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Starbucks Japan unveils first sakura drink for cherry blossom season 2020

• Oona McGee
  Jan 29, 2020
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Iconic Japanese flower will be blended with a popular dessert this spring.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • drinks • limited edition • new • sakura • Starbucks • sweets)

Japan’s cat bread bakery opening brand-new branch in Osaka Prefecture!

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 28, 2020

Special ingredients and four flavors promise it’ll taste as good as it looks.

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• Japan
• (bakeries • bread • cats • COK • cute • food • sweets)

Celebrate the Hinamatsuri Festival in sweet style with treats from Cozy Corner!

• Kay
  Jan 26, 2020

Japanese confectioner Ginza Cozy Corner will be offering some gorgeous treats for Hinamatsuri — Japanese Girl’s Day. 

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• Japan
• (cake • Disney • Ginza Cozy Corner • Hinamatsuri • sweets)

Japan now has Mt Fuji bread!

• Oona McGee
  Jan 24, 2020

Made with fruit and water from the mountain area.

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• Japan
• (bakeries • bread • cats • COK • cute • food • Kawaii • Neko Neko Shokupan • shokupan • sweets • Tokyo)

Tenga releases masturbatory-aid shaped chocolates for Valentine’s Day in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 20, 2020

“Sweet pleasure for your mouth” with a play on the word for penis in Japanese. 

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• Japan
• (chocolate • crazy • funny • sweets • Tenga • Valentine's Day • weird)

It’s a cherry blossom party in your mouth with sakura matcha Pocky!

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2020

Sakura are ready to bloom on your taste buds even before the start of spring.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • food • Glico • green tea • matcha • Pocky • sakura • sweets)

Stop what you’re doing and go make Japanese-style s’mores right now with our recipe!【SoraKitchen】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 16, 2020

Foreigner in Japan calls ordinary cookies the most delicious things he’s ever eaten, but we transform them with a delicious marshmallow substitute.

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• Japan
• (Alfort • COK • cookies • cooking • food • mochi • s'mores • sakura mochi • SNO • SoraKitchen • sweets)

We taste the Adult Cream Pie from McDonald’s Japan

• SoraNews24
  Jan 16, 2020

This dessert has been a long time coming.

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• Japan
• (commercials • desserts • fast food • Japanese • lost in translation • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pie • review • sweets • taste test)

Adult Cream Pie coming to McDonald’s Japan

• SoraNews24
  Jan 12, 2020

People are wondering if any English speakers were consulted before they chose the name for the salacious new dessert.

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• Japan
• (commercials • desserts • fast food • Japanese • lost in translation • marketing • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • pie • sweets)

Mister Donut teams up with French patisserie chain Pierre Hermé for new range of luxury doughnuts

• Oona McGee
  Jan 10, 2020

The famous Ispahan rose macaron cake is just one of the sweet delights making its doughnut debut.

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• Japan
• (collaboration • doughnuts • limited edition • Misdo • Mister Donut • pastries • Pierre Hermé • sweets)

Starbucks Japan made an exclusive five-green tea blend for its new Hojicha Frappuccino

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 8, 2020

The coffeehouse shows it knows a thing or two (or five) about teas too with its newest roasted green tea dessert drinks.

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• Japan
• (COK • Frappuccinos • green tea • hojicha • Japanese Frappuccinos • roasted green tea • Starbucks • sweets • tea)

Lotte City Hotel in Tokyo comes with all-you-can-eat sweets and ice cream

• Oona McGee
  Jan 7, 2020

People in Japan are going crazy for this sweets hotel, which serves up Koala’s March pancakes unavailable anywhere else in the world. 

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• Japan
• (accommodation • Bikkuriman • chocolate • COK • hotels • Kinshicho • koala no march • Koala's March • Lotte • pancakes • SNJO • sweets • travel • weird)

Naomi Osaka appears inside fukubukuro lucky bag from famous Japanese candy retail chain

• Oona McGee
  Jan 6, 2020

Tennis star makes a surprise appearance in a bag filled with snacks and sweets.

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• Japan
• (candy • chocolate • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Naomi Osaka • SNJO • sweets)

Krispy Kreme fukubukuro lucky bag comes with cute limited-edition doughnuts for New Year in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 4, 2020

Gifts so good the diet will just have to wait until another day. 

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• Japan
• (donuts • doughnuts • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Krispy Kreme • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • sweets)

Ramen and sweets served together at this stylish ramen cafe in Shibuya【Photos】

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 2, 2020

An unlikely gourmet combo makes for an “un-unforgettable” experience for our reporter.

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• Japan
• (dessert • food • Kugatsu-do • photos • ramen • Restaurant • Shibuya • sweets • Tokyo • yuzu)

Pokémon/Mister Donut lucky bag is this year’s can’t-miss fukubukuro exclusive merch collection

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2019

No matter which of the possibilities are inside, there’s no way fans of Pokémon, or donuts, will be walking away disappointed.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • donuts • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Lucky Bags • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)

Starbucks Japan creates first-ever lucky jiggly Frappuccino

• Oona McGee
  Dec 21, 2019

It’s all about fortune and fun for the first New Year of the Reiwa era.

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• Japan
• (adzuki • azuki • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese sweets • kinako • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • warabi mochi)

The secret of Starbucks Japan’s Chocolate Chunk Cookie: It’s not made by Starbucks!

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 20, 2019

Starbucks has a delicious cookie we just found out about, but the credit actually goes to one of Japan’s favorite domestic confectioners.

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • cookies • Country Ma'am • food • Fujiya • SNJO • Starbucks • sweets)

Japan now has sweet onigiri cakes and they’re absolutely delicious

• Oona McGee
  Dec 19, 2019

We try eight of the new Omusubi sweets that people in Japan are going crazy for right now. 

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• Japan
• (cakes • COK • food • food review • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • omusubi • onigiri • rice balls • SNO • sweets • taste test)

Historical katana dessert knives turn your sweet snacks into a delicious duel【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 10, 2019

One of Japan’s best katana-collection museums recreates its swords in miniature form for you to cut up your desserts with.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cool • culture • history • Katana • SNJO • sweets • swords • wagashi)

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