SoraNews24 —Japan News—

Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today.

RocketNews24 Japanese

• Japan
• China
• Korea
• North Korea
• Taiwan
• USA
• Internet

Featured

• Weird
• Studio Ghibli
• Jobs

sweets (Page 10)

We revisited Sweets Paradise after a decade to see if Japan’s dessert buffet still delivers

• Elliot Hale
  Jan 3, 2026
• Tweet

Can it make both your stomach and wallet happy?

Read More

• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • buffet • chain restaurant • COK • desserts • food • food and drinks • Machida • Restaurant • SNJO • sweets • Sweets Paradise • tabehodai • Takuya Inaba • Tokyo)

Hello Kitty Choco Egg figures are an adorable trip through three periods of Japanese pop culture【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2025

Kitty-chans representing the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras are waiting inside these sweet treats.

Read More

• Japan
• (Choco Egg • Choco Eggs • chocolate • COK • cute • figures • food • Heisei • Heisei era • Hello Kitty • Reiwa • Reiwa era • retro • Sanrio • Showa • Showa Era • SNJO • sweets)

Ultra-premium matcha, koji rice mold star in Starbucks Japanese New Year’s Frappuccino and drinks

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 23, 2025

Starbucks Japan closes out the year with luxurious and innovative dessert drinks for the most Japanese holiday season of the year.

Read More

• Japan
• (drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • gyokuro • Japanese Frappuccinos • koji • matcha • New Year's • Oshogatsu • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)

How to get your money’s worth at an all-you-can-eat crepe challenge in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Dec 14, 2025

Local hack will have you eating more crepes than you ever thought possible.

Read More

• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • all-you-can-eat crepes • COK • crepe • crepes • food • food hacks • hack • SNJO • sweets • Yokohama)

Pocky recall issued in Japan after customers notice off-the-mark taste caused by unintended smells

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2025

Pocky maker Glico recalls six million units across 20 different product types.

Read More

• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • food • Glico • Pocky • recall • snacks • sweets • weird)

Dagashiya Ahiru Shop is a hidden gem for Japanese snacks lovers

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2025

Mysterious warehouse is a secret destination that’s yet to be discovered by overseas tourists. 

Read More

• Japan
• (Chiba • children • COK • dagashi • dagashiya • hidden gem • Japanese sweets • nostalgia • shops • snacks • SNJO • sweets)

Viral 3D ice creams land in Japan… but are they worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 7, 2025

Trendy desserts arrive at supermarkets and convenience stores, so we find out if they’re worth your yen.

Read More

• Japan
• (3D ice cream • 3D ice creams • 7-Eleven • convenience stores • fruit • ice cream • ice creams • Japanese convenience stores • Mr. Sato • SNJO • social media • sweets • viral)

A whole slew of Totoro Christmas cakes are on their way to make the season extra merry【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 4, 2025

Studio Ghibli-themed bakery puts a tasty spin on Japan’s Christmas cake tradition.

Read More

• Japan
• (anime • cake • Christmas • Christmas cake • cream puffs • cute • food • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Shire Hige’s Cream Puff Factory • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro)

This one delicious Japanese dessert has at least six different names

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 2, 2025

Survey creates map of what different parts of Japan call one of its favorite traditional desserts.

Read More

• Japan
• (food • imagawayaki • Japanese language • linguistics • obanyaki • survey • sweets)

Godzilla-shaped ice cream on sale in Tokyo near the sight his most adorable rampage

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 30, 2025

You can eat Shin Godzilla’s Kamata-kun very close to Kamata.

Read More

• Japan
• (cool • crazy • cute • food • Godzilla • highway rest stops • ice cream • kaiju • parking areas • rest stops • Shin Godzilla • sweets • weird)

One Piece devil fruit ice cream coming back to Baskin-Robbins Japan

• Master Blaster
  Nov 29, 2025

Gomu-Gomu Fruit Punch is bouncing back.

Read More

• Japan
• (anime • Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • Devil Fruit • food • Gomu-Gomu Fruit • Gomu-Gomu Fruit Punch • Gum-Gum Fruit • ice cream • manga • One Piece • sweets)

Final Fantasy Chocobo and Dragon Quest Slime street sweets on sale in Tokyo【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 29, 2025

We head to Shinjuku to encounter these Square Enix video game mascots turned tasty treats.

Read More

• Japan
• (Chocobo • COK • cool • cute • Dragon Quest • Dragon Quest Slime • Final Fantasy • food • Pasela • slime • SNO • Square Enix • sweets • taiyaki • taste test • video games)

Starbucks Japan’s new S’mores Frappuccino has something extra, but do we want to drink some more?

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 27, 2025

We taste-test Starbuck’s latest Japanese S’mores Frappuccino, plus their first-ever hot apple cider.

