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New Legend of Zelda Boss is a canned coffee, gives you a chance at awesome jacket loot【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 12, 2023
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Nintendo and Suntory team up to keep you caffeinated on your adventures in life.

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• (BOSS • Boss coffee • canned coffee • coffee • cool • drinks • fashion • jacket • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • Suntory • Tears of the Kingdom • video games • Zelda)

Japanese whisky in a can: Comparing the new Suntory Hakushu Premium Highball to a homemade one

• Oona McGee
  Jun 20, 2023

Does this highball in a can taste as good as a homemade highball? 

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• (COK • drinking • drinks • Hakushu • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • K. Masami • review • SNJO • Suntory • Suntory Whisky • taste test • Whiskey • whisky)

Starbucks unveils a new type of matcha latte in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2023

“For relaxing times, make it Suntory time.”

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• (chilled cup • COK • convenience stores • cool • drinks • green tea • hojicha • Japanese convenience stores • limited edition • matcha • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Suntory • tea • Uji Matcha)

Cat paw button vending machine debuts in Japan to celebrate Cat Day

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 22, 2023

How could anyone resist the urge to press these buttons?

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• Japan
• (Cat Day • cats • COK • cool • cute • drinks • paw pads • Suntory • vending machines)

Suntory’s prized Hakushu whisky is going into a can for the Premium Highball Hakushu

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 4, 2023

Canned cocktail celebrates Suntory’s 100 years in the whisky-making business.

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• (alcohol • canned cocktails • cocktails • drinks • Hakushu • Japanese whisky • Suntory • Whiskey • whisky)

Premium Japanese whisky is now in chocolate form with Suntory Yamazaki and Hibiki nama chocolate

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 23, 2023

Kamakura chocolatier teams up with distiller as Japan enters its chocolate-crazy season.

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• (alcohol • chocolate • COK • drinks • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • nama chocolate • Suntory • Suntory Hibiki • Suntory Yamazaki • sweets • Whiskey • whisky)

Japan’s beer-selling war veteran anime penguins get new merchandise line【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 15, 2022

Felissimo brings back the Papipu Penguins.

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• (anime • crazy • fashion • Felissimo • Papipu Penguins • Penguin’s Memory • Suntory • weird)

Japan’s most popular beers, according to 70 million customers

• Oona McGee
  Apr 5, 2022

Is your favourite Japanese beer on the list?

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• (Asahi Super Dry • beer • beers • COK • drinking • drinks • happoshu • Japanese beer • Kirin • ranking • Sapporo Beer • shinjanru • Suntory • survey)

Starbucks Japan jump starts sakura sweets season with new Sakura White Chocolate with Milk Pudding

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 27, 2022

We won’t be seeing cherry blossoms on the trees for a while yet, but sakura will be showing up in our desserts very soon.

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• (cherry blossoms • chocolate • drinks • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Suntory • sweets • white chocolate)

Suntory whiskey chocolates now exist in Japan thanks to aroma chocolatier

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 22, 2022

Whiskey aficionados are always happy to have distiller Suntory’s premium varieties in their glass, and now you can have them in your chocolate too.

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• (alcohol • chocolate • COK • drinks • food • Hibiki • Suntory • sweets • Whiskey • whisky • Yamazaki)

Suntory to increase the price of 31 whisky products by up to 28 percent next year

• Dale Roll
  Dec 2, 2021

The beverage company hopes the increases will help build the capital needed to increase production. 

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• (alcohol • business • drinks • Japanese whisky • Suntory • Suntory Whisky • whisky • Yamazaki whisky)

New “boss’ treat” vending machines in Japan give out free drinks if you use them with a coworker

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 22, 2021

You don’t need to bring any money as long as you remember to bring a buddy.

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• (cool • drinks • free • society • Suntory • technology • vending machines • video • working in Japan)

Play the meta capsule toy game at Japan’s second-hand stores for some real surprises

• Master Blaster
  Sep 17, 2021

Join us for a little bit of toy archeology.

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• (capsule toys • Eiichiro Matsumoto • gacha toys • recycle shops • Saya Togashi • second-hand • Suiyobi Dodesho • Suntory • toys)

Suntory to release new Yamazaki smoke-barrel aged plum liqueur in limited quantities

• Dale Roll
  Sep 10, 2021

The perfect drink for fans of both peaty whisky and ume-shu!

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• (alcohol • drinks • liquor • plum wine • Suntory • umeshu • Whiskey • whisky • Yamazaki whiskey)

Sake and Japanese convenience store ice cream go great together, but there’s an even better combo

• Dale Roll
  Aug 14, 2021

Elevate your summer with a deliciously cold, boozy dessert!

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• (alcohol • COK • ice cream • liquor • sake • SNJO • Suntory • sweets • whisky)

Cans of 7-Up discontinued in Japan, production quietly stopped last January

• Master Blaster
  Jun 21, 2021

7-Up, Japan hardly knew ye.

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• (7-Up • business • discontinued • pop • soda • soft drinks • Suntory • vending machines)

Japanese whisky tasting online: Suntory’s Yamazaki and Hakushu distilleries now have remote tours

• Oona McGee
  Apr 16, 2021

The best part of the new remote distillery tours is the special box they send you for the whisky tasting.

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• (alcohol • distillery tour • drinks • Hakushu • Japanese whisky • limited edition • Suntory • Whiskey • whisky • Yamazaki)

3.11 survivors share what items they really needed during the aftermath of the disaster

• Dale Roll
  Mar 10, 2021

The secret, it seems, is preparing for mental health as well as physical safety.

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• (3.11 • 3/11 • disaster preparedness • emergency kits • Great East Japan Earthquake • Natural disasters • Suntory)

One of Japan’s best whiskies, Hakushu 12 Year, is returning after two years of being sold out

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2021

Get ready to raise a glass to, and of, the return of this Suntory star.

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• (alcohol • drinks • Hakushu • Hakushu 12 Year • Suntory • Whiskey • whisky)

Blossom Harmony Hibiki is Japan’s newest must-try whisky

• Oona McGee
  Jan 8, 2021

Suntory adds a touch of sakura to its famous blend this year.

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• (alcohol • Ao • Chita • drinks • Hibiki • Japanese whisky • limited edition • sakura • Suntory • Whiskey • whisky • world whiskies • Yamazaki)

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