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Starbucks brings new Christmas drinkware and sweets to the table in Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 28, 2022 - Tweet
This year’s festive drinkware range pairs the mermaid with bears.
- Japan
- (Bearista • cakes • Christmas • Christmas 2022 • Christmas in Japan • drinks • drinkware • festive • Frappuccino • Holiday Season • seasonal drinks • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)
Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas Frappuccino and drinks for the 2022 holiday season
- Oona McGee
Oct 27, 2022
The coffeehouse chain has found a heartwarming way for us to all be a Santa this Christmas.
- Japan
- (brownies • cakes • Christmas • Christmas 2022 • dessert drinks • desserts • drinks • festive • Frappuccinos • gingerbread • Holiday Season • Santa • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Does Starbucks Japan’s new Halloween Frappuccino taste as good as it looks?
- Oona McGee
Oct 22, 2022
This purple beauty plays tricks on our eyes and our taste buds.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • gross • halloween • K. Masami • murasaki imo • review • scary • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test)
Starbucks Japan’s newest treats: the Purple Halloween Frappuccino and a gruesome-looking dessert
- Casey Baseel
Oct 19, 2022
This Frappuccino’s special ingredient is seasonal in more ways than one.
- Japan
- (drinks • Frappuccinos • gross • halloween • murasaki imo • scary • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweet potatoes • sweets)
Starbucks Japan’s 2022 Halloween goods are here, and they’re full of black cat cuteness
- Dale Roll
Oct 13, 2022
Add to your Starbucks cup collection with these new, adorable, black cat-motif mugs, tumblers, and bottles!
- Japan
- (black cats • cats • coffee • cute • halloween • Starbucks • Starbucks cup • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tea)
Autumn arrives at Starbucks Japan with two new seasonal drinks
- Oona McGee
Sep 24, 2022
Is it worth stopping by Starbucks this fall?
- Japan
- (autumn • COK • drinks • fall • Frappuccino • K. Masami • limited edition • Pumpkin Spice Latte • seasonal drinks • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweet potato)
McDonald’s Japan’s new tsukimi moon-viewing McShake and McFlurry tantalise the taste buds
- Oona McGee
Sep 16, 2022
New menu items capture the sweet flavours of autumn in Japan.
- Japan
- (autumn • chestnut • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese chestnuts • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • latte • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
New limited Starbucks Japan drinks mix tranquil peach and majestic chai
- Shannon
Sep 16, 2022
Peach, spice, and everything nice, all in a drink.
- Japan
- (chai • fruity • limited edition • limited flavors • Peach • spicy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan)
Starbucks x Snoopy collection debuts in Japan!
- Oona McGee
Sep 15, 2022
A dream collaboration for fans of coffee…and Peanuts.
- Japan
- (anime • autumn • characters • COK • cute • drinks • drinkware • fall • limited edition • merchandise • mugs • Peanuts • Snoopy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tumblers)
Pumpkin Spice Latte returns to Starbucks Japan with a new Frappuccino for autumn
- Oona McGee
Sep 13, 2022
Dessert drinks capture the flavour of the new season.
- Japan
- (autumn • drinks • fall • Frappuccino • limited edition • Pumpkin Spice Latte • seasonal drinks • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweet potato)
Tasting Starbucks Japan’s new autumn Frappuccino, created around the theme of “Our Harvest Table”
- Oona McGee
Sep 1, 2022
The taste of Japanese autumn in a cup!
- Japan
- (autumn • chestnut • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese chestnuts • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • latte • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)
Starbucks Japan announces first of its 2022 fall menu, designed by Starbucks employees
- Dale Roll
Aug 29, 2022
Get into the spirit of fall right off the bat with these tasty-looking upcoming items from Starbucks.
- Japan
- (autumn • chestnuts • drinks • Frappuccino • Mont Blanc • seasonal drinks • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)
We try Starbucks’ buzzworthy (and slightly gross) new cream pie to see how good it really is
- Shannon
Aug 9, 2022
Hopefully they won’t hatch into snails in our stomachs.
- Japan
- (funny • gross • seasonal menu • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)
Starbucks Japan’s new cream pie’s looks are freaking people out
- Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2022
”Pearl chocolate” looks like something else, many are saying.
Starbucks Japan brings back three regional-exclusive Jimoto Frappuccinos for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Aug 4, 2022
Only three prefectures have been deemed worthy of a re-release.
- Japan
- (47 Jimoto Frappuccino • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • Ishikawa • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • Okinawa • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test • Yamanashi)
Get a taste of the Mediterranean in Tokyo with Starbucks Reserve Roastery’s new Summer Terrace
- Katie Pask
Jul 20, 2022
Starbucks Reserve Roastery’s latest offering will make you feel like you’re holidaying in Europe without even stepping on an aeroplane.
- Japan
- (food • Italian food • Italy • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • sweets • Tokyo)
More peach is the name of the game with Starbucks Japan’s Momo More Frappuccino【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 14, 2022
Can our Frappuccino-loving reporter find something to love about summer?
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • peaches • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)
Starbucks Japan’s new summer drinks deliver all the goodness of Matcha and Youthberry
- Oona McGee
Jun 23, 2022
We spill the tea on Starbucks’ new limited-edition beverages.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccinos • matcha • melon • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)
Starbucks Japan’s Melon Frappuccino: One of the most memorable drinks in recent history
- Oona McGee
Jun 2, 2022
Melon upon melon upon melon upon melon upon melon…
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccinos • matcha • melon • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)
Tequila comes to Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo with exclusive collaboration drinks
- Shannon
May 31, 2022
Espresso shots aren’t the only kind of shot at Starbucks now.
- Japan
- (alcohol • cocktails • coffee • drinks • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • tequila)
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
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New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
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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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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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