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Japan’s favorite gyoza restaurant changes its gyoza recipe – Will gyoza life ever be the same?

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 2, 2024
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Taste-testing the new and old gyoza at Ohsho.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • gyoza • gyoza no osho • Osho • pot stickers • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

The best Osaka souvenir is Okonomiyaki Senbei, and here’s why

• SoraNews24
  Feb 1, 2024

No need to waste time shopping for souvenirs — this is the one thing you need to buy when in Osaka. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cute • food • okonomiyaki • okonomiyaki senbei • Osaka • Osaka souvenirs • rice crackers • senbei • SNJO • souvenir • souvenirs • taste test • travel)

Should you add instant ramen toppings before or after adding hot water?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 28, 2024

We find out if post-loading your ramen is better than pre-loading.

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• (COK • cool • crazy • food • Instant Ramen • Noodles • ramen • review • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Pizza Hut Japan’s Thick-style Ramen Pizza is here, but is it as delicious as it is weird?【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Jan 24, 2024

Pizza Hut joins forces with beloved ramen chain Tenka Ippin for a one-of-a-kind two-in-one meal.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • Noodles • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • ramen • SNJO • taste test • Tenka Ippin • weird)

Gunma’s secret-to-us bento soul food stop that all the locals know and love: Torihei【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Jan 24, 2024

Our Gunma sources clue us in on a local favorite.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • chicken katsu • COK • food • Gunma • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • teriyaki • travel)

Instant Japanese dessert soup with an Akita twist instantly changes our image of great shiruko

• Shannon
  Jan 23, 2024

It turns out plain old mochi isn’t the only pairing for shiruko.

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• Japan
• (Akita • Akita Prefecture • anko • azuki • COK • food • instant soup • kiritanpo • oshiruko • red beans • shiruko • SNJO • sweet red beans • sweets • taste test • Tsubasa • unique)

Haneda Airport’s must-buy Japanese sweet is hard to find but worth it

• Oona McGee
  Jan 21, 2024

Rare souvenir might soon become your favourite go-to at the airport.

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• Japan
• (cakes • COK • dorayaki • Haneda Airport • Mariko Ohanabatake • review • rum raisin • SNJO • souvenirs • sweets • taste test)

Dom Dom’s Squid Devil Burger is here to shake up the gourmet scene like a tokusatsu bad guy

• Oona McGee
  Jan 21, 2024

Join us as we go head to head with Japan’s baddest black burger.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • Dom Dom • Dom Dom Burger • fast food • Kamen Rider • P.K. Sanjun • review • Shocker • SNJO • squid • taste test • tokusatsu)

Is Domino’s Japan’s new Cheese Volcano Pizza worth the hype and calories?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 19, 2024

Taking pizza to new heights with a volcanic crater full of cheese.

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• Japan
• (cheese • COK • crazy • Domino's Pizza Japan • dominos pizza • pizza • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Starbucks pairs new Frappuccinos with chocolate cakes for Valentine’s Day

• Oona McGee
  Jan 18, 2024

We get a taste of the chain’s most delicious couples and find out if they’re worth the calories.

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• Japan
• (cakes • chocolate • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • muffins • opera cake • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • Valentine's Day)

Taste-testing Japan’s beef tongue/gacha beef vending machine in Sendai【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 18, 2024

Japan’s gyutan capital has a very unique vending machine.

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• Japan
• (beef • beef tongue • COK • food • food vending machines • gyutan • Sendai • SNJO • taste test • vending machines)

Starbucks Japan’s new Valentine’s Day Frappuccino is like a drinkable opera cake

• Oona McGee
  Jan 17, 2024

There’s no escaping the charms of this newest limited-edition beverage.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • limited edition • opera cake • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • Valentine's Day)

Godiva’s Mister Donut doughnuts unlock a secret realm of deliciousness【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 16, 2024

Like no other chocolate doughnuts we’ve ever had before.

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• Japan
• (Belgian chocolate • chocolate • COK • doughnuts • Egawa Tasuku • Galette de Rois • Godiva • Mister Donut • SNJO • taste test)

Is Denny’s Japan’s new ultra-expensive Amaou strawberry parfait worth it?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 16, 2024

Prized Fukuoka fruit delivers joy to the taste buds, shock to the wallet.

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• Japan
• (Amaou • COK • Denny's • Denny's Japan • expensive • family restaurants • food • fruit • ice cream • parfaits • SNJO • strawberries • sundaes • sweets • taste test)

Fried sandwiches arrive in Tokyo, become hot topic on social media

• Oona McGee
  Jan 14, 2024

Prices start at just 100 yen (US$0.69) for Japan’s most sought-after sandwich.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • fried sandwiches • Ginza • Japanese sandwiches • new • sandwiches • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)

Is McDonald’s Japan’s new Butterscotch Pie better than Belgian Chocolate?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 13, 2024

Proof that McDonald’s pies are totally different in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (Belgian chocolate • butterscotch • chocolate • chocolate pie • COK • fast food • food • limited edition • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • new • pie • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Godzilla burgers appear at McDonald’s Japan, and t’s time to eat them all!【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Jan 11, 2024

King of the Monsters teams up with the king of fast food hamburgers.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • Godzilla • hamburgers • kaiju • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test)

Green takoyaki puts a new spin on classic Japanese street food

• Oona McGee
  Jan 9, 2024

You won’t find takoyaki like this anywhere else in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • food • Ibaraki • Japanese food • Japanese street food • octopus • review • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • taste test • weird)

Trying the new limited flavor of Suntory Hakushu Japanese whisky highball in a can

• Shannon
  Jan 8, 2024

The original was delicious, but could this one be better?

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• Japan
• (alcohol • canned cocktails • cocktails • COK • drinks • Hakushu • highball • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • SNJO • Suntory • Suntory whiskey • Suntory Whisky • taste test • Whiskey • whisky)

Does the “World’s best apple pie” in Japan live up to its reputation?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 7, 2024

An unlikely location for an acclaimed dessert makes us wonder if it really is as good as they say.

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• Japan
• (apple pie • apples • COK • Ebina • food • Seiji Nakazawa • service area • SNJO • sweets • taste test • world's best)

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