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Starbucks Japan brings sakura sweets to the table for cherry blossom season 2024

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2024
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Traditional sweets get a Starbucks twist for hanami flower-viewing picnics.

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Beautiful Starbucks in Kobe is one of only 28 special Regional Landmark Stores in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 11, 2024

This Starbucks in a registered tangible cultural property is one of the country’s extra-special branches.

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Starbucks Japan’s new sakura collection arrives in stores for hanami season 2024

• Oona McGee
  Feb 9, 2024

Bright new cherry blossom collection includes a couple of sparkly Stanley cups you won’t find anywhere else.

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Tokyo’s flagship Starbucks in prime cherry blossom spot kicking off sakura season with food, drinks, art

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 9, 2024

Reserve Roastery will look pretty in pink, whether you’re looking at the building, your glass, or your plate.

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Starbucks Japan unveils new Sakura Frappuccino for cherry blossom-viewing season 2024

• Oona McGee
  Feb 8, 2024

Two new drinks capture the taste of a famous Japanese hanami tradition. 

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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

We find out if this is a must-have beverage for hanami cherry blossom-viewing picnics. 

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Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks building now has a reopening date

• Oona McGee
  Feb 5, 2024

But will the Starbucks overlooking Shibuya Scramble Crossing reopen in the same spot? 

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• (coffee • COK • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • Shibuya Starbucks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tsutaya)

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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Starbucks’ newest Japanese Frappuccinos start selling out before going on sale

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 31, 2024

Lack of key ingredient means sweets fans may be left singing the blues as roughly 100 branches will get no Operas.

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Starbucks Japan unveils new blood-red Frappuccinos for Valentine’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2024

The green mermaid invites us into a thrilling polyamorous romance, tinged with danger.

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Starbucks pairs new Frappuccinos with chocolate cakes for Valentine’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Jan 18, 2024

We get a taste of the chain’s most delicious couples and find out if they’re worth the calories.

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Starbucks Japan’s new Valentine’s Day Frappuccino is like a drinkable opera cake

• Oona McGee
  Jan 17, 2024

There’s no escaping the charms of this newest limited-edition beverage.

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Starbucks Japan unveils Valentine’s Day collection for 2024 and it’s a chocolate lover’s dream

• Oona McGee
  Jan 16, 2024

With over a dozen new items in the range, there’s something for everyone at Starbucks this Valentine’s Day.

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Starbucks Japan gives us a Frappuccino couple for Valentine’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Jan 11, 2024

Two limited-edition drinks capture the bittersweet nature of romance.

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Starbucks Japan’s Lucky Bag #3: A fukubukuro to end all fukubukuro

• Oona McGee
  Jan 5, 2024

You might be a Starbucks fan, but are you this much of a Starbucks fan?

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Starbucks Japan’s Lucky Bag #2: Is it as good as the first fukubukuro?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2024

You never know what you’re going to get in a Starbucks fukubukuro.

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• (COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2024 • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

Starbucks Japan’s New Year’s lucky bag: One of the rarest fukubukuro of 2024

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2024

Only available to lottery winners, this “phantom” box is filled with special goods. 

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• (COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • lucky bag • lucky bag 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2024 • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)

The 5 best Frappuccinos we tried at Starbucks in Japan this year

• Oona McGee
  Dec 31, 2023

Looking back on the year that was with some of Japan’s best limited-edition beverages.

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• (COK • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • new year • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition)

Does Starbucks Japan’s new rice cake Frappuccino live up to the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 30, 2023

The green mermaid wants us to relax with a cup of tea and a traditional sweet in every mouthful. 

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• (COK • daifuku • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • green tea • hojicha • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • new year • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • tea)

Starbucks adds new chewy matcha cake to its menu in Japan for New Year

• Oona McGee
  Dec 23, 2023

Plus, there’s a matcha sandwich coming our way, but it won’t be that easy to find.

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• (cakes • COK • desserts • donuts • doughnnuts • green tea • limited edition • matcha • new year • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets)

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