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Play an edible Tsum Tsum mobile game with individually wrapped Pino ice creams!

Oona McGee
Nov 11, 2015
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If you love Japan’s bite-sized Pino ice creams as much as you love Disney’s range of adorable Tsum Tsum characters, then this special collaboration is sure to bring you joy this holiday season.

Japan
(characters • Disney • ice cream • line • mobile game • Pino • sweets • tsum tsum)

Drink Green! We check out the amazing “Green Tea Party” presented by Isetan and Ito En! 【Pics】

Kay
Nov 9, 2015

Green tea has always been a popular drink in Japan and is widely consumed here even in plastic bottles. Visitors to Japan are sure to have seen a variety of green tea drinks at convenience stores or vending machines, including those from major tea and beverage maker Ito En.

Now, Ito En and department store Isetan have teamed up to put on a delightful promotional event which they’re calling the “Green Tea Party“, and the event is exactly that – one big tea party, where you can have so many different types of green tea and tea-based beverage creations that you’ll feel like you stepped into a wonderland of Japanese tea. Naturally, we weren’t about to stay away from a good tea party, so we made our way to the branch of Isetan in Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighborhood. Let’s take a look at what we saw and tasted at the event, shall we?

Japan
(drinks • green tea • Ito En • matcha • Riedel • sweets)

From Totoro to Sailor Moon: Macarons get delicious anime makeovers

Oona McGee
Nov 4, 2015

When you’re looking for cute inspiration, you don’t have to look much further than Japan. As the birthplace of the world’s beloved wide-eyed, chubby-faced anime characters, the nation is full to overflowing with commercials, posters, sweets and goods that are so adorable even self-respecting adults can’t help but squeal like delighted children when they catch sight of them.

Now Japan’s cast of cute characters have found a home for themselves across the seas in a gorgeous little Airstream trailer in California, where they continue to pop up in limited numbers in the best way ever: as deliciously sweet macarons. Come with us as we take a look at some of the cute critters and adorable edibles in the collection after the break.

Japan, USA
(anime • cute • macarons • manga • Naruto • Sailor Moon • Studio Ghibli • sweets)

Need a date for Christmas Eve? VR headset lets you share cake with an anime voice actress

Casey Baseel
Nov 4, 2015

Last week we took a look at a new brand of instant curry on sale in Japan that includes a DVD of a sexy model who pretends to be your girlfriend as you eat it. Now, who’s ready for some dessert?

In Japan, it’s not a proper Christmas Eve without a romantic date and some cake, so unattached anime fans will be thrilled to know that one of the industry’s most popular voice actresses is available for a dessert date this year. The only catch?

The date takes place in virtual reality.

Japan
(anime • cake • otaku • sweets • Sword Art Online • virtual reality)

Japanese meat-lovers celebrating their birthdays with crazy literal beefcakes

Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2015

Let’s play a little word association game. When I say “birthday,” what’s the next word that comes to mind?

For everyone who said “suit,” well, we’ve always suspected that at least a handful of people at any given moment are reading RocketNews24 while completely nude. Still, I’m guessing that far more of you thought of birthday parties and birthday cakes, which tend to go hand in hand. But what do you make the centerpiece of your birthday celebration edibles if sweets aren’t your thing?

Simple: you get a cake made of meat, like these carnivorous Japanese citizens.

Japan
(birthdays • cakes • crazy • food • meat • sweets • weird)

We made bread out of ice cream and it’s delicious! Super simple 3 ingredient recipe

Joan Coello
Nov 2, 2015

Some say that baking is therapeutic, but for first-time bakers, making something as basic as plain bread can be a bit of a challenge, even with a recipe. Let’s also not forget the tabletop full of flour you’ll have to clean up after kneading the dough.

But our Japanese reporter Meg recently experimented with a super-simple recipe to make some quick yet yummy ice cream bread. No kneading required, and no messy flour-covered surfaces (well, unless you get clumsy in the kitchen)! Get the recipe after the break!

Internet
(baking • bread • cooking • ice cream • recipe • sweets)

Spooky wasanbon sugar skulls will make your Halloween coffee creepier

Jessica
Oct 28, 2015

It’s almost Halloween, and even here in Japan, where the holiday is still but a shadow of the American take on the creep fest, an avalanche of orange and black gewgaws and processed sugar confections is pouring off retail shelves.

But if you’re looking for Halloween sweets with a little more culture and class, check out the awesome skulls made from wasanbon, a premium fine-grain sugar from Shikoku!

