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Shine Muscat

Japanese food hack says to soak your grapes in carbonated water, but is the fizz worth the buzz?

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2026
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We try a Shine Muscat experiment that method claim lets Japan’s most delicious grapes shine in a different way.

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• (carbonation • COK • crazy • food • fruits • grapes • recipe • Shine Muscat • SNJO • soda water • SoraKitchen • weird)

Pickling Shine Muscats was not on our bingo card, but were we grapeful we tried?【SoraKitchen】

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 29, 2026

We followed a tip we heard through the grapevine that Japan’s sweet grape variety is even sweeter when pickled in a bed of fermented rice bran.

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• (COK • crazy • food • fruits • grapes • nukadoko • pickles • pickling • recipe • rice bran • Shine Muscat • SNJO • SoraKitchen • weird)

Denny’s Mapputatsu? Parfait is hiding a big secret in plain sight that splits us down the middle

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 22, 2026

The Mapputatsu? Parfait tackles food waste without sacrificing visuals so that you can still happily feed both yourself and your phone.

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• (Denny's • food waste • grapes • half sized • Mapputatsu • parfait • Shine Muscat)

Starbucks Japan releases first-ever muscat-flavoured chilled cup drink

• Oona McGee
  Jun 3, 2026

A brand new tea latte designed to lift your spirits this summer.

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• (chilled cup • drinks • Earl grey • fruit • grape • grapes • latte • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • muscat • Shine Muscat • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • summer • tea • tea latte)

Shocking discovery: Japan’s expensive Shine Muscat grapes can pair amazingly with cheap Pringles

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 15, 2025

Weird, delicious, and beautiful, this is everything we could ask for in the SoraKitchen.

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• (COK • crazy • food • food hacks • fruit • grapes • potato chips • Pringles • recipes • Shine Muscat • SNJI • Sora Kitchen • taste test • weird)

Green is the new color this autumn at Osaka hotel’s latest sweet buffet

• Elliot Hale
  Oct 13, 2025

Celebrate the fall season with chestnuts, grapes, and decadent matcha treats.

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• Japan
• (buffet • buffets • chestnuts • COK • food and drinks • grapes • Hotel New Otani • hotel restaurants • matcha • matcha sweets • Nagano Purple • Osaka • Restaurant • Shine Muscat • sweets buffet • Uji Matcha • Yamamasa Koyamaen)

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)

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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• (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)

McDonald’s adds a sukiyaki burger to its tsukimi lineup this year, with a spicy warning

• Oona McGee
  Sep 8, 2023

We find out if this new moon-viewing burger is as spicy as they say it is. 

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• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • grape • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moon viewing • shakes • Shine Muscat • SNJO • taste test • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers)

Tsukimi burger season heats up as McDonald’s Japan unveils new moon-viewing burger lineup【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 31, 2023

Burgers and sweets to enjoy as you look up at the night sky this autumn.

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• (anko • burgers • fast food • food • grape • hamburgers • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • McDonald's pie • moon viewing • shakes • Shine Muscat • sweet red beans • sweets • tsukimi • tsukimi burgers)

Can we pick out the expensive Japanese grapes in a blind taste test?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 27, 2022

Luxury fruit goes head-to-head with a supermarket bunch.

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• (COK • expensive fruit • food • fruit • grapes • Isetan • japanese fruit • luxury food • Shine Muscat • SNJO • taste test • watermelons)

• Recent Posts

  • 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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  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’s remake can be played with an actual ocarina [Video]

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