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Starbucks releases an official green tea chai latte with special Japanese ingredients
- Oona McGee
May 18, 2024 - Tweet
Forget Baby Yoda, go the full Yoda with this unprecedented matcha drink.
- Japan
- (Baby Yoda • cafes • chai • chai latte • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccinos • matcha • matcha chai • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Tea & Cafe • sweets • tea)
Starbucks Japan’s new Matcha Frappuccino: Brilliant beverage or drink disaster?
- Oona McGee
May 16, 2024
It looks like it contains apples, but it actually doesn’t.
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • matcha • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • strawberry • sweets • taste test)
Starbucks releases special matcha Frappuccino made with Japan’s first matcha leaves of the year
- Casey Baseel
May 16, 2024
New matcha lineup spruces up green tea beverages with hatsutsumi leaves.
- Japan
- (cafes • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • hatsutsumi • Japanese Frappuccinos • matcha • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Tea & Cafe • sweets • tea)
Spirited Away witch Yubaba takes over containers of one of Japan’s favorite puddings
- Casey Baseel
May 15, 2024
Studio Ghibli star pushes Humphrey Bogart out of the way.
- Japan
- (food • Hayao Miyazaki • Marlowe • pudding • purin • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Toshio Suzuki and Ghibli Exhibition • Yokosuka Museum of Art)
McDonald’s releases new heartwarming anime video that’s peachy-keen, has Vocaloid song【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 13, 2024
Golden Arches continue to be a source of surprisingly cozy anime shorts.
- Japan
- (anime • fast food • food • Hatsune Miku • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • moving • n-buna • Peach • sweets • touching • video • vocaloids)
Baskin-Robbins Japan creates four-cheese pizza ice cream – Buono or non buono?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
May 13, 2024
Four-cheese ice cream from Thirty One is one strange idea.
- Japan
- (Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • cheese • crazy • ice cream • pizza • quattro formaggi • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)
Gorgeous matcha ajisai parfait ice cream bars appear just in time for hydrangea season
- Casey Baseel
May 11, 2024
Beautiful seasonal flowers inspire Kyoto tea merchant to make beautiful seasonal sweets.
- Japan
- (ajisai • beautiful • green tea • hydrangeas • ice cream • Itokyuehmon • Itokyuemon • matcha • parfaits • sweets • tea • Uji)
McDonald’s Japan’s new Peach Frappe is pretty as a peach, but is it any good?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
May 11, 2024
McCafé by Barista’s spring star returns, and it’s brought a new friend.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • food • frappe • McCafe by Barista • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Peach • smoothies • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Tokyo sweets store sells beautiful soft serve ice creams that look like works of art
- Oona McGee
May 6, 2024
We try the edibile flowers that everyone’s talking about right now, and let you know where you can get them.
- Japan
- (cafes • food • ice cream • Instagram • review • SNJO • social media • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • sweets • taste test • TikTok • Toranomon Hills)
Shinkansen station platforms now have…Baskin Robbins ice cream vending machines!
- Oona McGee
May 6, 2024
Bullet train travel in Japan just got a whole lot tastier.
- Japan
- (31 Ice • Baskin Robbins • bullet trains • COK • desserts • food vending machines • ice cream • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Japanese vending machines • shinkansen • SNJO • souvenirs • Sujata • sweets • Tokyo Station • train stations • trains • vending machines)
Daiso can help you beat the heat this summer with DIY fruity Suika and Melon Bars【Taste test】
- Krista Rogers
May 4, 2024
A new product on the market contains concentrate to make two of Japan’s most popular popsicles at home.
- Japan
- (COK • Daiso • food • homemade • ice candy • Lotte • popsicle • SNJO • suika • summer • sweet • sweets • taste test • watermelon)
Pokémon Cafe serves up a green tea ceremony in Japan with Poltchageist and Sinistcha matcha menu
- Oona McGee
May 3, 2024
Traditional Japanese hospitality, with a dash of mystical matcha, appears at the Pokémon Cafe.
- Japan
- (anime food • cute • food • green tea • Japanese tea ceremony • matcha • nintendo • Pokemon • Pokémon Cafe • Poltchageist • Sinistcha • sweets • tea ceremony • themed cafe • video games)
McDonald’s Japan’s new pancake pie is a taste sensation
- Oona McGee
Apr 30, 2024
An unusual pie with a very unusual filling.
- Japan
- (commercials • drinks • fast food • food • Japanese commercials • kissaten • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • pie • pies • retro • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Mister Donut’s new Kyoto roasted green tea donut is a mess…in the best possible way
- Casey Baseel
Apr 29, 2024
So we meet again, Mister Donut Meets Tsujirii.
- Japan
- (COK • donuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • hojicha • Misdo Meets • Mister Donut • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tea • Tsujiri)
Mikado Coffee is a 76-year-old coffee chain with a major celebrity connection
- SoraNews24
Apr 28, 2024
We stop by the cafe’s original branch in Tokyo for a cup of coffee and a unique dessert.
Do Hi-Chew-flavor Hi-Chews have a reason to exist?【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 28, 2024
After decades and dozens of great fruit flavors, the latest version of the candy is Hi-Chew Just As It Is Flavor.
Smash Bros. director Sakurai stabs Kirby in the face, has delicious justification for it
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2024
Masahiro Sakurai’s snack time draws comparison to 19th century painting.
- Japan
- (cute • Family mart • funny • imagawayaki • Kirby • Masahiro Sakurai • Smash Bros • Super Smash Bros. • sweets • video games)
Japan’s massive matcha parfait weighs 6 kilos, contains hidden surprises for anyone who eats it
- Oona McGee
Apr 25, 2024
One surprise is the topping, which isn’t cream but an enormous green tea daifuku sweet.
- Japan
- (awesome • big food • crazy • dessert • food • green tea • huge food • matcha • Mishima • parfaits • Shizuoka • strawberries • sweets)
Starbucks Japan adds a Motto Frappuccino to the menu for a limited time
- Oona McGee
Apr 24, 2024
Exclusive drink is joined by a new summer customisation to jazz up any beverage.
- Japan
- (coffee • crown melon • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • gohobi • Japanese Frappuccinos • melons • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets)
Pokémon Sleep camping suite and guestrooms coming to Tokyo Hyatt along with giant Snorlax burgers
- Casey Baseel
Apr 24, 2024
Pokémon plushies and nearly one-pound burgers promise a very good night’s sleep.
- Japan
- (anime • burgers • COK • food • Grand Hyatt Tokyo • hotels • Hyatt • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Sleep • Snorlax • sweets • tourism • travel • video games)
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