Japan
(creepy • cute • halloween • sweets • wasanbon)

Limited edition Star Wars sweets are the cutest collection of edible characters in the galaxy

Oona McGee
Oct 22, 2015

Star Wars fans in Japan have to be the luckiest group of Padawans on the planet. From samurai figurines to cup clingers to ukiyo-e woodblock-style covers, limited-edition releases in the Land of the Rising Sun are blessed with extraordinary details that can’t be found anywhere else in the galaxy.

Now it’s time for Japanese confectionery chain Ginza Cozy Corner to weigh in on the celebrations, with a stunning lineup of cakes, tarts and limited edition tins that feature some of the cutest characters from the movie alongside some edible dark foes. We’ll need to summon up every ounce of the force within to bite into these because these are the most amazing sweets we’ve ever seen!

Japan
(cakes • films • Ginza Cozy Corner • Star Wars • sweets)

Cool Sweets: Tokyo’s sweet-and-sour shaved ice is the perfect dessert after Tsukishima monjayaki

Preston Phro
Oct 16, 2015

Tokyo is packed full of delightful little neighborhoods, each with their own specialties. One of our favorite little neighborhoods is Tsukishima, renowned for Monja Street, an area overflowing with monjayaki restaurants. Located not far from Tsukiji Fish Market, it’s a great place for lunch when spending the day around Tokyo Bay.

But after eating a meal of monjayaki, you may have a hankering for something sweet. Fortunately, Cool Sweets, one of the best kakigori (shaved ice) places we’ve found yet, is located right on Monja Street! We recently stopped by to grab some photos and video of their delightful treats and highly recommend that you do too!

Japan
(cafes • food • kakigori • shaved ice • sweets • Tokyo • video)

We try cute meals, drinks and sweets from Namja Town’s Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal menu

Oona McGee
Oct 16, 2015

We recently brought you news of the enticing Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon-themed menu at Namja Town, an indoor theme park operated by Namco, in Tokyo. The themed offerings were really quite something, and after spending so much time poring over the unbelievably cute items on offer, we found ourselves itching to stop in for a visit!

And visit we did. Come with us now as we eat everything from Luna P-Ball, Sailor Moon’s Moon Stick, and even Tuxedo mask’s pocket watch. These incredible edibles are absolutely adorable and filled with so many surprising details they’re almost too cute to eat! Almost…

Japan
(anime • food • gyoza • manga • Meg • Namja Town • Sailor Moon • sweets • Tokyo)

Trick or treat? How about both with these adorable Rascal the Raccoon-themed Halloween donuts

Meg Murphy
Oct 15, 2015

Author Sterling North’s classic book Rascal, about North’s own adventures with his wily pet raccoon, has delighted both children and adults for generations. The story also became a huge hit in Japan with a wildly popular animated series adaptation in the 1970s, and the character is still well-known today.

Due to their intelligence and craftiness, raccoons are known mischief-makers. They are also really stinkin’ cute, which makes them- or more specifically, Rascal- the perfect match for these limited edition Halloween donuts, from donut-specialty shop Floresta.

Japan
(cute • donuts • food • raccoon • Rascal • sweets)

Edible owls and cats make sweet appearance at Tokyu Hands Ikebukuro Store!

Kay
Oct 13, 2015

If you love cats and owls — and judging from the popularity of cat and owl cafes in Japan, we’re guessing there are a good number of people who do — then the Tokyu Hands Ikebukuro Store in Tokyo may be a place you want to check out this month. Their ongoing special event features various cat and owl-themed products including irresistibly cute sweets, and we just had to share with you the images of these expertly crafted cat and owl cakes!

Japan
(cakes • cats • food • owls • sweets • Tokyo • Tokyu Hands)

Häagen-Dazs’ awesome mochi ice creams with black sugar syrup and sweet miso glaze are coming back

Casey Baseel
Oct 8, 2015

Last February, we had the opportunity to combine our loves for Japanese food and ice cream when Häagen-Dazs released a line of ice cream topped by mochi rice cakes and flavored like traditional Japanese confectionaries. We got our hands on one flavor and were blown away by how amazing it tasted, and so was the rest of Japan.

Before long, the supplies of both flavors of mochi ice cream were exhausted, and the freezer sections of convenience stores and supermarkets across Japan has always looked a little lonelier in their absence. Now, though, Häagen-Dazs has announced that its kinako kuromitsu and mitarashi kurumi mochi ice creams, featuring roasted soybean flour, black sugar syrup, sweet soy glaze, and walnuts, are making a triumphant return.

