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Sorry, Piplup. Starter Pokémon buddy or not, we’re still gonna eat you【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 25, 2022
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At least there’s a small bit of mercy in the artistic design of these Pokémon sweets.

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• (COK • food • Piplup • Pokemon • Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl • Pokémon Diamond and Pearl • SNJO • starter Pokémon • sweets)

A paradise for beer lovers — Yokohama combini has over 300 different kinds of beer for sale

• Katie Pask
  Jan 25, 2022

The store is run by a man who “hardly used to drink at all.”

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• (beer • combini • convenience store • craft beer • craft beers • Japanese convenience stores • kombini • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird • Yokohama)

Suntory whiskey chocolates now exist in Japan thanks to aroma chocolatier

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 22, 2022

Whiskey aficionados are always happy to have distiller Suntory’s premium varieties in their glass, and now you can have them in your chocolate too.

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• (alcohol • chocolate • COK • drinks • food • Hibiki • Suntory • sweets • Whiskey • whisky • Yamazaki)

New Japanese KitKat is…a Heartful Bear!

• Oona McGee
  Jan 20, 2022

Japan-exclusive chocolate comes with special messages for Valentine’s Day.

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• (bears • candy • chocolate • COK • cute • food • Japanese KitKats • KitKat • KitKats • limited edition • love • Nestle • Nestle Japan • sweets • Teddy Bears • valentine chocolate • Valentine's Day)

Is McDonald’s Japan’s new Godiva hot chocolate worth the relatively high price?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 20, 2022

In a country where you can buy cheap drinks everywhere, expensive luxuries need to be worth the calories.

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• (chocolate • coffee • COK • drinks • fast food • Godiva • hot chocolate • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • SNOJ • sweets • taste test)

Touken Rambu chocolates are a treat for anime fans and a test of how well you know the characters

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2022

Our resident blade boy supporter doesn’t need to look at the label to know what flavor her favorite characters are.

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• (anime • chocolate • COK • SNJO • sweets • Touken Rambu • video games)

Tokyo Disney Resort is set to bring back the snacks and sweet treats at limited park stores

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 18, 2022

A month-long shortage of goods had many park visitors leaving empty-handed with no yummy souvenirs for their memories.

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• (Disney Sea • Disneyland • DisneySea • food • merchandise • snacks • souvenirs • sweets • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo DisneySea)

Lindt releases world’s first-ever Sakura Lindor ball in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 13, 2022

Cherry blossoms are set to bloom in Lindt stores for the very first time this year.

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• (cherry blossoms • chocolate • food • hanami • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • lindor • Lindt • Lindt balls • new • sakura • sweets)

Osaka restaurant has ramen for those who like it spicy, cold, sweet, hot, creamy, salty and meaty

• Master Blaster
  Jan 12, 2022

Waiter, there’s a juxtaposition in my soup.

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• (COK • crazy • food • ice cream • Noodles • Osaka • ramen • restaurants • SNO • sweets • taste test • weird)

Gorgeous Pokémon sculpture made from beer bottles and crystal candy

• Katie Pask
  Jan 11, 2022

Creative YouTuber also makes Pokémon that actually charge phones, act as speakers, and more.

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• (art • awesome • clay • creative • figure • figurine • figurines • froslass • Pokemon • rare Pokémon • sweets • technology • toys)

Japan’s Curry Bread Grand Prix award winner is…a dorayaki sweet?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 9, 2022

Shock victory for Japanese pancakes in a competition usually reserved for bread.

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• (curry • curry bread • curry pan • dorayaki • food • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • sweets)

Starbucks Japan’s seasonal food menu recommendations are full of delectable sweets and sandwiches

• Dale Roll
  Jan 9, 2022

Starbucks is offering a delicious array of sweets for you to have with your coffee or take home to share!

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• (cafe • cakes • cookies • food • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)

Yep, that’s a whole ice cream cone as a ramen topping, as this restaurant in Japan offers【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 8, 2022

Main dish and dessert come in the same bowl with this enticing Frankenstein’s monster of ramen.

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• (crazy • food • ice cream • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • sweets • weird)

Krispy Kreme lucky bag disappoints doughnut lovers around the nation

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2022

A deal not worth breaking your New Year’s resolutions for.

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• (donuts • doughnuts • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2022 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • Krispy Kreme • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2022 • merchandise • SNJO • sweets)

A hidden coffee gem: We indulge in a decadent coffee float at a Starbucks Reserve Bar

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 4, 2022

It’s half drink, half dessert, and full satisfaction.

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• (coffee • coffee float • COK • cold brew • drinks • nitro cold brew coffee • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve • sweets)

It’s eco-friendly AND delicious! Popular Yamanashi sweet now comes in an edible container

• Dale Roll
  Jan 2, 2022

This tasty sweet is now easier to eat…but the edible package version is harder to find.

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• (clever • cool • eco-friendly • food • mochi • monaka • omiyage • shingen mochi • sweets • Yamanashi)

No need to be lonely at New Year’s with Japan’s new one-person osechi set【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 31, 2021

Conveyor belt sushi chain Kura Sushi single-sizes osechi, creates new desserts to keep us company.

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• (COK • conveyer belt sushi • food • Kaitenzushi • Kura Sushi • Kurazushi • New Year's • osechi • Oshogatsu • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

2021’s top stories in Japanese food and cooking news【SoraNews24 Year in Review】

• SoraNews24
  Dec 31, 2021

The secrets of Japanese supermarket music and life-saving green tea, plus how to make the King of Curries and furoshiki-style sandwiches.

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• Japan
• (cooking • cup noodles • curry • food • hot springs • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • katsudon • McDonald's • onsen • sandwiches • SoraKitchen • sushi • sweets • wasabi • year in review • Year in Review 2021)

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Grand Underground Spheres enter real world, wait for you to eat them

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 31, 2021

You don’t have to go digging into the earth to find them, either.

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• (candy • food • nintendo • Parco • Pokemon • Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl • Pokémon Diamond and Pearl • Shibuya Parco • sweets • video games)

Japan’s new fruit sandwiches turn the concept inside-out, we make them even better【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 28, 2021

They might look kind of funny at first glance, but now we’re laughing all the way to the kitchen.

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• (Aomori • apples • clever • cooking • cool • food • fruit sandwiches • recipe • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • weird)

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