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Does Starbucks Japan’s new sakura drink for cherry blossom season 2024 taste as good as it looks?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 7, 2024
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We find out if this is a must-have beverage for hanami cherry blossom-viewing picnics. 

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• (cherry blossom • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossom treats • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • hanami • sakura • sakura drinks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Updated sakura forecast: Cherry blossoms coming to Tokyo first, but later than first expected

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 2, 2024

Newly updated forecast maps show shy sakura are going to keep us waiting a little longer.

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• (cherry blossom • flowers • nature • sakura • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2024 • tourism • travel)

Starbucks Japan unveils first sakura drink for cherry blossom season 2024

• Oona McGee
  Jan 31, 2024

This year’s special limited-edition release is a very traditional Japanese affair. 

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• (cherry blossom • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossom treats • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2024 • hanami • sakura • sakura drinks • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Japan’s cutest bird becomes a Krispy Kreme sakura doughnut for cherry blossom season

• Oona McGee
  Jan 27, 2024

Beloved shimaenaga “snow fairies” bring the kawaii to Krispy Kreme, but you’ll only find them at four stores in all of Japan.

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• Japan
• (birds • cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • COK • cute • donuts • doughnuts • food • Hokkaido • Krispy Kreme • sakura • sakura sweets • shimaenaga • sweets)

Super-detailed cherry blossom forecast maps show early arrival for Japan’s 2024 sakura season

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 12, 2024

Japan’s most beautiful time of year is coming up fast, and here’s when the flowers are expected to appear in each major region and city.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms forecast • cherry blossoms forecast 2024 • COK • flowers • nature • sakura • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2024 • travel)

Checking Amazon Japan’s most suspiciously high-rated solar panel charger

• Master Blaster
  Jul 20, 2023

We don’t know what to believe anymore.

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• Japan
• (Amazon • Amazon Japan • Amazon ranking • Go Hatori • online shopping • sakura • Sakura Checker • smartphone charger • solar powered charger)

Dango samurai swords appear in Tokyo’s Harajuku, so Mr Sato heads out to try them

• Oona McGee
  May 4, 2023

Crazy long sweets are about to take over your Instagram and TikTok feeds, but are they worth eating?

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• Japan
• (COK • dango • food • Fukuoka • Hakata Yamadaya • Hana Yori Dango • Harajuku • Japanese sweets • mitarashi dango • Mr. Sato • sakura • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • wow • wtf)

Pizza Hut’s sakura pizza takes cherry blossom season to weird places in Taiwan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 10, 2023

Forget about putting pineapple on pizza because this is a lot, lot worse. 

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• (cherry blossoms • fast food • food • natto • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Taiwan • review • sakura • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)

Rainy day in Kyoto creates amazing photo of sakura above, below, and all around

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 7, 2023

Usually rain isn’t what you want when the cherry blossoms are blooming, but this is a very beautiful exception.

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• (beautiful • cherry blossoms • Gion • Kyoto • photography • rain • sakura)

Cherry blossom-viewing bus tour for dogs now available in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 1, 2023

Pamper your pooch with a special hanami trip to Mt Fuji.

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• (bus tour • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • cute • dogs • hanami • Mt. Fuji • sakura • sakura season 2023 • Tokyo • travel)

Did Burger King just troll McDonald’s Japan with its new Big Bet burger?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 30, 2023

Move aside, Big Mac — the Big Bet is in town!

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• (cherry blossoms • COK • cool • daifuku • fast food • food • ichigo daifuku • Japanese sweets • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mochi • pies • review • sakura • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Hawaiian pancake chain Eggs n’ Things brings sakura pancakes to its Japanese menu

• Katie Pask
  Mar 26, 2023

Spring-inspired crepes and beverages are also available!

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• (cherry blossom • Eggs n' Thing • eggs n' things • food • restaurants • sakura • sweets • Tokyo)

McDonald’s Japan’s new daifuku pie: Is it as good as the Japanese sweet that inspired it?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 24, 2023

A limited-edition pie created specially for sakura season. 

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• (cherry blossoms • COK • cool • daifuku • fast food • food • ichigo daifuku • Japanese sweets • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • mochi • pies • review • sakura • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

10 sakura-viewing events to enjoy the Tokyo area’s cherry blossoms in 2023

• Shannon
  Mar 22, 2023

You can go day or night — and many of them are free!

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• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • Ginza • hanami • sakura • sakura season 2023 • Shinjuku Gyoen • Tokyo • Yokohama • Yomiuri Land)

There’s more to do than just look at the flowers at Tokyo’s biggest riverside sakura celebration

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 21, 2023

If you’re in Tokyo, take a day to immerse yourself in the Edo period atmosphere during one of these events while enjoying the cherry blossoms.

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• (boat • cherry blossoms • COK • culture • Edo River • Edogawa River • events • festival • flowers • Fukagawa • hanami • market • Oedo Fukagawa Sakura Festival • outdoor • sakura • schedule • Tokyo)

Tokyo park lighting up with gorgeous digital cherry blossom art display this spring

• Dale Roll
  Mar 18, 2023

And the event extends beyond the cherry blossom season!

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• (cherry blossoms • digital art • NAKED Inc. • park • projection mapping • sakura • shinjuku • Shinjuku Gyoen • spring)

Take a trip back in time with an Edo Period-style hanami at the Oedo Fukagawa Sakura Festival

• Katie Pask
  Mar 16, 2023

One of Tokyo’s most scenic cherry blossom viewing spots has a lot more to offer than just space for a picnic!

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• (beautiful • cherry blossom • festival • hanami • Oedo Fukagawa Sakura Festival • sakura • Tokyo)

Six sakura travel luxuries to make cherry blossom season extra-special at Japan’s premier resorts

• SoraNews24
  Mar 16, 2023

Hoshino Resorts celebrates sakura season.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • cherry blossoms • COK • Hoshino Resorts • hot springs • hotels • onsen • rickshaw • sakura • travel)

Cherry blossoms begin blooming in Tokyo, earliest start to sakura season for third year

• Oona McGee
  Mar 14, 2023

Hanami season has arrived in Japan much earlier than expected. 

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• (cherry blossom forecast • cherry blossom forecast 2023 • cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • hanami • sakura • sakura 2023 • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2023 • sample tree • Somei Yoshino • Tokyo • travel)

Sakura ramen brings a touch of hanami flower-viewing to popular Japanese noodle chain

• Oona McGee
  Mar 12, 2023

A tasty way to enjoy the cherry blossoms.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • cherry blossoms 2023 • COK • food • hanami • Japanese food • limited edition • mentaiko • Mitsuyado Seimen • Noodles • ramen • Restaurant • restaurants • sakura • sakura 2023 • tsukemen)

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