Japan
(food • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • mochi • sweets)

Eat your eyeballs! Japanese traditional confectioner offers line of eye-grabbing Halloween sweets

Casey Baseel
Oct 7, 2015

With Japan’s growing love of Halloween, and it’s long-held affection for seasonal sweets, the country now gets a bumper crop of special desserts for the year’s spookiest holiday. So far, most of these have been Japanese brands of Western-style candies and cookies with a Halloween-themed package, or maybe with a limited-time pumpkin flavor, but one traditional Kawasaki-based confectionary chain is looking to change that with a lineup of edible eyeballs, zombie fingers, and other Japanese sweets that look bone-chilling and sound mouth-watering.

Japan
(cool • cute • halloween • Japanese sweets • kawasaki • scary • sweets)

Baked Sweetness from London arrives in Tokyo as Lola’s Cupcakes opens shop in Harajuku!

Kay
Oct 5, 2015

The Harajuku/Omotesando district in Tokyo is already a mecca of sweet shops from around the world, but things in the area just got even sweeter this past weekend as another internationally loved bakery opened its very first shop in Japan. Yes, we’re delighted that London’s celebrated LOLA’S cupcakes now has a shop in Tokyo, and as you may have guessed, we weren’t about to miss out on trying the sweet creations from one of London’s best-loved baking outlets, so there we were on opening day.

We already knew from the pictures that their cupcakes look simply amazing; now we couldn’t wait to try some for ourselves, and there were even going to be four original Japanese flavors too — Yum!

Europe, Japan
(food • grand opening • Harajuku • LOLA'S cupcakes • photos • sweets • video)

This is what a Tokyo crepe with every dessert topping they’d let us order looks like 【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Oct 2, 2015

Tokyo’s Harajuku neighborhood means different things to different people. The beautiful people living the Japanese high life are drawn by the brand-name jewelers on the tree-lined Omotesando boulevard. Teens, meanwhile, flock to the narrow Takeshitadori shopping street to score up-to-date fashions that leave their parents scratching their heads in bewilderment.

And for those with a sweet tooth, Harajuku is all about the crepes.

Our intrepid Japanese-language correspondent P.K. recently took a break from seeing how many slices of roast pork or boiled eggs he could cram in his stomach and instead decided to see how much dessert he could consume in a single serving, as he decided to max out a Tokyo crepe by ordering one with every available dessert topping.

Japan
(crazy • crepes • food • Harajuku • P.K. • restaurants • sweets • Tokyo)

Not just Sailor Moon, but Sailor macarons as anime combines with elegant confectionaries

Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2015

The recent release of fine porcelain Sailor Moon cups and saucers has anime fans ready to add a touch of elegance to their table. Of course, what’s tea time without some equally posh snacks, right? So if you’re looking to keep your refreshments in the same anime family, why not pair your pour of Darjeeling or Lady Grey with some Sailor Moon macarons?

Japan
(anime • food • manga • Sailor Moon • sweets)

Sweet omelette-flavored gummies? Famous Japanese YouTuber tries it so you don’t have to!

Meg Murphy
Sep 25, 2015

Tamagoyaki– best described as a fluffy, sweetened rolled omelette that’s often served chilled is a staple in typical Japanese bento lunches. A gummy candy flavor it is not…until now! Adding to an ever-growing list of odd flavors coming from Japan, tamagoyaki-flavored gummies are now a thing, and well-known Japanese YouTuber Hikakin has gotten his hands on these rare odd gems and given them a taste. The verdict? Watch and see for yourself!

Japan
(eggs • food • gummies • sweets • tamagoyaki • weird)

Japan now has Kit Kat croissants, in chocolate and matcha green tea flavors

Casey Baseel
Sep 24, 2015

The delicious delights of being in Japan aren’t limited to the amazing sushi and tea. Being in the country also surprisingly gives you access to the world’s greatest variety of Kit Kat flavors and variations.

We’ve already seen the tasty confectionaries show up in cheesecake flavor and atop pizzas, and now the crossover between the chocolate wafers and baked goods continues as one of Japan’s most popular coffeehouses is now selling Kit Kat croissants.

Japan
(croissants • food • Kit Kat • sweets)

Nagoya-based Japanese-sweets maker wows the Internet and customers with cute animal-themed manju

Preston Phro
Sep 23, 2015

Namikoshiken is a Nagoya-based sweets store that’s been in business since 1927. They produce some of the most adorable animal-themed manju, buns with various filling like sweet bean jam, we’ve ever seen! With all that experience and a product this cute, it’s hardly a surprise they’re blowing up the Internet with photos of their manju spreading like wildfire online.