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Udon pudding is about to shake up the noodle scene in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 5, 2026
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Purin, like you’ve never seen, or tasted, before.

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• Japan
• (desserts • food • Marugame • Marugame Seimen • Noodles • pudding • purin • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • udon • weird • weird food)

Krispy Kreme Japan adds two cute limited-edition doughnuts to its summer menu

• Oona McGee
  Jul 4, 2026

Stay cool with penguins and drift ice, complete with popping candy crystals.  

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• Japan
• (animals • cute • donuts • doughnuts • drift ice • food • Hokkaido • Kawaii • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • penguins • summer • sweets)

We try Krispy Kreme Japan’s first-ever all-you-can-eat doughnut deal

• Oona McGee
  Jul 3, 2026

Eating unlimited doughnuts isn’t as easy as you might think.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • all-you-can-eat doughnuts • all-you-can-eat sweets • donuts • doughnuts • food • Krispy Kreme • Krispy Kreme Japan • limited edition • Original Glazed • SNJO • sweets • Tokyo)

7-Eleven Japan now sells a tiny dessert burger but is this convenience store sweet worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 3, 2026

Forget sweet sandos, 7-Eleven wants us to explore the world of sweet burgers.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • burgers • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sweets • convenience stores • desserts • food • Japanese convenience stores • sandwiches • SNJO • sweets • sweets sandwiches)

Sanrio collaborates with Sesame Street for adorable merch and sweets in Japan[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2026

Looks like someone told Hello Kitty and friends how to get (how to get) to Sesame Street.

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• Japan
• (cafes • Cinnamaroll • cute • food • Hello Kitty • Pompompurin • Sanrio • Sesame Street • Sesame Street Market • sweets)

Japan’s Mocchurin donuts declared too popular to exist by creator Mister Donut, will disappear soon

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 1, 2026

Mister Donut saw all the Mocchurin that it had made, and they were very good…too good, in fact.

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • food • Mister Donut • Mocchurin • sweets)

Krispy Kreme Japan releases new fruit doughnuts…that taste better cold

• Oona McGee
  Jun 28, 2026

We find out if these limited-edition treats really taste like the fruits that inspired them.

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• Japan
• (donuts • doughnuts • food • fruit • Krispy Kreme • limited edition • Peach • pineapple • SNJO • summer • sweets • watermelon)

The adorable, delicious joy of the Totoro cream puff gift box[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 27, 2026

Turns out Studio Ghibli’s forest spirit is also a magical dessert.

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• Japan
• (COK • cream puffs • cute • food • My Neighbor Totoro • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • SNO • Studio Ghibli • sweets • taste test • Totoro)

7-Eleven Japan’s new sweets burger is a mouthwatering philosophical debate

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 24, 2026

Does this qualify as a new addition to the convenience store’s lineup of sweets sandwiches, or should it be considered something different?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • food • sandwiches • sweets • sweets sandwiches)

7-Eleven Japan vs Family Mart: Who has the biggest convenience store cookie?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 21, 2026

A cookie clash amongst convenience store chains. 

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • cookies • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • SNJO • sweets)

Japanese sweets brand creates new drinkable Cigare and we’re totally here for it

• Oona McGee
  Jun 21, 2026

Famous “Cat’s Tongue” cookies get a whole new look with a limited-edition release at only one location. 

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• Japan
• (biscuits • Cigare • cookies • food • Ichibangai • langue de chat • limited edition • milkshake • milkshakes • new • shakes • souvenirs • sweets • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • Tokyo Station Ichibangai • YOKU MOKU)

Harajuku Custom Icees come to help Tokyo’s Takeshita Street stay cute and cool this summer

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 20, 2026

Slushy sweet drink from the U.S. makes its Harajuku debut.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Harajuku • Icee • sweets • Takeshita Street)

New adorable Osaka foodie destination, Chiikawa Bakery Osaka, opening soon with crazy ramen bread

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 20, 2026

Anime/manga-themed café’s baked goods run the range from cute to crazy, just like Chiikawa itself.

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• Japan
• (anime • bakeries • bread • Chiikawa • Chiikawa Bakery • COK • crazy • cute • food • manga • ramen • sweets • themed restaurants)

Suspected Japanese ice cream cartel under investigation for price-fixing

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2026

Six of Japan’s biggest ice cream makers face accusations of collaborating to keep fairly priced ice cream out of consumers’ hands/stomachs.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • food • Glico • ice cream • Lotte • Meiji • Moriyama.Akagi Nyugyo • sweets)

Lawson upsizes convenience store food for a limited time with two must-try Japanese meals

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2026

“Super Happy Too Much! Challenge” campaign has all the right ingredients for happiness.

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• Japan
• (combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience stores • cool • curry • desserts • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese curry • Japanese food • konbini • Lawson • marketing • SNJO • sweets • weird • yakisoba)

Japanese Sakuranbo Mochi goes viral online with millions of views, but is it worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2026

Seasonal fruit gets a Japanese makeover, but only for a very limited time.

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• Japan
• (Chateraise • cherries • cherry • fruit • gyuhi • Japanese sweets • mochi • sakuranbo • social media • summer • sweets • viral)

7-Eleven’s new green tea rice ball and sweets are only available in Japan’s top tea-growing area

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2026

And no, that’s not Kyoto.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • food • green tea • matcha • onigiri • rice balls • Shizuoka • Shizuokacha • sweets • tea)

7-Eleven Japan releases new “mix-and-drink” matcha latte… that comes with a risk of choking

• Oona McGee
  Jun 15, 2026

A new style of Japanese dessert revolutionises convenience store sweets, but it comes with a safety warning.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sweets • convenience stores • desserts • drinks • Japanese convenience stores • matcha • matcha latte • sweets • warabi mochi)

7-Eleven Japan reinvents convenience store fruit sandwiches with new salty pink sakura peach variety

• Oona McGee
  Jun 12, 2026

We find out if salty sakura pink bread is really a good way forward for the chain.  

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sandwich • convenience store sandwiches • convenience stores • cool • food • fruit sandwiches • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese fruit sandwiches • Japanese sandwich • Japanese sandwiches • sakura • sandwiches • SNO • sweets)

Shakey’s Japan creates matcha mochi, Kyoto fish, and Kansai Chili Con Carne pizzas

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 11, 2026

Japan’s Kansai region inspires some very bold baking in Shakey’s Japan’s ovens.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • green tea • matcha • mochi • nama yatsuhashi • pizza • restaurants • saikyoyaki • Shakey's • Shakey’s Japan • Shakey’s Pizza • sweets • weird)

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