Read More

• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • s'mores • SNJO • Starbucks • Staucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

Ikea Japan’s matcha sweets fair is back, and with all-new green tea desserts!

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 26, 2025

Matcha Fair is now underway at Ikea Japan with brand-new green tea sweets for the winter holiday season.

Read More

• Japan
• (food • green tea • ikea • ikea japan • matcha • matcha sweets • sweets)

Denny’s Japan launches a giant customizable crepe for students

• Elliot Hale
  Nov 22, 2025

Sweet or savory? With a whole 25 toppings to choose from, after school is getting a lot more delicious.

Read More

• Japan
• (COK • crepes • Deni-bu • Denny's • Denny's Japan • family restaurants • food • restaurants • SNJO • student deal • students • sweets)

Many foreign tourists not picking up, paying for their orders at 100-year-old Tokyo sweets shop

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 18, 2025

Century-old dorayaki specialist in Ginza is asking for a little more considerateness from its recently expanded foreigner fan base.

Read More

• Japan
• (COK • dorayaki • food • foreign tourists • Ginza • Japanese sweets • sweets • tourism • travel)

Tokyo Station’s ultra-rare cakes look, and taste, like a cup of coffee

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 13, 2025

Cleverly beautiful tiramisu sweets are only available three days a week.

Read More

• Japan
• (beautiful • cake • clever • coffee • COK • cool • food • sweets • tiramisu • Tokyo Station)

Kirby mochi arrives at Family Mart, but is it as sweet to eat as it is to look at?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 12, 2025

Nintendo star’s latest transformation is into Tabemasu sweets.

Read More

• Japan
• (Bandai • Bandai Candy • COK • convenience stores • cute • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Kirby • mochi • nintendo • SNO • sweets • tabemasu • taste test • video games)

Nintendo’s Kirby zooms into Japanese convenience stores Family Mart’s Super Satisfied Fest

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 11, 2025

Kirby is making a combini run ahead of the launch of his new game.

Read More

• Japan
• (convenience stores • cute • Family mart • food • instant noodles • Japanese convenience stores • Kirby • nintendo • SNJO • sweets • video games)

Pokémon doughnuts appear at Mister Donut, with all-new Pikachu and Foongus

• Oona McGee
  Nov 11, 2025

Find out if these new Pokémon are worth capturing.

Read More

• Japan
• (anime • COK • cute • diglett • donuts • doughnuts • food • Foongus • manga • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)

1. « Prev
2. 1
3. ...
4. 7
5. 8
6. 9
7. 10
8. 11
9. 12
10. 13
11. ...
12. 114
13. Next »

• Recent Posts

  • Restaurant opens in Japan with all-dementia waitresses, serves up ramen, awareness, and kindness
  • Get the taste of the U.K. in Tokyo with 99 Flakes, meat pies, and Jaffa Cakes
  • Japanese government hires leading comedy agency to explain national defense spending
  • Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
  • Pokémon doughnuts pop up at Mister Donut, with a new gathering that’s bigger than ever

• MOST POPULAR

  • Today
  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Yearly

  Today

  1. Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
  2. Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
  3. Pokémon doughnuts pop up at Mister Donut, with a new gathering that’s bigger than ever
  4. Get the taste of the U.K. in Tokyo with 99 Flakes, meat pies, and Jaffa Cakes
  5. First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
  6. Japanese government hires leading comedy agency to explain national defense spending
  7. Discount retailers known for massive bargains releases massive Japanese egg sandwich
  8. Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
  9. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  10. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan

  Weekly

  1. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  2. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  3. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  4. Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
  5. Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
  6. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  7. Pokémon doughnuts pop up at Mister Donut, with a new gathering that’s bigger than ever
  8. Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]
  9. Starbucks Japan unveils new winter drinkware collection with limited-edition Stanley cups
  10. Japanese government announces criteria for creating backup capital of Japan

  Monthly

  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  4. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  5. What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?
  6. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  7. Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
  8. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  9. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
  10. Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store

  Yearly

  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
  9. Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
  10. Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa

• RECOMMENDED STORIES

  • Japanese government hires leading comedy agency to explain national defense spending
  • Discount retailers known for massive bargains releases massive Japanese egg sandwich
  • Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
  • Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  • Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  • Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
  • Restaurant opens in Japan with all-dementia waitresses, serves up ramen, awareness, and kindness
  • Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
  • Tokyo to build new crematoriums to meet surging demand
  • Japan’s free stock image site of muscular men doing whimsical and mundane things reveals rankings
  • Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  • Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
  • Mr. Sato searches for the mysterious new wall of fortune in Tokyo
  • Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]

