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Family Mart makes matcha dreams come true with new lineup of strong green tea sweets in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 21, 2024
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Convenience store chain dials up the green tea content with a super rich matcha collection.

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• (COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • Family mart • green tea • ice cream • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Kyoto • matcha • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Uji • Uji Matcha)

McDonald’s Japan releases a pancake pie for new retro kissaten coffeeshop series

• Oona McGee
  Apr 20, 2024

Classic Japanese desserts get a Kissa Mac makeover for a limited time.

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• (commercials • drinks • fast food • food • Japanese commercials • kissaten • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • news • pie • pies • retro • sweets)

Mister Donut ready to make hojicha dreams come true in latest collab with Kyoto tea merchant

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2024

Mister Donut meets Tsujirii once again to create mouthwatering treats made with Kyoto-grown roasted green tea.

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• (COK • donuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • hojicha • Misdo Meets • Mister Donut • sweets • tea • Tsujiri)

Is Starbucks Japan’s new Gohobi Melon Frappuccino really the ultimate melon Frappuccino?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 11, 2024

New limited-edition drinks have a lot to live up to. 

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• Japan
• (coffee • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • melon • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

Tokyo Banana Curry adds capital’s souvenir sweet’s sweetness to roux, but not in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 11, 2024

This new mix of sweets and spices has us ready for a road trip.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • curry • curry rice • Ebina • Ebina Service Area • food • instant curry • retort curry • sweets • Tokyo Banana • weird)

Tokyo’s adorable Shiba Inu crepe might be the most Harajuku you can wrap in a dessert

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2024

Takeshita Street continues to be at the forefront of Japan’s kawaii and crepe culture.

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• Japan
• (crepes • cute • dogs • food • Harajuku • Shiba dog • Shiba Inu • sweets • Takeshita Dori • Takeshita Street • Takeshitadori)

Starbucks unveils new Gohobi Frappuccino in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 6, 2024

Limited-edition drink has layers of flavour…and meaning.

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• Japan
• (coffee • crown melon • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • melons • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets)

New Pokémon cakes let you eat your way through Pikachu and all the Eevee evolutions

• Oona McGee
  Apr 5, 2024

Who knew Eeveelutions came with different flavours?

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• Japan
• (anime • cakes • COK • cute • Eevee • Eeveelutions • food • Ginza Cozy Corner • Kawaii • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video game)

Japanese chiffon sandwiches are a treat worth travelling for

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2024

Move aside fruit sandwiches, the chiffon sandwich is in town!

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• (cafes • cakes • food • Ibaraki • review • sandwiches • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tsukuba Expo Center • Tsukuba Space Center)

Love Sugar Butter Sandwich Trees? There’s a flavor limited to Haneda Airport that you must try!

• Dale Roll
  Mar 30, 2024

Browned Fermented Butter has to be full of buttery goodness, right?!

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• (cookies • food souvenirs • Haneda Airport • sandwich cookies • souvenirs • Sugar Butter Tree • sweets • taste test)

Mister Donut’s strongest-ever matcha doughnuts are so intense they’ll bind with your DNA

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2024

A whole new sensation for green tea lovers.

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • matcha • Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri • Mister Donut • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Ikea holds a Matcha Fair in Japan for a limited time this spring

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2024

Green tea sweets to celebrate the fresh greenery of the season.

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• Japan
• (cakes • COK • desserts • food • green tea • green tea sweets • ice cream • ikea • ikea japan • matcha • matcha sweets • sweets)

What are McDonald’s macarons really like in Japan?

• SoraNews24
  Mar 27, 2024

We find out if budget fast food macarons are worth the hype. 

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• Japan
• (adzuki • COK • commercials • desserts • Japanese commercials • matcha • McCafe • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • sakura • sweets • TV commercials)

New Japanese KitKat flavour stars Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty

• Oona McGee
  Mar 27, 2024

The most kawaii KitKats in Japan!

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• (chocolate • COK • food • Hello Kitty • Japanese chocolate • Japanese KitKats • Kit Kat • KitKats • limited edition • marketing • Nestle • new • Sanrio • sweets)

Leek ice cream is Japan’s newest must-try local specialty

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2024

With “Enjoy Good Happy” as the tagline, this new dessert is destined for great things.

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• (COK • cool • desserts • Fukaya • ice cream • leeks • local specialties • Mascots • michi no eki • negi • Saitama • sweets • weird food)

Mister Donut releases most intense matcha doughnut ever, in conjunction with Kyoto tea specialist

• Oona McGee
  Mar 22, 2024

Death by green tea is a good way to go. 

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • food • green tea • Kyoto • matcha • Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri • Misdo Meets Tsujiri • Mister Donut • mochi • Pon De Ring • sweets • tea • Tsujiri • warabimochi)

Hit Japanese candy Hi-Chew, famous for fruity taste, releases new flavor: Flavorless

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 21, 2024

Lose the flavor, keep the chew.

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• Japan
• (crazy • food • Hi-Chew • Morinaga • sweets • weird)

Collaboration brings Baskin Robbins macarons to Family Marts across Japan

• Shannon
  Mar 21, 2024

Did your favorite flavor make the cut?

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• Japan
• (Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • COK • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • macarons • sweets)

Fortune cookies come to Japan via Panda Express

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 20, 2024

Japan has lots of Chinese restaurants, but fortune cookies are much harder to find.

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• Japan
• (chinese food • COK • fast food • food • fortune cookies • Panda Express • restaurants • sweets)

Does McDonald’s Japan’s first-ever matcha pie live up to the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 15, 2024

A first not just for Japan but the world.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • green tea • hanami • Japanese commercials • matcha • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • pie • review • sakura • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

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