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Three of the best Japanese convenience store sweets you’ll want to try this autumn

• Oona McGee
  Oct 16, 2022
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Family Mart, Lawson and 7-Eleven dig up some surprises for customers this fall.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • autumn • beniharuka • cakes • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • fall • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • review • SNJO • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test)

Castella cake ice cream debuts in Japan, and it’s one of the strangest things we’ve ever tasted

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2022

One of Japan’s most famous cakes sashays into the freezer section and messes with our minds.

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• Japan
• (Akagi Nyugyo • Akaginyugyo • cake • castella • COK • desserts • ice creams • Japanese cakes • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • unusual • weird)

This Japanese vending machine introduces residents to the taste of a different country

• Oona McGee
  Oct 9, 2022

A very sweet way to earn a living in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (baked goods • biscuits • Britain • COK • drinks • England • food • Japanese vending machines • Kobe • MG Ogawa • SNJO • taste test • The Biscuit Barrel • vending machines • weird)

Traditional Japanese cuisine gets an out of this world treatment — we try Japanese Space Food

• Katie Pask
  Oct 9, 2022

Take your taste buds on an intergalactic trip with these space-friendly foods!

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • Japanese food • JAXA • mochi • Saya Togashi • SNJO • space • space food • takoyaki • taste test • yakitori • Yokan)

We make meat-stuffed matsutake mushrooms and learn something important about luxury food

• Dale Roll
  Oct 8, 2022

A bargain deal on expensive ingredients makes our reporter think twice about her ideas of cooking. 

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• Japan
• (COK • expensive food • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • luxury food • matsutake • mushrooms • SNJO • SoraKitchen • taste test)

How to eat Japan’s super long noodles【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 8, 2022

Devil’s Club noodles are over half the length of an average human, so how the heck do you eat them? 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • food • hiyamugi • Japanese noodles • K. Masami • Noodles • Okayama • SNJO • somen • taste test • travel • udon • weird)

Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best Prawn Tempura Sushi?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 5, 2022

There’s a clear winner when it comes to fried prawns at these sushi chains.

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Hama Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • P.K. Sanjun • prawns • revolving sushi • Shrimp • shrimp tempura • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test • tempura)

Gunma’s yaki manju, unknown to most Japanese people, are the best manju we’ve ever had

• Katie Pask
  Oct 3, 2022

Our sweet-loving reporter falls in love with a delicacy that’s been enjoyed by the people of Gunma for hundreds of years.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Gunma • Japanese sweets • manju • Mr. Sato • SNJO • sweets • Takamichi Furusawa • taste test • traditional sweets • travel • yaki manju)

Japan’s best domestic hamburger fast food chain now has croissants, but are they any good?

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 1, 2022

Taste-testing the croissants that you have to preorder from Mos Burger.

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• Japan
• (anko • bread • chocolate • COK • croissants • fast food • food • Mos Burger • SNJO • sweet red beans • sweets • taste test • Yamazaki Baking • Yamazaki bread)

Ramen and dekotora come together at this restaurant in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 30, 2022

Korakuen Iekei Ramen Truck Yaro Since 2021 celebrates Japan’s culture of decorated trucks. 

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• Japan
• (Chiba • COK • decorated trucks • decotora • Dekotora • food • iekei ramen • Japanese food • Korakuen • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • trucks)

The Big Bomb Onigiri Japanese rice ball helps us conquer mountain race but conquers us in the end

• Katie Pask
  Sep 30, 2022

Our reporter completes a challenging race only to face a tougher challenge — a giant rice ball!

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• Japan
• (big food • crazy • food • koshihikari • Masanuki Sunakoma • onigiri • rice • rice ball • rice balls • SNJO • takeout • taste test)

What happens when a sweet bun maker teams up with a tonkatsu sandwich specialist?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 29, 2022

You get two very unusual crossover products.

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• Japan
• (anko • anpan • bread • curry • curry bread • curry pan • food • fried pork cutlet • Japanese curry • Japanese food • Kimuraya • Maisen • pork cutlet • red bean • red bean paste • taste test • Tokyo • tonkatsu • tonkatsu sandwiches)

Edible 10-yen coins become a hot new trend in Tokyo【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 27, 2022

Shame they don’t cost 10 yen…

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• Japan
• (10 yen • 10 yen bread • bread • cheese bread • coins • COK • corn dog • Don Quijote • food • food trends • restaurants • Shibuya • snacks • SNJO • sweet bread • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • treats)

Can we pick out the expensive Japanese grapes in a blind taste test?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 27, 2022

Luxury fruit goes head-to-head with a supermarket bunch.

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• Japan
• (COK • expensive fruit • food • fruit • grapes • Isetan • japanese fruit • luxury food • Shine Muscat • SNJO • taste test • watermelons)

Okinawa airport’s must-eat Pork Tamago Onigiri finally opens a branch in Tokyo!【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 26, 2022

Tokyoites can now enjoy this favorite pre-flight meal of travelers without getting on a plane.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Okinawa • onigiri • pork tamago onigiri • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

Hershey’s team up with Japanese sweets company Monteur to make delicious autumn delicacies

• Katie Pask
  Sep 24, 2022

The popular collaboration is back for another year, for a limited time only!

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • Hershey's • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Japanese convenience store chain creates a burger-flavoured steamed bun, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 23, 2022

Family Mart x Mos Burger collaboration opens new doors for konbini food.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • Family mart • fast food • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Mos Burger • nikuman • review • SNJO • steamed buns • taste test)

Lawson’s ‘TanChiki’ – We try Japan’s new health-conscious convenience store fried chicken

• Katie Pask
  Sep 20, 2022

Our team of weight-watching middle aged guys see what they think of Lawson’s new ‘Delicious and guilt-free!’ fried chicken.

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• Japan
• (chicken • COK • convenience store food • convenience stores • diet • food • fried chicken • healthy • healthy food • Lawson • SNJO • taste test)

Japan’s caviar purin custard pudding – Weirdly wonderful, or foolishly fancy?【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Sep 18, 2022

Adding the gourmet taste of caviar and truffle to one of Japan’s simplest desserts.

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• Japan
• (caviar • COK • food • pudding • purin • SNJO • sweets • taste test • truffle)

Which Japanese conveyor belt sushi chain has the best mackerel sushi?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 18, 2022

Our taste tester has spent years avoiding kaiten sushi shime saba, so will he regret giving it a second chance?

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• Japan
• (best conveyor belt sushi • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • food • Hama Sushi • Kaitenzushi • Kappa Sushi • Kura Sushi • mackerel • P.K. Sanjun • revolving sushi • saba • shime saba • SNJO • sushi • Sushiro • taste test)

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