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Starbucks Reserve Roastery and Converse Tokyo create dreamy collaboration for Tanabata
Starbucks… Converse Star… Tanabata Star Festival… Anyway, it’s out of this world!
- Japan
- (collaboration goods • Converse • Converse Tokyo • limited edition • seasonal • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • Tanabata)
Starbucks releases 47 new Frappuccinos in Japan, one for every prefecture
- Oona McGee
Jun 23, 2021
Coffeehouse chain celebrates its 25th anniversary with an epic homage to local ingredients.
- Japan
- (47 prefectures • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Trying out Starbucks Japan’s ultra relaxing 2021 seasonal summer tea drinks【Taste Test】
- Shannon
Jun 19, 2021
Because Starbucks Japan knows we could all use a bit of relaxing tea time.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • hojicha • seasonal drinks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • summer • taste test • tea • tea latte)
Starbucks to sell limited-edition hojicha latte cups at convenience stores for the summer
- Dale Roll
Jun 16, 2021
Love the roasted variety of green tea? Then you don’t want to miss this!
- Japan
- (COK • convenience stores • drinks • green tea • hojicha • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • tea latte)
Starbucks Japan releases a surprise Chocolate Tea Cake Frappuccino【Taste Test】
- Oona McGee
Jun 8, 2021
New drink appears in stores without any prior notice.
- Japan
- (cake • chocolate • COK • dessert drinks • Earl grey • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
Starbucks Delivers: New service expands in Japan with exclusive sets for delivery customers
- Oona McGee
Jun 1, 2021
Doughnut and matcha sets you can’t buy in stores.
- Japan
- (delivery • donuts • doughnuts • Frappuccino • green tea • Iced Matcha Tea Latte • matcha • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Trying Starbucks Japan’s secret limited-time Iced Matcha Tea Latte 【Taste Test】
- Shannon
May 29, 2021
Our Starbucks expert finds a hidden new green tea drink on the menu.
Starbucks Japan’s new Strawberry Frappuccino: The next best thing to being in Wimbledon right now
- Oona McGee
May 14, 2021
Boring old strawberry or a surprising flavour with an interesting backstory?
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • strawberries • strawberry • taste test)
What’s the deal with the big colour-changing cup at Starbucks Japan?
- Oona McGee
Apr 16, 2021
Is the colour change really that great? And what about the straw, does that change colour too? We test it out to find the answers.
- Japan
- (coffee • coffee drinks • colour changing cups • cute • drinks • eco • Frappuccino • limited edition • reusable cups • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Starbucks celebrates 25 years in Japan by adding four new limited-time coffee drinks to the menu
- Oona McGee
Apr 15, 2021
A sublime Coffee Tiramisu Frappuccino is just one of the tasty new offerings.
- Japan
- (almond milk • bananas • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • oat milk • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
Starbucks’ Colour-Changing Cold Drink Cups arrive in Japan, supporting the LGBT community
- Oona McGee
Apr 14, 2021
New release helps to change the world…in more ways than one.
- Japan
- (cute • eco • Frappuccino • LGBT • limited edition • reusable cups • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Starbucks Japan’s Chai Chocolate Frappuccino requires a whole new ordering system
- Oona McGee
Apr 10, 2021
A new limited-edition beverage that can’t be purchased over the counter.
- Japan
- (almond milk • bananas • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • oat milk • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
Starbucks celebrates its 25th anniversary in Japan with a special commemorative drinkware range
- Oona McGee
Mar 31, 2021
It may be Starbucks’ quarter-century anniversary, but it’s us who’s getting the presents.
- Japan
- (coffee cups • COK • cups • drinkware • glasses • limited edition • mugs • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • travel mugs • tumblers)
We compare and contrast Starbucks Japan’s 2021 cherry blossom season Frappuccinos【Taste Test】
- Ingrid Tsai
Mar 26, 2021
Am we going insane because of hay fever or are these two just the same drink?
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • sakura • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
Starbucks Japan reveals second sakura Frappuccino for cherry blossom season 2021
- Oona McGee
Mar 23, 2021
Starbucks surprises us with a new release that’s…almost identical to their first?
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • hanami • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
The pros and cons of Starbucks Japan’s new reusable straws
- Oona McGee
Mar 19, 2021
Convenient design or more of a hassle than they’re worth?
- Japan
- (cute • drinks • eco • environmental issues • environmentally friendly • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • reusable straws • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • straws)
We try Japan’s new Starbucks Frappuccino with first-ever almond milk whipped cream
- Oona McGee
Mar 19, 2021
Will this season’s limited-edition non-dairy milk beverages be a tasty revelation or a crushing disappointment?
- Japan
- (almond milk • bananas • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • oat milk • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
Starbucks starts selling cute reusable straws in Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 18, 2021
Looking after the environment while looking after your need for the perfect Frappuccino straw.
- Japan
- (cute • drinks • eco • environmental issues • environmentally friendly • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • reusable straws • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • straws)
Starbucks Japan’s new Frappuccino contains first-ever almond milk whipped cream topping
- Oona McGee
Mar 10, 2021
Stepping into spring with two types of limited-edition non-dairy milk beverages.
- Japan
- (almond milk • bananas • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • oat milk • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Starbucks Japan goes back to the matcha past with new stone-milled green tea drinks at Roastery
- Casey Baseel
Mar 10, 2021
Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo adds classical tea culture equipment so that it can make matcha the old-fashioned way.
- Japan
- (cafes • cool • drinks • green tea • matcha • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • tea)
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Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
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Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
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Two Tokyo neighborhoods to gather on bridge and shift their recognized border through tug-of-war
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Japanese convenience store offering chance to have your shopping be effectively free for one day
Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
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