Eleven customers following banana scandal

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 15, 2021

Here comes another shady fruity drink.

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• (7-Eleven • controversy • convenience stores • drinks • packaging • strawberry)

7-Eleven Japan’s banana milk sparks controversy over deceptive packaging

• Oona McGee
  Jan 12, 2021

Customers feel duped by “camouflage packaging”.

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• (7-Eleven • Banana milk • bananas • Beverages • controversy • convenience stores • drinks • marketing • packaging)

7-Eleven Japan’s “Paper Tiger” sandwich sparks online controversy over deceptive packaging

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 23, 2020

Attempted explanation gets called “lame excuse.”

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• (7-Eleven • controversy • convenience stores • food • packaging • sandwiches)

Japanese cookie brand has a fun game for you to play while stuck at home: cookie racing!

• Katy Kelly
  Jun 15, 2020

Please note that they don’t recommend using the actual cookies.

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• (bourbon • Cookie • crafts • cute • game ideas • Lumonde • packaging • snacks • stay at home • toy cars)

Tiny fish-shaped soy sauce bottles repurposed for sanitizers

• Master Blaster
  Apr 24, 2020

What could possibly go wrong?

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• Japan
• (bento • packaging • plastic • sanitizer • soy sauce)

Uniqlo and GU announce they will now charge for shopping bags in a new, eco-friendly initiative

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 2, 2020

Japan’s most beloved cheap and cheerful fashion brands are taking another step to reduce damage to the planet.

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• (eco-friendly • environment • Green • GU • packaging • paid bags • Uniqlo)

Japan’s greatest papercraft artist tackles popsicle boxes, makes an icy cool superhero

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 2, 2019

Garigari-kun, engage!

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• (art • awesome • cool • crafts • Gari-Gari Kun • Garigari-kun • packaging • papercraft)

Expert paper crafter fashions more wondrous creations from popular Japanese snack packaging

• Koh Ruide
  Dec 17, 2018

The creativity and talent is seriously impressive.

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• (Japanese sweets • Japanese Twitter • origami • packaging • papercraft • Pringles • snacks)

Box of sweet steamed sushi cakes disappoints Japanese customer with false packaging

• Oona McGee
  Feb 5, 2018

Proof that what you see isn’t always what you get.

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• Japan
• (manju • marketing • packaging • steamed buns • sushi • sweets)

Japanese supermarket sushi becomes even more awesome with cool new packaging innovation

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 18, 2017

Sushi from the grocery store gets an extra touch of class thanks to one tiny tweak.

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• Japan
• (clever • cool • food • packaging • supermarkets • sushi)

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