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Hiyashi yaki-imo vending machine changes the whole way we think about roasted sweet potatoes

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 11, 2023
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There’s nothing like the warmth of a freshly roasted sweet potato, so who wants to eat them cold? We do.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • roasted sweet potatoes • SNJO • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test • vending machines • weird • yaki imo • yakiimo)

24 Sweets Shop: New unstaffed store specialising in trendy Japanese sweets opens in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 11, 2023

With hard-to-get ice creams and treats now available 24 hours a day, convenience stores better watch their backs.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • ice cream • Japanese sweets • new • rose ice cream • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • unmanned shops • unmanned store • unstaffed store)

The phantom juice only available from vending machines at JR East train stations

• Oona McGee
  Aug 10, 2023

Only on sale for a limited time, and in a very limited area.

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• Japan
• (acure • COK • cool • drinks • Japanese train stations • Japanese vending machines • JR East • juice • Peach • peaches • SNJO • taste test • train stations • trains • vending machine drinks • vending machines • weird)

Is Starbucks Japan’s first-ever nationwide Watermelon Frappuccino the hit drink of summer?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 9, 2023

Gaburi Suika includes the surprising addition of dragon fruit for a very limited-edition flavour combination.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • fruit • Gaburi Suika • Japanese Frappuccino • K. Masami • limited edition • new • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • watermelon)

We eat fugu pufferfish semen at a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo

• SoraNews24
  Aug 9, 2023

If you thought eating fugu was scary, just wait ’til you try its milt.

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• Japan
• (blowfish • fugu • Japanese food • milt • pufferfish • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • sushi • sushi restaurant • sushi restaurants • taste test • Tokyo • weird • weird food)

Three things we loved about Fujiya’s frozen sweets vending machine in Tokyo

• Shannon
  Aug 8, 2023

You don’t even need to go inside a store to get them!

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• (cake • COK • dessert vending machine • Fujiya • SNJO • sweets • sweets vending machine • taste test • vending machine)

Japanese convenience store creates a frappe from a popular candy

• Oona McGee
  Aug 7, 2023

Family Mart frappes are becoming more iconic by the day.

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• Japan
• (candy • combini • convenience store • drinks • Family mart • frappes • Japanese candy • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sweets • konbini • Ramune • taste test • yoghurt • Yoglet • yogurt)

We eat at a brand new pasta shop with all-you-can-eat tofu run by one of our favorite restaurants

• Dale Roll
  Aug 4, 2023

They exclusively serve fancy Japanese-style pasta dishes at this restaurant, and the tofu is made in-house!

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• Japan
• (Japanese pasta • Kamakura pastas • Kita-Senju • Mr. Sato • Odashimon • pasta • taste test • Tokyo)

Japanese restaurant chain causes a stir with foreigners online, but is it any good?

• SoraNews24
  Aug 3, 2023

We find out if this yakitori chain is really worth visiting. 

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• Japan
• (chicken • COK • foreigners • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese restauramts • restaurants • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Torikizoku • tourists • yakitori • YouTube)

Japanese convenience store fools us with its 40-percent-more sandwich, but in a good way

• Oona McGee
  Aug 2, 2023

Family Mart is upsizing over a dozen products for a limited time, but they’re being more generous than they let on. 

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• Japan
• (chicken katsu • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sandwiches • konbini • sandwiches • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test)

Tokyo Station’s second-most popular bento is great because of what it isn’t【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 1, 2023

Unassuming inarizushi just might be the best bento to grab at Tokyo Station.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • COK • food • inarizushi • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo Station • trains • travel)

Burger King Japan’s Tom Yum Shrimp Whopper isn’t exactly tom yum kung

• Oona McGee
  Aug 1, 2023

Not quite the Whopper we were hoping for.

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• Japan
• (Burger King • burgers • crazy • fast food • food • hamburgers • limited edition • P.K. Sanjun • review • SNJO • taste test • Thai food • Thailand • tom yum • Tom Yum Goong • Tom Yum Kung • weird)

Sushi store makes waves in Japan for meal with a surprising 14-character katakana name

• Oona McGee
  Jul 31, 2023

A sushi bowl by any other name wouldn’t sound as sweet.

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• Japan
• (cakes • chirashizushi • COK • cool • cute • Daimaru Department Store • Daimaru Tokyo • depachika • eating • food • Japanese food • mille-feuille • sashimi • seafood • SNJO • sushi • Sushi Cake • taste test • Tokyo • unusual • weird)

Godiva Dessert joins the cute crepe game in Harajuku

• Oona McGee
  Jul 31, 2023

There’s a new sweets store in town, with a luxury chocolate crepe you can’t get anywhere else. 

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• Japan
• (cafes • chocolate • COK • crepes • desserts • food • Godiva • Godiva Cafe • Godiva Dessert • Harajuku • Mr. Sato • restaurants • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Japanese curry chain is highly recommended by foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 30, 2023

We find out if this curry joint is worth visiting or if it’s an overhyped tourist joint. 

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• Japan
• (COK • curry • curry rice • Hokkaido • Japanese curry • Japanese food • reddit • restaurants • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soup curry • taste test • Tokyo • tourists)

What is a Butter Manju? We try one from this mega popular Tokyo dessert shop

• Dale Roll
  Jul 29, 2023

Turns out there’s a reason why this shop always has lines of customers!

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• Japan
• (butter • COK • dessert • food • Hitomoto Ishidaya • Itabashi Ward • Japanese sweets • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

McDonald’s Japan adds exclusive Hawaiian Burgers to its menu for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Jul 28, 2023

We try all three to find out which one is worth your money. 

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hawaii • Loco Moco • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • review • SNJO • taste test)

Mr. Sato tries monjayaki for the first time, goes all in with new “innovative” European flavors

• Dale Roll
  Jul 28, 2023

How do European flavors combine with a traditional Japanese dish?

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• Japan
• (food • fusion cuisine • Moheji • monjayaki • Mr. Sato • Restaurant • Shibuya • taste test • Tokyo • Tokyo food)

Tomahawk Tonkatsu at Japanese restaurant becomes a hot topic online

• Oona McGee
  Jul 27, 2023

A very unusual type of tonkatsu hidden in the backstreets of Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Japanese food • katsu • Ningyocho • P.K. Sanjun • pork • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Tokyo restaurant • tonkatsu • Tonkatsu Fujiki)

Is this Tokyo eatery’s 150-year-old pickled octopus recipe worth the hype? We find out 【Taste test】

• Shannon
  Jul 25, 2023

Will it be extra delicious or run-of-the-mill?

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• Japan
• (Japanese pickles • Mr. Sato • octopus • pickles • shinjuku • Shinjuku Isetan • Shofukuro • taste test)

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