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Tokyo opens entire store dedicated to helping women buy obligation chocolate for Valentine’s

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 29, 2019
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The king of giri choco is here to help women who have to buy chocolate to give to all the guys they’re not attracted to on Valentine’s Day.

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

Maximum matcha! Tokyo sweet shop sells the strongest green tea chocolates physically possible

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 26, 2019

We taste test the newest desserts from a 112-year-old Japanese tea company.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • green tea • matcha • SNOJ • sweets • taste test • tea)

Chocolate-fed sushi fish set to become a Valentine’s Day treat in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 25, 2019

One of the country’s most popular revolving sushi chains has a sweet idea.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • cool • food • Kura Sushi • Kurazushi • revolving susi • sushi • sweets • Valentine's Day • weird)

Beloved Japanese paper craft wizard turns cookie box into a gorgeous sculpture

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 19, 2019

Once you’re done with your cookies, you can always take a knife to the box and turn it into a beautiful clock tower.

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• Japan
• (art • awesome • cookies • cool • crafts • Morinaga • papercraft • sweets)

Sakura jelly desserts are beautiful and back on sale so your “cherry blossoms will bloom”

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2019

Each breathtaking dessert contains a naturally blooming cherry blossom, preserved at its most beautiful moment.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • cherry blossoms • flowers • food • sakura • sweets • water cakes)

Poop ice cream drops in Tokyo’s trendy Harajuku neighborhood

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 15, 2019

Unchi-kun looks the part, thankfully tastes like something else entirely.

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• Japan
• (cafes • cute • emoji • food • funny • gross • Harajuku • ice cream • poo • sweets)

Häagen-Dazs adds new Matcha Cheese Cookie ice cream to its Decorations series in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 13, 2019

Delicious new flavours only available for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (desserts • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • ice cream • ice creams • matcha • sweets)

Japan’s masturbatory aid chocolates help you tell him “We’re just friends” this Valentine’s Day

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2019

Enjoy your night alone, and also some sweets.

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

We score another fukubukuro lucky bag from Baskin Robbins Japan with bonus Snoopy【Photos】

• Katy Kelly
  Jan 7, 2019

Even more of the super cute ice cream theme products, but a sprinkle of Peanuts just makes it all the sweeter!
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• Japan
• (Baskin Robbins • COK • cute • food • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2018 • ice cream • Lucky Bag Roundup 2018 • Lucky Bags • SNOJ • Snoopy • sweets)

All the amazing Japanese Starbucks Frappuccinos SoraNews24 tried in 2018【Taste tests】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 29, 2018

The year in review for Starbucks’ blended ice dessert drinks is a delicious trip down memory lane.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • SNOJ • Starbucks • sweets)

Cold Stone now has sakura mochi ice cream in Japan for a limited time!

• Oona McGee
  Dec 27, 2018

The addition of pounded sticky rice makes this new creation taste like a traditional Japanese daifuku sweet.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • Cold Stone • daifuku • desserts • ice cream • Japanese desserts • mochi • sakura • sweets)

We try Starbucks Japan’s grand finale for the year: The triple-sesame Frappuccino【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2018

Delicious drink is packed with all the goma we never knew we wanted.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • goma • Japan Wonder Project • sesame • SNOJ • Starbucks • sweets • taste test)

Starbucks releases new “Japan Wonder Project” Goma Goma Goma Frappuccino and Latte for New Year

• Oona McGee
  Dec 18, 2018

Exclusive beverages are inspired by an ancient New Year’s calligraphy tradition to help customers “get excited over unknown Japan”.

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• Japan
• (coffee • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • latte • sesame • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets)

We try Starbucks Japan’s new Pistachio Christmas Tree Frappuccino drinks

• Oona McGee
  Dec 6, 2018

Starbucks’ new limited-edition holiday drinks are designed to look like decorated Christmas trees…but do they taste like them?

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas tree • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • limited edition • pistachio • SNOJ • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test • Xmas)

Super-disturbing whole-roasted Pikachu pastry made by overly talented fan chef【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 3, 2018

Maximum points for accuracy to the Pokémon source material, zero points for cuteness.

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• Japan
• (anime • baking • crazy • food • funny • gross • Pikachu • Pokemon • scary • sweets • video games)

All the best Japanese Kit Kat flavours together in one exclusive anniversary box for limited time

• Oona McGee
  Nov 26, 2018

Now you can enjoy 35 different Japan-exclusive Kit Kats without having to run around town trying to find them all.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kat Chocolatory • Kit Kats • limited edition • Nestle • Nestle Japan • omiyage • souvenirs • sweets)

Limited edition Tokyo Alfort cookies now available in sakura and matcha flavors at Tokyo Station!

• Kay
  Nov 24, 2018

For a limited time, one of Japan’s most popular snacks will be available in special Japanese flavors and featuring Tokyo landmarks etched in chocolate!

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• Japan
• (Alfort • chocolate • cookies • green tea • matcha • sakura • sweets • Tokyo • Tokyo Station)

Anime girl breast bread going on sale at Tokyo bakery【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 24, 2018

Ninja girl anime/video game franchise Senran Kagura continues to have one thing (or two things) on its mind.

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• Japan
• (anime • bakeries • bread • crazy • food • Senran Kagura • sweets • video games • weird)

We try Starbucks Japan’s new White Chocolate Snow Frappuccino drinks

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2018

Plus drink out of a cute limited-edition polar bear head glass.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • limited edition • SNOJ • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

After being banned for ugliness, the Pikachu Donuts are back, but are they cute this time?

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2018

Is the final-version Pikachu Donut cuter before or after we cut its face in half?

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cute • donuts • food • Mister Donut • Pikachu • SNOJ • sweets • video games)

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