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Starbucks Japan proves Pumpkin Spice is NOT dead, with a new take for autumn

• Oona McGee
  Sep 8, 2026
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Exclusive lineup breathes new life into the Pumpkin Spice Latte, and serves up other designer beverages too. 

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• (autumn • cocktails • coffee • drinks • gelato • limited edition • Pumpkin Spice • Pumpkin Spice Latte • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo • tea • Teavana)

Starbucks Japan releases special limited-edition summer drinks… at only 30 stores

• Oona McGee
  Jun 13, 2026

These Japan-exclusive beverages are harder to get than most.

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• (drinks • fruit • limited edition • limited edition flavors • pineapple • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Tea & Cafe • summer • tea • Tea & Cafe • Teavana)

Starbucks Japan adds new Sencha Matcha Tea Frappuccino to its menu, but only at 28 locations

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2026

Expand your knowledge of Japanese tea culture with three new green “experiences”.

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• (dessert drink • drinks • Frappuccino • green tea • Japanese Frappuccino • limited edition • limited edition flavors • matcha • sencha • spring • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Tea & Cafe • Starbucks Tea and Cafe • tea • Teavana)

Starbucks Japan releases exclusive new matcha drinks at select stores this summer

• Oona McGee
  Jun 3, 2025

Limited-edition drinks are like nothing the chain has ever produced before.

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• (cool • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • teas • Teavana)

Starbucks customers in Japan create a weird food hack that’s gone viral online

• Oona McGee
  Apr 10, 2025

New food trend might seem crazy, but it actually works.

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• (cool • drinks • Earl grey • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • teas • Teavana)

Starbucks Japan adds a new milk tea Frappucino to its lineup for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Mar 28, 2025

New collection champions a special Japanese tea blend at exclusive stores.

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Starbucks Ginza House opens in Japan, with exclusive matcha drinks you can’t get anywhere else

• Oona McGee
  Feb 15, 2025

Chain’s 2,000th store brings things full circle for the green mermaid in Japan.

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• (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Ginza • green tea • latte • limited edition • matcha • matcha latte • Starbucks • Starbucks Ginza House • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Reserve • tea • Teavana)

Starbucks Japan releases exclusive new holiday goods at Reserve Roastery Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Nov 3, 2024

Products from a “world of ice” add a stylish vibe to your festive gathering.

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• (autumn • Christmas • Christmas 2024 • cocktails • coffee • COK • drinks • holidays • limited edition • mugs • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • tea • Teavana • tumblers)

Starbucks serves up a new afternoon tea set in Japan with a super high price tag

• Oona McGee
  Sep 21, 2024

New Pasticcini Flight still likely to sell out regardless.

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• (afternoon tea • cakes • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccinos • Italian food • limited edition • pasticcini • Princi • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • Teavana)

Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo adds exclusive drinks to the menu for autumn

• Oona McGee
  Sep 6, 2024

Coffees, cocktails, sodas and green teas deliver flavours to match the mood of harvest season.

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• (autumn • cocktails • coffee • COK • drinks • green tea • hojicha • limited edition • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • roasted green tea • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • tea • Teavana)

Starbucks adds a matcha and pistachio milk tea latte to the menu in Japan for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Apr 12, 2024

A limited-edition exclusive that’s harder to come by than most.

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• Japan
• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • matcha • pistachio • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Tea & Cafe • Teavana)

3 reasons why all Starbucks fans should visit a Starbucks Tea & Cafe in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 19, 2023

Only 10 of these special branches exist nationwide, and they each have a vibe that’s like stepping into a traditional chashitsu tea room.

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• (chashitsu • coffee • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • herbal tea • Japanese tea ceremony • K. Masami • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Tea & Cafe • taste test • tea • Teavana • Tokyo)

These special Starbucks sakura drinks can only be found at three places in all of Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 17, 2022

Cherry blossom tea dessert drinks will reward the taste buds of those who make the trip.

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• (cherry blossoms • drinks • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • sakura • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • tea • Teavana)

Starbucks Japan releases a Japanese Chai Tea Latte…at only two locations

• Oona McGee
  Feb 9, 2022

Unusual local ingredients make this one of the best drinks we’ve ever had at Starbucks.

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• (chai • chai latte • COK • drinks • green tea • Japanese ingredients • limited edition • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • Teavana)

Starbucks Japan’s Afternoon Tea Set: So popular it sells out in minutes

• Oona McGee
  Jul 11, 2021

Afternoon tea at Starbucks comes with a surprisingly high price tag.

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• (afternoon tea • cakes • COK • desserts • drinks • Frappuccinos • Italian food • limited edition • Princi • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test • Teavana)

Starbucks revamps cafe in the heart of Tokyo’s Roppongi to create tea-centered haven

• Ingrid Tsai
  Jul 4, 2020

A special opportunity for tea enthusiasts to beat the summer heat and try out Starbucks’s newest flavors.

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• (cafes • Roppongi Hills • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tea • Teavana • Tokyo)

Starbucks Japan creates a green tea slushie with sencha, apple, perilla and sansho pepper

• Oona McGee
  Jun 13, 2019

Is frozen green tea with pepper as delicious as it sounds?

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• (drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japan Wonder Project • sencha • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Teavana)

We try the heavenly Starbucks pink latte in Japan 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 11, 2018

It looks like a sakura drink, but it gets its colour from a different blend of ingredients.

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• Japan
• (drinks • fruit • limited edition • pink • Starbucks • teas • Teavana)

Starbucks Japan announces its second round of festive holiday drinks, coming soon

• Meg Murphy
  Nov 17, 2017

‘Tis that time of year, for red and green Christmassy cheer!

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• (Christmas • drinks • holidays • seasonal drinks • Starbucks Japan • Teavana)

Starbucks Japan brings out Shaken Watermelon and Passion Tea for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Jun 22, 2017

With so many refreshing ingredients hidden inside, this new beverage looks set to be the drink of the summer.

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• Japan
• (drinks • passionfruit • Starbucks • tea • Teavana • watermelon)

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  1. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  2. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  3. Liquid croissant coffee is coming to Japanese stores this month
  4. First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
  5. Godzilla becomes a Japanese randoseru backpack, as do two of his greatest rivals [Photos]
  6. Japan’s free stock image site of muscular men doing whimsical and mundane things reveals rankings
  7. This is Japan’s best cycling course, but is it fun for bicycling beginners too?
  8. Mr. Sato searches for the mysterious new wall of fortune in Tokyo
  9. Japanese government announces criteria for creating backup capital of Japan
  10. Thief mails 460 million-yen watch back to Tokyo store he stole it from, says “I’m sorry”

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  1. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  2. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  3. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  4. Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
  5. Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
  6. Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
  7. Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
  8. Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
  9. Starbucks Japan releases “Let’s Par-TEA!” Frappuccino and drinks for the holiday season
  10. Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing

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  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  4. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  5. What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?
  6. Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
  7. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  8. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  9. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
  10. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
  9. Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
  10. Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa

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