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If anyone needs us, we’ll be in the cardboard Japanese snack house we just built [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
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New Wet Rice Cracker Burger from Dom Dom breathes new life into a “miracle” snack
- Oona McGee
Aug 15, 2026
Snack that saved a Japanese railway gets a whole new look for a limited time.
- Japan
- (burgers • Choshi Electric Railway • COK • crazy • Dom Dom Burger • fast food • food • nure senbei • rice crackers • senbei • snacks • SNJO • taste test • trains • weird • wet rice crackers)
Onidon opens in Tokyo with unique fusion tempura rice balls you won’t find anywhere else
- Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2026
Onigiri tendon looks set to become Japan’s newest viral food sensation.
- Japan
- (food • Japanese food • new • Ochanomizu • Onidon • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • snacks • SNJO • tempura • tempura bowls • tendon • Tenya • Tokyo)
Japanese recipe for Tempura Twinkies takes America’s favourite snack to a whole new level
- Oona McGee
Jul 13, 2026
Move aside, deep-fried Twinkies, Tempura Twinkies are in town.
- Japan, USA
- (cakes • deep fried • food • fried • fried food • fried snacks • fried sweets • recipes • snacks • SNJO • sweets • tempura • Tempura Twinkie • Twinkie • Twinkies)
Japan’s Hormuz-triggered black-and-white potato chip bags regain some, but not all, color
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2026
Calbee’s potato chips and shrimp chips get partway back to normal as war in Iran drags on.
- Japan
- (Calbee • food • Hormuz • Iran • Kappa Ebisen • naphtha • potato chips • snacks • society • Strait of Hormuz • supply chains • war)
KFC Japan creates spicy summer fried chicken chips together with Calbee
- Casey Baseel
Jul 4, 2026
Red-hot KFC chicken chips are on the way, and green-hot ones too.
- Japan
- (Calbee • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC Japan • potato chips • snacks)
Testing Japan’s latest food hack trend: Adding instant corn soup powder to popcorn[Taste test]
- Elliot Hale
Jun 27, 2026
A two-ingredient food hack promising a delicious upgrade.
- Japan
- (Ajinomoto • COK • corn potage • corn soup • crazy • cream of corn soup • food • food hack • food hacks • popcorn • snacks • SNO • soup • taste test • weird)
Kits to make battle tops out of pure candy coming soon in Japan
- Master Blaster
Jun 22, 2026
If you’re going to play with your food, make it competitive.
- Japan
- (candy • Custom Koma King • educational candy • Kracie • snacks • tops • toys)
Lawson opens a new mini supermarket, and the lucky bags can essentially stock your kitchen
- Elliot Hale
Jun 5, 2026
You can haul back thousands of yen worth of ramen, rice, and snacks for a fraction of the price.
- Japan
- (COK • convenience stores • food • fukubukuro • japanese snacks • Kodaira • L Minimart • Lawson • lucky bag • Mr. Sato • opening sale • sale • snacks • SNJO • supermarkets • Tokyo)
Japan’s instant ramen snack theme park features an athletic course even adults can enjoy
- Elliot Hale
May 23, 2026
Sample ramen pizza, alongside other limited-edition items to pick up, or just make your own treats.
- Japan
- (athletic course • Baby Star • Baby Star Ramen • Butamen • COK • food • food theme park • Hoshio-kun • japanese snacks • Mie • Natsuno Futon • Oyatsu Company • Oyatsu Town • snacks • SNJO • theme park • theme parks • tourism • Tsu)
Mr. Sato shares his own secret Ministop hack to help save the ailing convenience store
- Master Blaster
Apr 21, 2026
Hopefully, this is just a mini stop on Ministop’s road to success.
- Japan
- (convenience stores • Hokkaido milk • Hokkaido potatoes • ice cream • junk food • Minisof • Ministop • snacks)
Mr. Sato discovers his inner beaver with a 16-inch chocolate “twig” at Tokyo Station
- Elliot Hale
Apr 12, 2026
Why settle for a tiny snack when you can gnaw on one that doubles as a legendary sword?
- Japan
- (big food • churros • COK • crazy • First Avenue • First Avenue Tokyo Station • food • Koeda • Morinaga • Morinaga no Okashina Okashiyasan • Mr. Sato • snacks • SNJO • Super Long • Tokyo • Tokyo Station)
Pringles Chocolate, but with a Japanese twist, is the snack hack you should be trying right now
- Oona McGee
Apr 11, 2026
Jagarico one-ups a viral global trend for fans of Japanese flavour.
- Japan
- (cooking • cooking hack • cooking hacks • food hacks • hack • hacks • Jagarico • Jagariko • junk food • Pringles Chocolate • recipes • snacks • SNJO)
Japanese potato chip Rubik’s Cubes coming soon
- Master Blaster
Feb 18, 2026
Delicious difficulty added to the classic puzzle.
- Japan
- (Calbee • games • Mega House • potato chips • puzzles • rubik's cube • snacks)
Pocky recall issued in Japan after customers notice off-the-mark taste caused by unintended smells
- Casey Baseel
Dec 10, 2025
Pocky maker Glico recalls six million units across 20 different product types.
Dagashiya Ahiru Shop is a hidden gem for Japanese snacks lovers
- Oona McGee
Dec 10, 2025
Mysterious warehouse is a secret destination that’s yet to be discovered by overseas tourists.
- Japan
- (Chiba • children • COK • dagashi • dagashiya • hidden gem • Japanese sweets • nostalgia • shops • snacks • SNJO • sweets)
Tokyo all-you-can-eat senbei deal is perfect for newbies to the world of beloved Japanese snacks
- Casey Baseel
Nov 7, 2025
Tourist-friendly Shibuya shopping center hosts senbei newcomer-friendly event, and it’s completely free!
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • COK • food • rice crackers • senbei • Shibuya Parco • snacks • SNJO)
What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Denny’s in Japan?
- Oona McGee
Oct 19, 2025
Find out what you should order from the menu at this super popular family restaurant chain.
- Japan
- (cheap eats • cheap finds • COK • cool • Denny's • Denny's Japan • drinks • family restaurants • food • Japanese food • japanese snacks • Japanese sweets • restaurants • snacks • SNJO • sweets)
Get your cakes in about a minute with Tokyo Station’s unmanned Tokyo Banana shop
- Master Blaster
Oct 15, 2025
No fuss, no muss, no people.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • shinkansen • shopping • snacks • SNJO • souvenirs • stations • Tokyo • Tokyo Banana • Tokyo Station • train platforms • trains • unmanned shop • unmanned store)
Umaibo Festival campaign underway for Umaibo Day on 11 November
- Master Blaster
Sep 21, 2025
No one tell Pocky about this, OK?
- Japan
- (contests • happi • holidays • Japanese festivals • snacks • umaibo • Umaibo Day • Umaibo Festival • Yaokin • yukata)
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