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Häagen-Dazs Japan gives us glorious Banana Chocolate ice cream
Chocolate and banana in ice cream form? Okay, just take our money already!
Kyoto geisha and maiko yatsuhashi sweets are the latest food craze to hit the ancient capital
- Oona McGee
May 19, 2017
These adorable sweets have been meticulously handcrafted by a centuries-old confectionery retailer in Kyoto.
Tokyo’s green tea beer garden gives you all-you-can-drink matcha and hojicha beer this summer
- Casey Baseel
May 19, 2017
Matcha wine, sausage, and desserts also on offer at elegant restaurant in the heart of the city.
- Japan
- (alcohol • all you can drink • beer • green tea • hojicha • matcha • restaurants • sweets • tea • Tokyo)
Mini Japanese cheese tarts from Pablo are the sweets we’ve all been searching for
- Oona McGee
May 17, 2017
We try mini tarts with melting centres from Japan’s most popular cheese tart specialty bakery.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • cakes • cheese tarts • Cheesecake • Pablo • Pablo Mini • sweets • tarts)
Häagen-Dazs’ special new flavor, Japanese citrus, is just in time for the start of summer!
- Casey Baseel
May 17, 2017
Tangy, refreshing flavor comes courtesy of one of west Japan’s most beloved fruits.
- Japan
- (citrus • Häagen-Dazs • ice cream • sweets)
Chocolate to Put on Rice – The crazy condiment from Japan for when white rice is just too plain
- Casey Baseel
May 17, 2017
Putting soy sauce on white rice is a major faux pas in Japan, but now there’s a flavorful alternative.
How to make Starbucks Japan’s American Cherry Pie Frappuccino even better
- Koh Ruide
May 14, 2017
When in doubt, the answer is always “more pie“.
- Japan
- (cherry • crazy • drinks • food • Frappuccino • funny • P.K. Sanjun • pie • Starbucks • sweets)
Nestlé Japan releases new Rose Kit Kats for Mother’s Day 【Taste Test】
- Oona McGee
May 14, 2017
Come with us as we try these two new packs, which incorporate unique rose petal toppings in deliciously different ways.
- Japan
- (chocolates • Kit Kat • Mother's Day • Nestle Japan • rose • sweets • taste test)
“Sushi shaved ice” now on the menu at one of Japan’s most popular revolving sushi chains
- Casey Baseel
May 13, 2017
After your sushi dinner, you can now enjoy a very appropriate dessert.
- Japan
- (food • Kurazushi • revolving sushi • shaved ice • sushi • sweets • weird)
Hi-Chew candies get revamped into ice cream sweet treats just in time for summer
- Meg Murphy
May 12, 2017
The popular candy can now help keep you cool on a hot summer day.
Häagen-Dazs Japan releases delectable new ice cream bar flavor — coconut!
- Kay
May 10, 2017
It looks like we’ll be getting an early taste of tropical summer thanks to Häagen-Dazs Japan’s latest sweet offering!
Make your own customized dessert pizza at Max Brenner’s first ever Chocolate Pizza Bar! 【Pics】
- Kay
May 10, 2017
Order a custom-made dessert pizza of your dreams at international chocolate retailer Max Brenner’s very first Chocolate Pizza Bar in Harajuku!
Japanese tea house creates gold-leaf covered matcha green tea gelato dessert
- Oona McGee
May 9, 2017
Green tea lovers are going crazy for the taste and look of this unusual new dessert.
Crazy Japanese cafe’s honey toast desserts are nearly a foot and a half of sweet bliss【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 6, 2017
This part of Japan is often overlooked by foodies, but ironically it’s hard to see over these towering desserts.
- Japan
- (awesome • cafes • crazy • desserts • food • honey toast • ice cream • restaurants • sweets)
We visit a Maths Cafe in Japan and discover an adorable icy polar bear dessert
- Oona McGee
May 5, 2017
Mathematics and cute desserts go hand-in-hand at this unusual cafe in Japan.
- Japan
- (cafes • cute • desserts • kakigori • mathematics • maths • maths cafe • polar bears • sweets • themed cafes • themed restaurants)
Here’s your handy Japanese Frappuccino reference chart to help you pick what to have at Starbucks
- Casey Baseel
May 4, 2017
Can’t decide between all of the different Starbucks Frappuccino in Japan? We’re here to help!
Starbucks Japan’s new banana chocolate pudding is so good we can’t keep our language clean
- Casey Baseel
Apr 29, 2017
Coffee house chain is now four for four with its pudding lineup.
Nestle Japan releases new yoghurt Kit Kat to raise funds for typhoon-affected regions
- Oona McGee
Apr 27, 2017
The new release is a great example of how big companies can support local businesses in the wake of a disaster.
- Japan
- (fundraising • Iwaizumi • Iwate • Japanese Kit Kats • Kit Kat • Nestle • sweets • typhoons • yoghurt • yogurt)
Häagen-Dazs awesome hojicha latte is a whole new way to love Japanese tea ice cream
- Casey Baseel
Apr 26, 2017
Green tea has a permanent spot in the Japanese ice cream lineup, but Häagen-Dazs shows us there’s room for roasted hojicha too!
Brooklyn Beckham orders candy from small artisan sweet company in Japan…with a twist
- Oona McGee
Apr 26, 2017
The candymakers are now trying to track down David Beckham’s son after a puzzling turn of events.
- Japan
- (ASMR • ASMR videos • Brooklyn Beckham • candies • David Beckham • My-ame • sweets)
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