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Godiva Japan unveils beautiful cherry blossom party cake, but you won’t find it at fancy stores

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 14, 2019
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Gourmet chocolatier is selling its mouthwatering sakura/matcha combo where ordinary people go to satisfy their sweet tooth.

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• (cake • cherry blossoms • chocolate • convenience stores • Godiva • green tea • hanami • Lawson • matcha • sakura • sweets)

Cheap, casual restaurant Gusto offers beautiful spring sweets using gourmet Uji green tea

• Kay
  Mar 14, 2019

Enjoy these lovely desserts made with green tea from Kyoto’s Uji City this spring, and without spending a fortune!

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• Japan
• (family restaurant • family restaurants • green tea • Gusto • matcha • restaurants • sweets • Tsuijiriichihonten • Uji)

Starbucks Japan unveils new Classic Tiramisu Frappuccino for coffee dessert lovers

• Oona McGee
  Mar 13, 2019

Only available for a very limited time.

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• (coffee • dessert drinks • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • tiramisu)

Pink sakura-flavored baum cake from Nenrinya looks delightfully delectable!

• Kay
  Mar 10, 2019

This limited edition sakura baum cake perfectly fits the description “pretty in pink” while looking incredibly tasty at the same time.  

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• (baumkuchen • cake • COK • Nenrinya • sakura • sweets)

Mouthwatering Pokémon KitKat “ad” has us dreaming of the future of Japanese sweets【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 8, 2019

The lovingly animated concept video is too good to be true…for now.

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• (anime • fan art • foods • KitKat • Pokemon • sweets • video • video games)

Shiba Inu marshmallows from Japan may be too cute to eat, are definitely too soft to not squeeze

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 28, 2019

Smiling Shiba are the latest offering from Japan’s number-one cat merch maker.

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• (animals • cute • dogs • Felissimo • food • marshmallows • Shiba Inu • sweets)

Japan’s sakura cat-shaped bread, too cute to wait for the cherry blossoms to open, is on sale now

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 22, 2019

Snack sensation returns and is more adorable than ever thanks to anko marbling.

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• (anko • bakeries • bread • cats • cherry blossoms • COK • cute • food • sakura • sweet bean • sweets)

A Valentine’s Day shock has our reporter Seiji saying “I want to die”

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 16, 2019

Our often-single reporter gets a startling surprise from his girlfriend, and eats something he’s never had before.

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• (cake • chocolate • COK • Find Seiji a Girlfriend Project • funny • romance • Seiji Nakazawa • SNOJ • sweets • Valentine's Day)

Starbucks Japan’s cherry blossom powder donuts, sakura-topped cakes bloom onto the menu

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 16, 2019

Four new Sakuraful Food desserts are here to get spring started early.

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• Japan
• (cake • cherry blossoms • donuts • food • pudding • sakura • spring • Starbucks • sweets)

President of Japan’s obligation chocolate king sends personal letter to giri choco-hater Godiva

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2019

Things get personal, and sweet, in the latest chapter of the ongoing difference of opinions about a Japanese cultural tradition.

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• (Black Thunder • chocolate • COK • food • giri choco • Godiva • obligation chocolate • SNOJ • society • sweets • Yuraku Confectionery)

Japanese high school life in the Heisei era at the heart of new Pocky x Milk Tea collaboration

• Oona McGee
  Feb 12, 2019

Bittersweet flavours combine to create a whole new taste sensation.

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• (chocolates • COK • Heisei era • high school • Japanese high school • marketing • Pocky • school • school life • sweets)

Customize the green tea and traditional sweets parfait of your dreams in famous Kyoto shop

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 11, 2019

Establishment boasts 88,200 possible parfaits in the geisha district of Japan’s ancient capital city. 

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• (cafes • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • Kyoto • parfaits • restaurants • Saryo Tsujiri • sweets • Uji)

Japan’s Whipped Cream Burger is a fistful of sweet dairy and a mouthful of complete honesty

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 9, 2019

The most decadent, least healthy, and absolute craziest vegetarian burger we’ve ever tried.

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• (awesome • burgers • COK • crazy • cream • food • sandwiches • SNOJ • sweets • taste test • whipped cream)

Meet your favorite Sesame Street characters at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts in Japan

• Kay
  Feb 4, 2019

Once again, Krispy Kreme gives us a line of doughnuts that are way too cute to eat!

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• (COK • cute • doughnuts • Krispy Kreme • Sesame Street • sweets)

Survey shows Japanese women would love to be getting some chocolate on Valentine’s Day too

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2019

New social movement gives rise to a new word: gyaku choco.

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• (chocolate • COK • food • giri choco • obligation chocolate • society • sweets • Valentine's Day)

New Sweet Sake Pocky showcases the flavour of a centuries-old Japanese sake brewery in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Feb 1, 2019

Special regional-exclusive release uses ingredients from the only sake brewery in the 23 wards of Tokyo.

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• (amazake • chocolates • food • Pocky • sake • sweets • Tokyo)

How women can shoot down dessert dates before they’re even invited, according to Japanese Twitter

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 1, 2019

It’s all in how you answer “What kind of sweets do you like?”

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• Japan
• (cafes • clever • COK • dating • funny • relationships • romance • sweets)

Starbucks Japan unveils first sakura drink for cherry blossom season 2019

• Oona McGee
  Jan 31, 2019

Drink the blossoms this year with a chilled cup of sakura.

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• (cherry blossoms • convenience stores • drinks • hanami • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)

Nintendo’s awesome Super Mario chocolate-making trays are here to power up Valentine’s Day

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 30, 2019

Now you can whip up some chocolates your gamer sweetheart will want more than any super mushroom.

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• (chocolate • cooking • cool • nintendo • Super Mario • sweets • Valentine's Day)

Godiva takes swipe at Japan’s obligation chocolate king, Tokyo chocolatier fights fire with smile

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 29, 2019

Message from Belgian confectioner is a bolt from the blue, but the makers of Black Thunder are only too happy to play along.

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• Japan
• (Black Thunder • chocolate • funny • giri choco • Godiva • honmei choco • obligation chocolate • society • sweets • Valentine's Day)

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