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Giant wagashi cushions will turn your home sweet home into home sweet Japanese sweets home

Casey Baseel
Oct 10, 2026
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Nitori lets you cuddle up with taiyaki, dorayaki, and more.

Japan
(cool • crazy • cushions • cute • dorayaki • food • interior • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • Nitori • sweets • taiyaki • wagashi • weird)

Japan’s “edible fireworks” wagashi sweets return, but only for a limited time [Photos]

Casey Baseel
Jul 20, 2026

In business for over 70 years, this traditional confectioner figured out how to turn the suspension of a Japanese tradition into a new one of their own.

Japan
(beautiful • cool • fireworks • food • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • Okamedo • sweets • wagashi)

161-year-old Kyoto confectionary maker releases new edible Pokémon lineup

Elliot Hale
May 15, 2026

Transforming iconic characters into delicious works of art.
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Japan
(anime • Eevee • food • Japanese sweets • kyo-gashi • Kyoto • manga • nerikiri • Pikachu • Pokemon • Shichijo Knashundo • sweets • video games • wagashi)

Shogun Cultural Experiences merges a walking tour, sweets, and the music of traditional Japan

Krista Rogers
May 5, 2026

A limited tour in Kagurazaka, Tokyo invites guests to “Discover Edo Through All Five Senses” in one morning with full English services.

Japan
(cultural experience • immersive • Kagurazaka • kokyu • shogun • Tokyo • tour • traditional • wagashi • walk)

Dorayaki from 89-year-old Japanese confectionery shop is one of the best sweets hidden in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Apr 29, 2026

Filled with a special “phantom butter” from Calpis, you won’t find a treat like this anywhere else in Japan.

Japan
(dorayaki • hidden gems • Japanese sweets • monaka • old shops • Otsuka • SNJO • sweets • Tokyo • tradition • traditional • traditoinal sweets • wagashi)

Sakuramochi festival sweetens things up at Tokyo’s Seibu Ikebukuro this season

Krista Rogers
Mar 4, 2026

One of Tokyo’s biggest shopping areas is giving you the chance to try 19 kinds of the traditional spring sweet spanning two major regional differences.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • Ikebukuro • sakura • sakuramochi • Seibu Department Store • sweets • traditional • wagashi)

Poké Ball cakes here for limited but long time to celebrate Pokémon franchise’s 30th anniversary

Casey Baseel
Jan 17, 2026

Instead of being filled with Pokémon, these Poké Balls are filled with anko!

Japan
(anime • anko • Ariake Harbor • Ariake Harbour • cool • cute • food • manga • Pokemon • sweets • video games • wagashi)

160-year-old Kyoto sweets maker crafts beautiful Pokémon treats【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2025

Shichijo Kanshundo’s beautiful friendship with Pikachu and pals continues.

Japan
(anime • food • Kyoto • manga • Pokemon • senbei • Shichijo Kanshundo • sweets • video games • wagashi)

Studio Ghibli serves up My Neighbour Totoro with a side of traditional Japanese wagashi sweets

Oona McGee
May 7, 2025

Proof that Totoro loves sweets and matcha as much as we do.

Japan
(anime • cute • daifuku • dango • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • ichigo daifuku • Japanese sweets • mochi • My Neighbor Totoro • sakura mochi • strawberry daifuku • Studio Ghibli • sweets • taiyaki • Totoro • traditional Japanese sweets • wagashi)

Taste-testing Japan’s “I love Obama” cakes【Taste test】

Casey Baseel
May 6, 2025

There’s an obvious gag gift element to these manju from Fukui, but is the pun delicious?

Japan
(Barack Obama • COK • food • Fukui • funny • manju • Obama • politicians • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tourism • travel • wagashi • weird)

Baskin-Robbins teams up with Japan’s oldest department store for brand-new traditional ice cream flavor

Casey Baseel
May 1, 2025

Centuries-old sweets shop lends ingredient to flavor debuting in Tokyo head of nationwide rollout.

Japan
(Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • department stores • food • ice cream • Japanese sweets • Mitsukoshi • sweets • Thirty-One • wagashi)

Enjoy the elegance of Edo at Shogun, Tokyo’s new experiential cafe

Elliot Hale
Apr 24, 2025

Cultural crafts, performing arts and regional flavors combine in a tribute to one of the most important periods in Japanese history.

Japan
(cafe • calligraphy • COK • culture • drinks • experience • food and drink • iaido • katazome • kimono • Noh • shogun • tea ceremony • Tokyo • tribute foods • wagashi)

Aomori soul food koganeyaki steals our hearts but not our wallets at only 70 yen each

Krista Rogers
Apr 9, 2025

We find happiness in a small Japanese confection that would require real effort to break the bank.

Japan
(Aomori • bus • COK • confection • Hirosaki • Kawagoe Koganeyaki • koganeyaki • Masanuki Sunakoma • overnight • Snack • SNJO • sweets • travel • wagashi)

Sweets maker Funabashiya celebrates 220 years at popular Tokyo shrine’s Wisteria Festival

Krista Rogers
Apr 1, 2025

Enjoy limited-edition sweet treats from a master wagashi maker directly under the wisteria flowers at Kameido Tenjin Shrine in April.

Japan
(anmitsu • beautiful • COK • flowers • Funabashiya • Kameido Tenjin Shrine • kuzu-mochi • shrines • sweets • temples • wagashi • wisteria)

Dangly Totoro Japanese sweets charms are every bit as sweet and charming as you’d imagine【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Dec 27, 2024

Totoro’s traditional snack time may not fill up our stomachs, but it’ll fill our hearts with warm fuzzy feelings.

Japan
(accessories • anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro • wagashi)

Japanese convenience store chain adds Neo Wagashi sweets to its lineup

Oona McGee
Nov 23, 2024

Family Mart turns tradition on its head with a new take on two well-known Japanese sweets.

Japan
(COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • daifuku • dorayaki • Family mart • food • Japanese sweets • konbini • matcha • SNJO • sweets • taste test • wagashi)

Japanese squirrel sweets are an adorable autumn-only nerikiri treat【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2024

Traditional sweets shop with over 70 years of history handcrafts Risu.

Japan
(anko • COK • cute • food • nerikiri • sweet beans • sweets • wagashi)

159-year old Kyoto confectionary shop releases new Pokémon summer sweets line

Krista Rogers
Jun 25, 2024

Traditional Kyoto sweets meet the Pokémon elite in these treats to beat the heat.

Japan
(kyogashi • Kyoto • namagashi • Pokemon • senbei • Shichijo Kanshudo • summer • traditional • wagashi • Yokan)

Eight great Japanese sweets for celebrating Wagashi Day (or just for celebrating today)!

Casey Baseel
Jun 18, 2024

Here are our picks as we happily take Japan’s historical/cultural excuse to eat desserts.

Japan
(COK • food • SNJO • sweets • wagashi • Wagashi Day)

Hidden in plain sight, low-key sweets shop surviving in Tokyo’s street market is a tasty treasure

Casey Baseel
Nov 22, 2023

Miyako manju blend into the background in Ueno, but stand out from the crowd in flavor.

Japan
(Ameya Yokocho • COK • cool • food • manju • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Ueno • wagashi)

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