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What makes the Starbucks Japan chocolate terrine so popular?
- Oona McGee
May 26, 2026 - Tweet
We find out why Japanese social media has gone crazy for this cake.
- Japan
- (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
![Pizza Hut Japan’s drinkable curry pizza is here – Is it all we dreamed it would be?[Taste test]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/05/2_847992.jpg?w=640 "Pizza Hut Japan’s drinkable curry pizza is here – Is it all we dreamed it would be?[Taste test]")
Too much of a good thing, or just enough?
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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?
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (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?
- Japan
- (chocolate • COK • crazy • food • food hacks • Ghanna • Ghanna chocolate • Lotte • Pringles • Pringles Chocolate • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Only five branches of Japan’s beef bowl giant Matsuya serve milk shakes, but how do they taste?
- Casey Baseel
May 1, 2026
Matsuya makes the step from beefy bowls to milky drinks, but only at select locations for now.
- Japan
- (beef bowls • COK • drinks • fast food • food • gyudon • Matsuya • milk shakes • shakes • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Japan’s Mister Donut Japan tries its hand at Taiwanese-style street food donuts
- Elliot Hale
May 1, 2026
Do they live up to the hype of their Taiwanese inspiration?
- Japan
- (COK • donuts • doughnuts • food • Mister Donut • new • Sakupofun • SNJO • street food • sweets • Taiwanese street food • taste test • Yui Imai)
Make-them-yourself Pokémon frappes arrive at Japanese convenience stores, can be mixed at home too
- Casey Baseel
Apr 29, 2026
Family Mart’s Pokémon Pokopia dessert drinks are supposed to be mixed in-store, but there’s an alternative.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • convenience stores • Family mart • Famima Cafe • Famima Frappe • Japanese convenience stores • manga • Pokemon • Pokémon Pokopia • SNJO • taste test • video games)
Japanese convenience store brings rice balls back to 100 yen – Is this deal worth it?[Taste test]
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2026
As onigiri prices continue to rise everywhere else, Lawson Store 100 stays true to its name.
- Japan
- (cheap eats • cheap food • COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • Lawson Store 100 • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • taste test)
7-Eleven Japan’s cooked-in-store takoyaki is here! How does it fare against the street food king?
- Casey Baseel
Apr 26, 2026
We pit the convenience store challenger against Tokyo’s favorite maker of Japan’s beloved octopus dumplings.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • dumplings • food • Gindaco • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese street food.7-Eleven • octopus • SNJO • street food • takoyaki • taste test)
Tsujihan sushi bowl restaurant goes viral with foreign tourists, but is it worth the hype?
- Oona McGee
Apr 25, 2026
A Japanese diner shares their take on the kaisendon restaurant that’s exploded in popularity amongst overseas tourists.
- Japan
- (food • kaisendon • Nihonbashi • restaurants • seafood • SNJO • sushi • taste test • Tokyo • Tsujihan • viral)
Move aside, convenience store egg sando – there’s a better version of the iconic sandwich in Japan
- Oona McGee
Apr 18, 2026
At just around a buck, the egg sandwich at this chain is enough to make convenience stores weep.
- Japan
- (cheap eats • convenience stores • crazy • egg sando • egg sandwich • egg sandwiches • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese egg sandwiches • Japanese sandwich • Japanese sandwiches • Japanese supermarkets • sandwich • sandwiches • seiyu • SNJO • super cheap eats • supermarkets • taste test • trial)
What’s inside Japan’s super-rare, super-popular Nara bread?
- Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2026
Nara is famous for deer and temples, but you won’t find either of those inside this hard-to-find baked good.
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