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Japan’s best conveyor belt sushi restaurant of seven years ago has now, finally, come to Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2026
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We head to the new arrival from the north to see if it’s still something special.

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• Japan
• (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi • Tabelog • taste test • top-rated)

Downtown Tokyo’s meaty monster Kaibutsu ramen will challenge your stomach, thrill your taste buds

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2026

This ramen behemoth only appears two days a week, but for serious carnivores, it’s worth waiting for.

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• Japan
• (awesome • big food • COK • crazy • food • meat • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)

Does a long line mean a sweeter deal? We compare two sweets from a Hokkaido food fair【Taste test】

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 9, 2026

We try to find out whether waiting in a longer line equates to a more delicious sweet through a blind office taste test.

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• Japan
• (COK • Hokkaido • omiyage • Shiroi Koibito • SNJO • Snow Cheese • Snow Milk Cheese • sweets • taste test • Yuichiro Wasai)

Häagen-Dazs releases new Green Tea sandwich in Japan for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Apr 9, 2026

We find out if this ice cream has what it takes to make matcha lovers swoon.

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• Japan
• (COK • Crispy Sandwich • food • green tea • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • ice cream • matcha • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Peanuts and Coke becomes a viral hit in Japan, but is it a trend worth joining?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2026

“Farmer’s Coke” is having a moment in Japan, and surprising people in the U.S.

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• Japan
• (COK • Cola • cool • drink hack • drinks • Farmer's Coke • hack • Haruki Murakami • peanut cola • Peanuts and Coke • Peanuts cola • SNJO • taste test • trends • viral • viral trends • weird)

7-Eleven Japan’s new baked-in-store sweet treat is only available in three parts of the country

• SoraNews24
  Apr 7, 2026

This is one of 7-Eleven Japan’s rarest sweets, but is it worth tracking down?

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• Japan
• (7 Cafe Bakery • 7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • food • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

A Kyoto factory vending machine sells gourmet mystery meals at bargain prices

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 4, 2026

Frozen home-style cooking with unbelievable tastes.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • Fushimi • gacha • Kyoto • obanzai • SNJO • taste test • vending machine • vending machines)

The Almost All Lettuce Burger from Dom Dom Burger really lives up to its name

• Master Blaster
  Apr 2, 2026

Dom Dom turns over a new leaf.

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• Japan
• (Almost All Lettuce Burger • burgers • COK • crazy • Dom Dom Burger • fast food • food • Lettuce • Saizeriya • SNJO • taste test • weird)

50-year-old instant noodle recipe is back from the past in Japan for a limited time[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 30, 2026

As Donbei celebrates its 50th anniversary, two of its original noodle recipes return.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • Donbei • food • instant noodles • instant soba • instant udon • Nissin • Noodles • SNJO • soba • taste test • udon)

Japan’s favorite sandwich pockets now come with sakura filling, but how do they taste?[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 29, 2026

Sakura season comes to the inside of Yamazaki’s Lunch Packs.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossom sweets • cherry blossoms • COK • food • Lunch Pack • pocket sandwiches • sakura • sakura sweets • sandwich pockets • sandwiches • SNO • sweets • taste test • Yamazaki Baking)

Rumors say this is Japan’s very best McDonald’s branch, but what makes it special?[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 28, 2026

We head half-way across Japan and try what foodies say is the most delicious McDonald’s branch in the whole county.

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• Japan
• (burgers • Chicken McNuggets • chicken nuggets • COK • fast food • food • french fries • hamburgers • Japanese McDonald’s • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • SNJO • taste test)

Secret Starbucks sausage customization sparks sweet joy in Japan[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2026

Adding something usually meant for coffee to Starbucks Japan’s Sausage Pie.

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• Japan
• (caramel • COK • food • food hacks • life hacks • sausage • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks customization • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

Are 500-yen noodles at Akihabara Ramen Center a great find or cheap miss?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 23, 2026

We leave this ramen joint half happy, half less than satisfied. 

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • Akihabara Ramen Center • COK • food • miso ramen • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Tokyo restaurants)

Japan’s Mos Burger discontinues old teriyaki burger and rolls out new recipe, but is it as good?

• SoraNews24
  Mar 21, 2026

Japan’s favorite domestic burger chain, the one that introduced the teriyaki burger to the country, launches seventh-generation sandwich.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Mos Burger • SNJO • taste test • teriyaki • teriyaki burgers)

Umamusume food and drinks dash into real world at Family Mart convenience stores[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 18, 2026

Family Mart’s lineup includes actual Hachimi Drink, collaboration also features “magic” clear files.

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• Japan
• (anime • convenience stores • drinks • food • Japanese convenience stores • manga • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Umamusume • Umamusume: Pretty Derby • video games)

Pizza Hut Japan’s new ie-kei ramen pizza is here and weird, but is it tasty too? [Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 17, 2026

Yokohama-style ramen slides on top of a pizza with help from the creator of ie-kei.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • ie-kei • ie-kei ramen • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • ramen • ramen pizza • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Are Japanese convenience store sandwiches scamming us with their fillings?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2026

We find out if there’s any truth to the so-called “cross-section scam”.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store hack • convenience stores • crazy • egg sandwich • Family mart • food • hacks • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sandwich • Japanese sandwiches • Lawson • sandwich • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Starbucks Japan’s Cream Puff Frappuccino is here! Did it make Friday the 13th lucky? [Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 14, 2026

Our Frappuccino expert brushes aside fears of bad fortune to taste test two new drinks.

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• Japan
• (choux cream • COK • cream puff • cream puffs • dessert drinks • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • K. Masami • shu cream • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

Häagen-Dazs Japan releases new ASMR ice cream called “Rocky Crunchy!”

• Oona McGee
  Mar 12, 2026

Meet the new stars of your next viral ASMR video.

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• Japan
• (ASMR • COK • convenience stores • food • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • ice cream • Rocky Crunchy! • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Is Daiso’s microwave Japanese rolled omelet maker worth your time and money? [Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 11, 2026

Dashimaki tamago in three minutes sounds awesome, but if it tastes bad, it won’t be worth even 100 yen.

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• Japan
• (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • COK • cooking • Daiso • dashimaki tamago • eggs • food • Japanese omelets • kitechen gadgets • omelets • SNJO • tamagoyaki • taste test)

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