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Japanese convenience store Lawson now has stir-fried noodle-cooking robot chefs

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 7, 2026
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Lawson expands the territory of its robo chefs as they expand their menus.

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• (convenience stores • cooking • food • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • Noodles • robots • technology • yakisoba)

Kyushu yakisoba Sofuren’s new food truck ventures into the Kanto region for the first time

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 16, 2026

This “Kyushu soul food” also has a fun connection to the creator of a manga/anime series of titanic proportions.

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• Japan
• (Attack on Titan • food • food truck • Hajime Isayama • Hita • Kanto • Kyushu • Oita Prefecture • Sofuren • yakisoba)

Lawson upsizes convenience store food for a limited time with two must-try Japanese meals

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2026

“Super Happy Too Much! Challenge” campaign has all the right ingredients for happiness.

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• Japan
• (combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience stores • cool • curry • desserts • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese curry • Japanese food • konbini • Lawson • marketing • SNJO • sweets • weird • yakisoba)

We might have found the funniest dish in Kanagawa

• Elliot Hale
  Nov 21, 2025

A geyser of crispy noodles, seeming to erupt out of the bowl, leaves customers in fits of laughter.

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• Japan
• (big food • COK • crazy • food • funny • Kangawa • mapo tofu • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • Takuya Inaba • yakisoba)

Japan has a new energy drink designed to pair with one of its favorite instant noodle brands

• Master Blaster
  Jul 12, 2025

Get in the U.F.O. ZONe and brace yourself.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • drinks • energy drinks • instant noodles • Nissin • Noodles • SNJO • taste test • UFO • weird • yakisoba • Yakisoba U.F.O. • ZONe)

Are Japan’s Strawberry Shortcake instant noodles as gross as they say?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2025

Yakisoba meets cake in this very weird Japan-exclusive product.

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• Japan
• (cake • COK • crazy • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • review • shortcake • SNJO • strawberries • strawberry shortcake • sweets • taste test • weird • yakisoba)

Japanese instant yakisoba noodles now available in…Strawberry shortcake flavour?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 1, 2025

Dessert noodles designed to be enjoyed with coffee.

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• Japan
• (cake • crazy • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • shortcake • strawberries • sweets • weird • yakisoba)

New instant noodles taste like that bland spaghetti they stick under hamburger in bentos

• Master Blaster
  Jan 28, 2025

All that excitement and magic is harnessed in one cup.

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• Japan
• (Acecook • bento • food • instant noodles • Nameless Underlay Spaghetti Flavored Yakisoba • spaghetti • Tasty Stuff that Everyone Knows • yakisoba)

Chill out with an ice-blue drink and noodles from Mount Fuji at this Tokyo junkissa

• Elliot Hale
  Nov 7, 2024

Venture into Shinbashi, where an old-school cafe awaits to captivate your taste buds and provide an unforgettable culinary experience.

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• Japan
• (blue Hawaii • cafe • COK • cream soda • drink • food • Fujinomiya yakisoba • junkissa • kissa • kissaten • Masanuki Sunakoma • Noodles • shimbashi • Shinbashi • SNJO • Tokyo • yakisoba)

Transforming some instant noodles to pizza with Shin Ramyun [SoraKitchen]

• Master Blaster
  Mar 23, 2024

Instant noodles instantly become pizza.

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• Japan, Korea
• (cooking • food • instant noodles • Nongshim • Noodles • pizza • recipes • Shin Ramyun • SoraKitchen • spicy • yakisoba)

Mega Yakisoba Pan takes Japanese convenience store food to crazy new places

• Oona McGee
  Oct 28, 2023

Convenience store chain’s extreme yakisoba bread is even frightening the locals.

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• Japan
• (bread • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • crazy • food • fried noodles • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese noodles • konbini • Lawson • Mr. Sato • Noodles • SNJO • taste test • weird • yakisoba • yakisoba bread • yakisoba pan)

We were blown away by Funabashi Sauce Ramen, just a short ride from central Tokyo【Taste test】

• Shannon
  Oct 20, 2023

It’s like having several Japanese dishes in one bowl.

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• Japan
• (Chiba • COK • food • Funabashi • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • sauce ramen • SNJO • taste test • unique food • yakisoba)

Onigiri Bread from Japanese convenience store chain changes everything we know about rice balls

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2023

And that’s not all — there’s a curry bread rice cake coming too. 

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• Japan
• (combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • curry bread • food • karepan • konbini • Lawson Store 100 • Lunch Pack • new • onigiri • rice ball • rice balls • sweets • weird • yakisoba • yakisoba bread • yakisoba sandwich)

Nissin releases new Gaming Cup Noodle in Japan, with caffeine to keep you gaming all night long

• Oona McGee
  Sep 5, 2023

Instant ramen company blends special ingredients to create the “strongest Buff Meshi” for gamers.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cool • crazy • Cup Noodle • cup noodles • curry • Curry Meshi • food • gamers • gaming • Gaming Cup Noodle • gaming news • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • video games • yakisoba)

Mint Pepsi for Yakisoba is coming to Japan, and we got to taste it before it goes on sale

• Oona McGee
  Jun 8, 2023

Does this new cola really pair well with fried noodles?

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• Japan
• (COK • Cola • drinks • fried noodles • japanese drinks • Japanese food • limited edition • Limited edition flavours • marketing • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • pepsi • SNJO • soft drinks • taste test • yakisoba)

Our street food-skipping reporter learns he’s been doing Japanese festivals wrong his whole life

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2023

He’s one of the few people in Japan who made it to adulthood without trying one of the country’s most popular festival foods.

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• Japan
• (COK • festivals • food • Japanese festivals • Japanese street food • Matsuri • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • street food • yakisoba)

What happens if you make instant noodles with Coca-Cola instead of water?

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2023

We try a “forbidden” flavour you may never be able to return from ever again!

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• Japan, USA
• (awesome • Coca-Cola • COK • cool • crazy • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Nissin • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • taste test • UFO • weird • yakisoba)

Mercedes-Benz dealer in Tokyo serves up amazing yakisoba noodles【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2023

New luxury performance car inspires new noodle dish.

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• Japan
• (cars • COK • food • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • weird • yakisoba)

Seven new rice ball flavors, including some Nissin collabs, coming to Family Mart this spring

• Dale Roll
  Mar 26, 2023

Some are even out now!

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• Japan
• (Family mart • Nissin • Nissin Donbei • omusubi • onigiri • rice ball • yakisoba • Yakisoba U.F.O.)

The new mustard mayo black pepper yakisoba “Demon King” flavor is here to terrorize tongues

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 28, 2022

Our reporter’s tastebuds get taunted when he underestimates the true power of the Demon King.

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• Japan
• (black pepper • Demon King • mustard mayonnaise • Noodles • Peyoung • pk sanjun • taste test • yakisoba)

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