• • Categories

    Categories Select Category Africa  (33) Anime & Manga  (193) Art  (64) Australia  (42) C America  (9) C Asia  (17) Canada  (59) Cats  (72) China  (847) Culture  (180) Cute  (187) Entertainment  (248) Europe  (345) FN24  (1) Food & Drink  (314) Games & Tech  (167) Global  (1,073) India  (11) Internet  (2,198) Italy  (13) Japan  (34,561) Korea  (375) Lifestyle  (76) Mexico  (6) Music  (12) N Asia  (4) New Zealand  (11) News  (61) North Korea  (72) Oceania  (10) Russia  (56) S America  (33) S Asia  (66) SE Asia  (378) Space  (2) Taiwan  (203) UK  (18) Uncategorized  (19) USA  (978) W Asia  (25)

  • Archives

    Archives Select Month November 2026  (30) October 2026  (144) September 2026  (156) August 2026  (174) July 2026  (197) June 2026  (174) May 2026  (138) April 2026  (142) March 2026  (150) February 2026  (124) January 2026  (138) December 2025  (136) November 2025  (136) October 2025  (151) September 2025  (154) August 2025  (143) July 2025  (158) June 2025  (165) May 2025  (162) April 2025  (181) March 2025  (157) February 2025  (127) January 2025  (139) December 2024  (148) November 2024  (149) October 2024  (153) September 2024  (154) August 2024  (158) July 2024  (156) June 2024  (150) May 2024  (166) April 2024  (150) March 2024  (157) February 2024  (169) January 2024  (159) December 2023  (165) November 2023  (166) October 2023  (166) September 2023  (173) August 2023  (183) July 2023  (171) June 2023  (180) May 2023  (158) April 2023  (152) March 2023  (167) February 2023  (160) January 2023  (171) December 2022  (175) November 2022  (176) October 2022  (179) September 2022  (191) August 2022  (202) July 2022  (193) June 2022  (178) May 2022  (178) April 2022  (181) March 2022  (212) February 2022  (199) January 2022  (224) December 2021  (230) November 2021  (214) October 2021  (215) September 2021  (238) August 2021  (225) July 2021  (207) June 2021  (218) May 2021  (209) April 2021  (206) March 2021  (225) February 2021  (209) January 2021  (224) December 2020  (225) November 2020  (224) October 2020  (231) September 2020  (238) August 2020  (227) July 2020  (220) June 2020  (209) May 2020  (215) April 2020  (238) March 2020  (235) February 2020  (222) January 2020  (233) December 2019  (187) November 2019  (214) October 2019  (237) September 2019  (195) August 2019  (205) July 2019  (183) June 2019  (201) May 2019  (231) April 2019  (192) March 2019  (242) February 2019  (211) January 2019  (238) December 2018  (212) November 2018  (217) October 2018  (214) September 2018  (203) August 2018  (217) July 2018  (218) June 2018  (208) May 2018  (204) April 2018  (193) March 2018  (216) February 2018  (192) January 2018  (223) December 2017  (204) November 2017  (209) October 2017  (218) September 2017  (209) August 2017  (228) July 2017  (222) June 2017  (245) May 2017  (229) April 2017  (197) March 2017  (165) February 2017  (151) January 2017  (180) December 2016  (260) November 2016  (267) October 2016  (302) September 2016  (387) August 2016  (351) July 2016  (379) June 2016  (379) May 2016  (312) April 2016  (347) March 2016  (414) February 2016  (379) January 2016  (359) December 2015  (359) November 2015  (378) October 2015  (435) September 2015  (419) August 2015  (152) July 2015  (218) June 2015  (179) May 2015  (237) April 2015  (223) March 2015  (119) February 2015  (121) January 2015  (394) December 2014  (376) November 2014  (376) October 2014  (414) September 2014  (349) August 2014  (379) July 2014  (316) June 2014  (375) May 2014  (384) April 2014  (354) March 2014  (318) February 2014  (284) January 2014  (270) December 2013  (224) November 2013  (242) October 2013  (244) September 2013  (226) August 2013  (241) July 2013  (214) June 2013  (222) May 2013  (191) April 2013  (173) March 2013  (149) February 2013  (85) January 2013  (106) December 2012  (111) November 2012  (149) October 2012  (151) September 2012  (118) August 2012  (99) July 2012  (56) June 2012  (57) May 2012  (54) April 2012  (62) March 2012  (40) February 2012  (27) January 2012  (24) December 2011  (18) November 2011  (12) October 2011  (1) September 2011  (9) August 2011  (11) March 2011  (1)

• 訪日外国人向けインバウンド広告メディア「SoraNews24」とは？

• • Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
  • Tokyo to build new crematoriums to meet surging demand
• About Us | Jobs | Contact | Contribution | Partner with Us

© SoraNews24 —Japan News— / SOCIO CORPORATION

• Advertise |
• About Us |
• Work with us |
• Contact |
• Contribution |