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Japan now has a takoyaki sandwich…created by a Michelin-listed restaurant

• Oona McGee
  Jul 15, 2026
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Osaka’s popular street food gets a new life in sandwich form.

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• Japan
• (food • Japanese sandwiches • Japanese street food • Michelin • Michelin restaurant • octopus balls • octopus dumplings • Osaka • restaurants • sandwich • sandwiches • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • weird food)

Japan’s Mister Donut Japan tries its hand at Taiwanese-style street food donuts

• Elliot Hale
  May 1, 2026

Do they live up to the hype of their Taiwanese inspiration?

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Mister Donut • new • Sakupofun • SNJO • street food • sweets • Taiwanese street food • taste test • Yui Imai)

7-Eleven Japan’s cooked-in-store takoyaki is here! How does it fare against the street food king?

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 26, 2026

We pit the convenience store challenger against Tokyo’s favorite maker of Japan’s beloved octopus dumplings.

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• (7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • dumplings • food • Gindaco • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese street food.7-Eleven • octopus • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • taste test)

Tokyo street sweets: The must-snack treats of Nakano’s Refutei

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 27, 2026

No trip to Tokyo’s other otaku neighborhood is complete without a visit to this local landmark.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • imagawayaki • Nakano • Nakano Broadway • oyaki • SNJO • street food • sweets)

Real takoyaki is almost impossible to find in Tokyo, but this place has it, our hardliner says

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 7, 2025

The orthodox Osaka style of Japan’s beloved octopus balls is waiting at Jugemu.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Japanese street food • octopus balls • octopus dumplings • restaurants • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • Tokyo)

Plain, protein, and yakisoba…there’s a takoyaki for all at this specialty shop in Tokyo

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 21, 2025

We delight in some unusual octo-offerings at this Osaka-based takoyaki shop right smack in the middle of our own neighborhood.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Ganso Donaiya • Osaka • shinjuku • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • Tokyo)

Discover some of the best snacks in Atami, a wonderland of Japanese street food

• Elliot Hale
  Jul 19, 2025

There’s a lot more to the city than just hot springs and seaside views.

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• Japan
• (Atami • basque cheesecake • beach • COK • crepe • food • Japanese street food • Mari Morimoto • matcha • Ocean • purin • scenic • shopping street • SNJO • street food • tourism • travel)

What is kasshayaki, the Japanese street food only one prefecture is lucky enough to love?

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 10, 2025

It looks like takoyaki, but this specialty from Shikoku is something else.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Kagawa • kasshayaki • Shikoku • SNJO • street food • takoyaki)

“Flat Takoyaki” at Nanpuu reimagines Japanese street food

• SoraNews24
  Apr 14, 2025

Fried octopus balls get a totally new look at this Japanese restaurant chain.

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• (COK • fast food • food • Japanese food • Japanese street food • local specialties • Nanpuu • octopus balls • Osaka • Osaka specialties • review • SNJO • specialty food • street food • takoyaki • taste test • weird • weird food)

The best kebab in Tokyo? We find out if Moses in Shibuya lives up to the hype

• SoraNews24
  May 7, 2024

Moses was the first person to sell kebabs in Japan, and you can buy them in Shibuya until three in the morning.

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• (cheap eats • inexpensive • kebab • Moses Kebab • Restaurant • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • SNJO • street food • taste test • Tokyo)

Green takoyaki puts a new spin on classic Japanese street food

• Oona McGee
  Jan 9, 2024

You won’t find takoyaki like this anywhere else in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • food • Ibaraki • Japanese food • Japanese street food • octopus • review • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • taste test • weird)

Are you Team Taiyaki or Team Takoyaki? – Weighty Food Debate, Street Food Snack Edition

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 27, 2023

We pick between two Japanese street foods that sound alike, but couldn’t be much more different.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • SNJO • street food • sweets • taiyaki • takoyaki • Weighty Food Debate)

Our Osaka native taste-tests the extra-expensive, extra-large Bikkuri Takoyaki octopus balls

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 30, 2023

Seiji goes big as he goes home.

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• (COK • expensive • food • octopus • Osaka • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • taste test)

Our street food-skipping reporter learns he’s been doing Japanese festivals wrong his whole life

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2023

He’s one of the few people in Japan who made it to adulthood without trying one of the country’s most popular festival foods.

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• Japan
• (COK • festivals • food • Japanese festivals • Japanese street food • Matsuri • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • street food • yakisoba)

We tried gua bao pork belly buns in a local Taipei night market that’s totally worth lining up for

• Shannon
  Apr 27, 2023

It’s a great stop to add to your Taiwan trip itinerary.

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• Taiwan
• (COK • food • gua bao • night market • pork bun • SNJO • street food • Taipei • Taipei eats • Taiwan • Taiwanese night market • Taiwanese street food)

Here’s why it’s worth lining up for this street food donut from a Taiwanese night market

• Dale Roll
  Mar 19, 2023

Donuts might be low on your priority list when visiting Taiwan, but we highly recommend you try this one.

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• Taiwan
• (donut • street food • Taiwan • Taiwanese night market • Taiwanese street food • Yui Imai)

Best place for street food in Japan? New eating alley in Shinjuku is an Asian foodie’s paradise

• Oona McGee
  Nov 11, 2022

Take a look inside Ryu no Miyako Inshokugai, the newest restaurant complex you need to know about.

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• Japan
• (Asian food • awesome • COK • cool • food • food stalls • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • restaurants • review • Ryu no Miyako Inshokugai • shinjuku • Shinjuku Higashiguchi Yokocho • SNJO • street food • taste test • Tokyo • yokocho)

Pizza Hut’s new Oreo pizza is like nothing we’ve ever eaten before

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2022

What you’d get if street food, biscuits and pizza had a child together.  

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (fast food • food • fried chicken • Oreo • Oreos • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Taiwan • SNJO • street food • taste test • weird)

We go on a whirlwind tour of Asia’s night markets without stepping foot on a plane

• Katie Pask
  Nov 26, 2021

We sample the tastiest street food from around Asia without leaving Japan!

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• Japan
• (China • food • Kyoto • South Korea • street food • sweets • Taiwan • Thailand • travel • yatai)

Tired of your usual camping fare? Try this easy Japanese festival favorite【SoraKitchen】

• Dale Roll
  Aug 30, 2021

Or make it at home to bring festival food to you!

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• Japan
• (camping • COK • cooking • festival food • festivals • food • hashimaki • Japanese food • Ken Outdoor Cooking • okonomiyaki • SNJO • SoraKitchen • street food • video)

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