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TKG Debate: What’s the best way to eat Japan’s beloved raw egg comfort dish?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 25, 2026
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Even Japanese locals can’t agree on how to make this simple meal.

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• (eggs • food • Go Hatori • how to • Japanese food • livestream • Mr. Sato • recipes • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • tamago kake gohan • taste test • TKG • YouTube)

When is miso ramen not miso ramen? When it’s the new ramen at one of Japan’s top beef bowl chains

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2026

Sukiya serves up a unique interpretation of miso ramen.

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• (beef bowls • food • gyudon.Sukiya • miso ramen • miso soup • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tonjiru)

7-Eleven Japan has a new Creamy Iced Cafe Latte that’s a hit on social media

• Oona McGee
  Jun 14, 2026

How to buy the new viral convenience store coffee that locals are raving about.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • cafe latte • coffee • COK • combini • convenience stores • drinks • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Seven Cafe • SNJO • taste test)

Japan’s cheap beef bowl chain goes upscale with Matsuya Premium, but is it worth the higher price?

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2026

Ordinarily cheap Matsuya opens a high-priced Matsuya inside another upscale Matsuya.

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• (beef • beef bowls • bento • boxed lunches • COK • department stores • food • Ginza Matsuya • gyudon • Japanese beef • Japanese food • Kobe beef • Matsuya • Matsuya Ginza • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Wagyu)

This shop combines traditional Japanese sweets with…mayonnaise?!?[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 10, 2026

Even with a shop name like Mayo x Mayo, we weren’t expecting this much mayo.

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• (COK • crazy • daifuku • dango • food • Japanese food • mayo • mayonnaise • mitarashi dango • mochi • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

Starbucks Japan releases a new limited-edition Frappuccino inspired by espresso affogato

• Oona McGee
  May 29, 2026

Find out if this exclusive drink has what it takes to combat a Japanese summer.

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• (affogato • bananas • coffee • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinoss • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test)

133-year-old Japanese company’s cookies go beyond matcha with dashi and shichimi flavors

• Casey Baseel
  May 28, 2026

Kayanoya’s Satoyama Cookies give you four flavors for a snack session unlike any other.

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• (COK • cookies • crazy • dashi • food • green tea • Kayanoya • matcha • shichimi • SNJO • sweets • taste test • weird)

Tokyo’s insane Garlic Ramen is a meal, and an aroma, you’ll never forget[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2026

There aren’t enough breath mints in the world to save us, but we’re going in anyway.

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• (COK • crazy • food • garlic • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

What makes the Starbucks Japan chocolate terrine so popular?

• Oona McGee
  May 26, 2026

We find out why Japanese social media has gone crazy for this cake.

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• (cakes • chocolate • chocolate terrine • limited edition • limited edition flavors • SNJO • social media • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • sweets • taste test • terrine • viral • viral food)

Pizza Hut Japan’s drinkable curry pizza is here – Is it all we dreamed it would be?[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  May 23, 2026

Too much of a good thing, or just enough?

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• (COK • crazy • curry • food • Japanese curry • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Japanese vending machine find introduces us to a new drink you can’t get anywhere else

• Oona McGee
  May 22, 2026

An iconic Japanese candy, now in drinkable form. 

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• (COK • cool • drinks • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test • vending machine • vending machines • Yoglet)

This Tokyo Station sweets sensation sells out daily, but we finally got our hands on it

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2026

Mont Blanc The Hakuzan is a sweets shop so nice it’s named twice.

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• (COK • Daimaru • food • Mont Blanc • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo Station)

Choc mint ice cream season hits Japan with a spectacular drinkable ice cream from Tully’s

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2026

Why go to Starbucks when you can find hidden gems like this at a locally born chain?

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• (choco mint • chocolate • dessert drinks • drinks • limited edition • milkshakes • mint • mint choco • mint chocolate • SNJO • taste test • Tully's)

7-Eleven Japan now sells canned water, but does funky packaging mean funky flavor?[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  May 17, 2026

Lotte’s canned water makes its convenience store debut.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • cans • COK • convenance stores • drinks • Japanese convenance stores • Lotte • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test • water)

7-Eleven Japan now has ramen machines…but only at 41 stores

• Oona McGee
  May 13, 2026

Find out how to use the machines, and more importantly, where to find them.

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• (7-Eleven Japan • 7-Eleven noodles • 7-Eleven ramen • 7-Eleven ramen machine • COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Noodles • ramen • Saitama • SNJO • taste test)

Starbucks Japan adds a new Frappuccino and Milk to the menu, but are they worth the calories?

• Oona McGee
  May 12, 2026

Chunky by name, but hopefully not by nature. 

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• (dessert drink • drinks • Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • limited edition flavors • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • strawberry • taste test)

Japan releases new ramen sandwiches… that don’t taste like ramen

• Oona McGee
  May 10, 2026

Lunch Pack falls flat in the noodles-and-bread department, but there is a silver lining.

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• (food • iekei ramen • Lunch Pack • Noodles • pocket sandwiches • ramen • ramen sandwich • sandwich pockets • sandwiches • taste test • Yamazaki Baking)

This train station bento boxed lunch shop has been in business for nearly 100 years

• Casey Baseel
  May 9, 2026

Inside Chiba Station, Manyoken is a piece of edible history.

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• (bento • bento boxes • boxed lunches • Chiba • COK • cool • food • old restaurants • pork cutlet • SNJO • stations • taste test • tonkatsu • trains)

Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa’s bar pops up in real-world Tokyo, and we stop by for drinks[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  May 7, 2026

Seventh Heaven arrives in Roppongi with a twist on its name and another for its cocktails.

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• (alcohol • canned cocktails • chu-hi • cocktails • COK.Tifa • cool • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Final Fantasy VII remake • Future Lemon • Roppongi Hills • Sacre Lemon • SNO • sours • Square Enix • taste test • video games)

Does one of Japan’s favorite chocolate brands work with the Pringles chocolate hack?

• SoraNews24
  May 7, 2026

We’ve heard good things about Pringles and chocolate, but what about Pringles and Lotte’s chocolate?

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • crazy • food • food hacks • Ghanna • Ghanna chocolate • Lotte • Pringles • Pringles Chocolate • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

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