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Pizza Hut releases a turtle pizza that looks like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

• Oona McGee
  Apr 3, 2024
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Only available in one country in the world, and it’s not Japan… 

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (cool • cute • fast food • food • mugwort • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Taiwan • SNJO • taste test • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles • turtle • weird • weird food • Yui Imai)

Japan’s new “painful sadness” snacks are a deliciously mysterious linguistics lesson【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 3, 2024

Happy Turn swerves into a new form, Tsuratan.

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• Japan
• (april fools • COK • food • funny • Happy Turn • Japanese language • linguistics • rice crackers • senbei • snacks • SNJO • spicy • taste test • weird)

McDonald’s creates a dream Japanese bento for April Fools’ Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 2, 2024

And here’s how you can create one too. 

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• Japan
• (April Fools' Day • bento • COK • fast food • food • food hack • hack • Japanese food • Makunouchi bento • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • obento • P.K. Sanjun • taste test)

Tokyo Secret Eats: Shibuya City staff cafeteria serves Hachiko soba to visitors

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2024

A hidden gem enjoyed by public servants…and visitors in the know!  

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• Japan
• (buckwheat • cheap eats • inexpensive • juwari soba • Noodles • Restaurant • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya Ward Office • SNJO • soba • staff cafeterias • taste test • Tokyo)

Japanese chiffon sandwiches are a treat worth travelling for

• Oona McGee
  Mar 31, 2024

Move aside fruit sandwiches, the chiffon sandwich is in town!

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• Japan
• (cafes • cakes • food • Ibaraki • review • sandwiches • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tsukuba Expo Center • Tsukuba Space Center)

We try super rare Shizuoka food souvenirs in the form of blue gelato and purple baumkuchen

• Dale Roll
  Mar 30, 2024

There’s only one place you can get these…and it’s nowhere on land!

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• Japan
• (baumkuchen • boats • butterfly pea • ferries • food souvenirs • gelato • Izu • Izu Peninsula • Japan travel • Shizuoka • sightseeing • souvenirs • Suruga Bay • taste test • travel)

Love Sugar Butter Sandwich Trees? There’s a flavor limited to Haneda Airport that you must try!

• Dale Roll
  Mar 30, 2024

Browned Fermented Butter has to be full of buttery goodness, right?!

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• Japan
• (cookies • food souvenirs • Haneda Airport • sandwich cookies • souvenirs • Sugar Butter Tree • sweets • taste test)

Mister Donut’s strongest-ever matcha doughnuts are so intense they’ll bind with your DNA

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2024

A whole new sensation for green tea lovers.

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • matcha • Misdo Meets Gion Tsujiri • Mister Donut • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Cappuccino Ramen becomes super popular in Japan, but is it worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2024

An “only in Japan” type of meal is going viral on social media.

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• Japan
• (chashu • COK • crazy • food • meat • Menya Musashi • Noodles • pork • ramen • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • tsukemen • weird)

Cup Noodle Mystery Meat is now sold in boxes, so we do what any ramen lover would do with them

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2024

Join us as we come face-to-face with enough Mystery Meat to fill 47 Cup Noodles.

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• Japan
• (crazy • Cup Noodle • cup ramen • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • mystery meat • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • review • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Tokyo’s Yabai sweet potato shop lives up to its name with a truly yabai creation

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 26, 2024

Yabai always means shocking, but is it in a good way or a bad one here?

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• Japan
• (beni haruka • COK • crazy • food • hot dogs • restaurants • sausage • SNJO • sweet potato • taste test • yaki imo • yakiimo)

Osaka street food becomes a Tokyo noodle topping with the Deluxe Takoyaki Soba【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2024

Our native Osakan tries out this unusual combo.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • Noodles • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soba • takoyaki • taste test • weird)

Domino’s Japan now sells…pizza ears?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2024

Shining a spotlight on a pizza part that’s usually unloved and discarded.

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• Japan
• (COK • Domino's • Domino's Japan • Domino's Pizza Japan • food • pizza • pizza crust • pizza ears • review • SNJO • taste test)

Should you warm up your convenience store onigiri rice balls in the microwave?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2024

Japan’ s convenience stores often recommend warming up their rice balls, but is it worth the extra hassle?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience stores • food • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • taste test)

American Reddit post claims this soy sauce will change your life【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 19, 2024

Seiji prepares to have his life changed by a Shikoku soy sauce.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Kikkoman • Kikubishio • reddit • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soy sauce • taste test • Yamaroku)

Can Starbucks Japan’s new Frappuccino and “cheer up” drink really change your mood?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 18, 2024

Two drinks designed to improve your energy and mood at a pivotal time of year.

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• Japan
• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test)

Does McDonald’s Japan’s first-ever matcha pie live up to the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 15, 2024

A first not just for Japan but the world.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • green tea • hanami • Japanese commercials • matcha • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • pie • review • sakura • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

7-Eleven opens “next generation” SIP convenience store in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 15, 2024

An even more convenient way to shop, with surprising brands inside.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • review • SIP • SNJO • taste test)

Pizza Hut Taiwan serves up a slam dunk with…an edible basketball and hoop

• Oona McGee
  Mar 13, 2024

You don’t get to taste pizzas like this every day.

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (basketball • cool • fast food • food • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Taiwan • SNJO • taste test • weird • weird food)

Is the all-you-can-eat KFC buffet in Tokyo really as good as they say it is?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 13, 2024

KFC buffet includes dishes you won’t find anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • buffet • COK • fast food • food • fried chicken • Kentucky Fried Chicken • KFC • KFC buffet • KFC Japan • review • SNJO • taste test)

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