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Family Mart’s new Famima flagship in Tokyo has a hidden gem that most visitors miss

• Oona McGee
  Jul 26, 2026
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A must-try convenience store drink you won’t find anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (Azabudai • convenience store drinks • convenience stores • drinks • Family mart • Famima • Famima Park Azabudai • flagship store • Japanese convenience stores • jasmine tea • milk tea • new opening • Nigo • SNJO • tapioca • tea • Tokyo • Toranomon)

We visit the restaurant chain with more stores than either McDonald’s or Starbucks

• Elliot Hale
  Mar 28, 2025

It’s one of the biggest chains in the world, yet many people have never even heard of it.

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• Japan
• (bubble tea • COK • fast food • fast food chain • food and drinks • Ikebukuro • Mixue • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soft serve • soft serve ice cream • tapioca • Tokyo)

Sakura Pizza from Domino’s Pizza Japan is here, but is it any good?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2024

A pizza like none we’ve ever had before arrives just in time for cherry blossom season.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • Domino's Pizza Japan • dominos pizza • food • pizza • sakura • sakura food • SNJO • sweets • tapioca • taste test)

Domino’s Pizza is offering a Sakura Pizza for cherry blossom season

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 5, 2024

A sweet and cheesy treat arrives in time for cherry blossom viewing season.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • Domino's Pizza Japan • dominos pizza • pizza • sakura • sakura food • sweets • tapioca)

Devil’s Crust Bloody Pizza brought to dark life by Domino’s Japan, has one more terrifying secret

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 24, 2023

Domino’s Japan is also proud that it’s new Bloody Chicken will make you look like a blood-stained zombie.

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• Japan
• (bamboo charcoal • cool • Domino's Pizza Japan • dominos pizza • food • groos • halloween • pizza • scary • tapioca)

Muji releases a new boba tea kit and we taste test it at home【Taste test】

• Ingrid Tsai
  Jul 20, 2021

Why go out for boba when you can just make it at home?

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• Japan
• (Aoi Kuroneko • boba • bubble tea • drinks • food • muji • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin • sweets • tapioca • taste test)

Mr. Sato tries boba tea from store ranked best in Japan, rediscovers his love for tapioca

• Katie Pask
  Jun 24, 2021

Looks like the bubble tea bubble hasn’t burst quite yet!

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• Japan
• (boba • boba tea • bubble tea • CoCo-Toka • drinks • fast food • food trends • Mr. Sato • restaurants • sweets • tapioca • taste test • Tokyo • trends)

Domino’s pizza now comes with tapioca and dango ball stuffed crust!【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 29, 2021

Dinner and dessert together in one pizza–great for convenience but is it great for flavour?

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• Taiwan
• (boba • bubble tea • COK • dango • Domino's • dominos pizza • fast food • food • limited edition • pizza • shiratama • SNJO • tapioca • unusual • weird)

Giant temple in mountains of Japan is also one of its most impressive tapioca bubble tea cafes

• Shannon
  Nov 18, 2020

What better way to end a temple visit than with an ice-cold tapioca bubble tea?

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• Japan
• (bubble tea • COK • cool • SNJO • tapioca • temples • travel • weird)

Is the end nigh for tapioca? Tokyo tapioca shops suffer closures in the midst of COVID-19

• Ingrid Tsai
  Sep 20, 2020

Will this be the nail in the coffin, the last boba straw through the lid?

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• Japan
• (boba • bubble tea • coronavirus • COVID-19 • drinks • pearl milk tea • store closure • sweets • tapioca • tapioca bubble tea • Tokyo)

We try Akihabara’s new Shaken Ramen in a bubble tea cup 【Taste Test】

• Shannon
  Jul 28, 2020

Yeah, you’ve had cup ramen before, but have you ever tried shaking it?

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • bubble tea • delicious • innovative • Japanese cuisine • ramen • shaken ramen • Suehirocho • takeout • tapioca)

Japanese tapioca bubble tea shops are suddenly becoming face mask shops

• Shannon
  Apr 26, 2020

We’re ready to hear them spill the tea on this phenomenon.

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• Japan
• (boba • bubble tea • clever • coronavirus • COVID-19 • face masks • masks • tapioca • tapioca bubble tea)

Domino’s now sells tapioca boba pizza in Japan, and we’re so very, very confused【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 22, 2020

It’s like a late-to-the-party party in your mouth, and tapioca is invited!

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• Japan
• (boba • bubble tea • COK • crazy • dominos pizza • food • pizza • SNJO • sweets • tapioca • taste test • weird)

Sake-brewing company produces one-chug wonder: boozy boba in a bottle【Taste test】

• Eli Pang
  Mar 2, 2020

Make sure not to choke on the tapioca if you’re ambitious enough to down this in one sitting.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • boba • bubble tea • drinks • food trends • Kikusui • sake • tapioca)

It’s sakura bubble tea season at TP TEA stands across Japan!

• Kay
  Feb 25, 2020

For bubble tea with a Japanese twist, how about a sakura-flavored creation from popular tea stand chain TP Tea?

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• Japan
• (Answerman • boba • bubble tea • Chun Shui Tang • drink • drinks • sakura • sweet • sweets • tapioca • tapioca tea • TP Tea)

New cat café Neko Tapi in Kyoto combines bubble tea with beautiful cats!

• Katy Kelly
  Feb 23, 2020

Sit, sip, and be soothed by tabby cats and tapioca tea.

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• Japan
• (bubble tea • cafes • cat cafe • cats • cute • Instagrammable • Kyoto • mocha • NekoTapi • Shinkyogoku • tapioca • Tapista • trendy)

Tapioca fad on the way out in Japan

• Master Blaster
  Jan 31, 2020

Now is the winter of tapioca’s discontent.

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• Japan
• (Asahi Soft Drinks • boba • bubble tea • business • drinks • fad • food trends • sweets • tapioca • Tokyo)

Ramen shop uses name of American rock band, gets invite to…Battle of the Bands?

• Katie Pask
  Jan 27, 2020

‘Hardcore noodle shop’ in Tokyo received an invitation to rock out in the U.S. — or did they?

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• Japan, USA
• (food • funny • men yard fight • music • ramen • rock music • tapioca • ten yard fight • Yokohama)

Tapioca onigiri brings boba to the world of rice balls

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2019

People in Japan are going crazy for boba ball rice balls.

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• Japan
• (Aeon • COK • food • food review • Japanese food • Mai • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • tapioca • taste test)

Get a taste of the high life with a US$92 “Tapioca” bubble tea in Tokyo

• Master Blaster
  Nov 25, 2019

Return to Tapioca Land.

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• Japan
• (boba • bubble tea • Da Hong Pao • Mr. Sato • SNJO • tapioca • tea • Tokyo • Tokyo Tapioca Land • Tokyo Tapioca Land Cafe)

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