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Onsen Egg Bukkake Udon Ice Cream makes us rethink everything we thought we knew about sweets

• Oona McGee
  Sep 2, 2026
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This noodle dessert makes our brains malfunction.

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• (desserts • food • ice cream • Kagawa • Kompira-san • Kompirasan • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • soft serve • sweets • taste test • travel • udon • weird • weird food)

Tokyo sweets store has a “350% Pudding Soft Serve”, and people are going wild for it

• Oona McGee
  Aug 13, 2026

Is this ice cream dessert worth the hype?

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • desserts • Ginza • ice cream • pudding • purin • Purin Lab • review • SNJO • social media • soft serve • taste test • Tokyo • viral • viral food)

We found the world’s first Yakult 1000 soft serve, and it’s hidden away in Nara

• Oona McGee
  Jul 20, 2026

Unique Yakult find leaves us with a satisfied belly and a happy heart. 

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• Japan
• (antenna shops • cafes • desserts • gut bacteria • health • ice cream • Ice de Yakult • lactic acid bacteria • Nara • review • shaved ice • SNJO • soft serve • sweets • taste test • Yakult)

Udon pudding is about to shake up the noodle scene in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 5, 2026

Purin, like you’ve never seen, or tasted, before.

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• (desserts • food • Marugame • Marugame Seimen • Noodles • pudding • purin • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • udon • weird • weird food)

Starbucks Japan has a limited-edition candle…that hasn’t sold out yet

• Oona McGee
  Mar 5, 2026

Does this mean the candle isn’t any good? 

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• (candle • candles • Joyful Medley • limited edition • merchandise • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks candle • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tea)

Starbucks Japan adds new sakura Frappuccino and cherry blossom drinks to the menu

• Oona McGee
  Feb 20, 2026

Limited-edition spring drinks make their way to Starbucks, but are they worth buying? 

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2026 • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • hanami • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • latte • matcha • review • sakura • sakura 2026 • sakura Frappuccino • SNJO • soda • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • tea)

Starbucks Japan releases the new Soupuccino, but is it everything it’s cracked up to be?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 17, 2025

Rethinking soup as we know it. 

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• (drinks • new • review • SNJO • soup • soups • Soupuccino • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

What’s it like at Samoyed Cafe Moffu Harajuku?

• SoraNews24
  Aug 15, 2025

Dog cafe in Tokyo is a hit with locals and overseas tourists. 

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• (animals • cafes • COK • dog cafes • dogs • Harajuku • pets • review • Samoyed • Samoyed Cafe • Samoyed Cafe Moffu • Samoyed Cafe Moffu Harajuku • Shibuya • SNJO • Tokyo • tourist sites • travel)

You can now buy Studio Ghibli shaved ice desserts in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 8, 2025

Yes, Totoro — we can now eat your kind, but only for a very limited time.

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• (anime • bakeries • choux cream • choux pastry • COK • cute • food • Ghibli • kakigori • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • review • shaved ice • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • SNJO • Studio Ghibli • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • Totoro • Totoro cream puffs)

Frappuccino perfume from Starbucks is now available in Japan… but you can’t buy it

• Oona McGee
  Jul 29, 2025

Select customers will be able to wear the peachy scent of this heavenly limited-edition beverage.

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• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • muscat • Peach • peaches • perfume • review • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer)

Lotteria releases an unadon eel rice bowl burger in Japan for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Jul 17, 2025

Does this burger really taste like a Japanese rice bowl?  

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• (burgers • COK • Doyo no Hi • Doyo No Ushi No Hi • eel • fast food • food • limited edition • Lotteria • prawns • review • SNJO • taste test • unadon • unagi)

Starbucks Japan releases new Shine Muscat grape drinks, but the Frappuccino isn’t the star

• Oona McGee
  Jul 12, 2025

A surprise newcomer steals the show as this summer’s must-try beverage.

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• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • grape • grapes • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • muscat • review • Shine Muscat • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer)

Osaka Lover Takoyaki Danish Bread is this week’s weird Japanese must-try food

• Oona McGee
  Jul 9, 2025

A sweet Danish that tastes like octopus balls.

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• (COK • Danish • food • Grand Marble • Japanese food • Japanese street food • local specialties • Marble Danish • octopus balls • Osaka • Osaka specialties • review • SNJO • specialty food • sweets • takoyaki • taste test • weird • weird food)

Starbucks Japan adds a Shine Muscat Grape Frappuccino to the menu for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Jul 4, 2025

Three Muscateers showcase a special Japanese fruit in a trio of ways.

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• Japan
• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • grape • grapes • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • muscat • review • Shine Muscat • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer)

Starbucks Japan blooms an Earl Grey Bouquet & Tea Frappuccino and latte for summer

• Oona McGee
  Jun 25, 2025

Time to spill the tea on whether these drinks are worth trying.

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• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • taste test • tea • tea latte)

Starbucks Japan’s new Hot Frappuccino is almost too spicy to drink

• Oona McGee
  Jun 15, 2025

This limited-edition beverage will be forever burned in our memory.  

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• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • mango • review • SNJO • spicy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • taste test)

Burger King Japan adds a Pickleball Burger to the menu… but what’s so pickleball about it?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 5, 2025

A novel way to draw attention to a growing sport.

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• (Burger King • burgers • COK • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • pickleball • review • SNJO • sport • sports • taste test • weird)

Mos Burger’s new Ebi Ebi Fry Burger is on a whole other level

• Oona McGee
  May 25, 2025

You won’t find a burger like this at any other fast food chain in Japan right now.

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• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • Mos Burger • prawns • review • Shrimp • SNJO • taste test)

Udon Doughnuts boom in popularity, get a whole new look at Japanese restaurant chain

• Oona McGee
  May 23, 2025

Behold the Udonuts, with a texture like no other doughnut in Japan.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • donuts • doughnuts • food • Marugame • Marugame Seimen • Mr. Sato • Noodles • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • travel • udon • Udonatsu • Udonuts)

Starbucks Japan releases a new limited-edition drink that’s big on simplicity

• Oona McGee
  May 21, 2025

We find out if simplicity equals perfection or a desire for more flavour.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • drinks • fruit • limited edition • limited edition flavors • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • strawberry • summer • taste test)

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