Chocolates, insulated bags, and tumblers featuring stars from Cardcaptor Sakura, Magic Knight Rayearth, and more.
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Legendary shojo manga/anime creators share their cast of characters with the Belgian chocolatier.
Godiva Japan’s new Stone-ground Uji Matcha Chocolixir is a powered-up version of many things we love
“Matcha chocolate” is already enough to get us excited, but this drink’s ingredients even more special.
Chocolatier partners with Japanese confectionary company for seasonal cherry blossom-flavor treat.
Two different cherry blossom chocolate dessert drinks mean we’ve got a big, and sweet, decision to make.
After crazy lines and strict item limits, we can all finally live the sweet life at Godiva’s Japanese-style bakery.
Belgian chocolatier meets two of the Kyoto video game developers most popular series for sweet collaboration.
Cake in a can, cans of cake…we don’t care what they’re called as long as we get our spoons into them soon!
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