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Gourmet chocolatier is selling its mouthwatering sakura/matcha combo where ordinary people go to satisfy their sweet tooth.
Enjoy these lovely desserts made with green tea from Kyoto’s Uji City this spring, and without spending a fortune!
Establishment boasts 88,200 possible parfaits in the geisha district of Japan’s ancient capital city.
For a limited time, one of Japan’s most popular snacks will be available in special Japanese flavors and featuring Tokyo landmarks etched in chocolate!
The numbers don’t lie as we taste test the new dessert drink exclusive to just one prefecture in Japan.
Exclusive “Wa Selection” range pays homage to some of Japan’s most beloved traditional flavours.
The regional-exclusive drinks pay homage to a local tea master who was forced to commit seppuku by order of a samurai lord.
After taking aim at one aspect of Japanese sweets culture earlier this year, the company is now embracing another.
This classic confection makes for a great creamy treat with traditional aesthetics, and it’s coming soon to a 7-Eleven near you!
Starbucks amps up both the Japanese and American elements, and makes us fall in love with green tea Frappuccinos all over again.
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Starbucks releases an official green tea chai latte with special Japanese ingredients
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Uniqlo brings cultural cuteness to Edo animals T-shirt line with Japanese history’s greatest artists
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Japanese public toilet tours become popular with foreign tourists in Tokyo
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Starbucks releases special matcha Frappuccino made with Japan’s first matcha leaves of the year
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Mt. Fuji-blocking screen installed as response to bad tourist manners to be in place by next week- Starbucks releases an official green tea chai latte with special Japanese ingredients
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Tokyo’s beckoning cat temple asks foreign tourists to stop writing on the beckoning cats they buy
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New Tokyo restaurant charges higher prices to foreign tourists than Japanese locals
“Mt. Fuji convenience store” issues apology for bad tourist manners, adds multilingual signs- 2nd line of Casio watch rings hits Japanese capsule machines and we got the secret one!
Tokyo’s famous Lost in Translation hotel is closed
Japanese ramen restaurants under pressure from new yen banknotes
Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
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Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
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Dog’s change in expression when offered a strawberry melts hearts 【Photos】
Uniqlo brings cultural cuteness to Edo animals T-shirt line with Japanese history’s greatest artists
Starbucks releases a new Matcha Frappuccino in Japan with a pun behind its creation
Japanese public toilet tours become popular with foreign tourists in Tokyo
Japanese man tells friend to wear suit to wedding party, so he comes as Mobile Suit Gundam
Sea urchins will fight over the same piece of cabbage, Japan is adorably shocked to learn
Kyoto study finds nearly 500 translation errors for foreign tourists, new guidelines released
We try five menu recommendations from a clerk at CoCo Ichibanya and almost fall in love
New Sailor Moon merch goes old school as the magical girls turn into eight-bit pixel art
Some Japanese school regulations don’t make any sense!
Ramen tea? Unusual drink is hot in more than ways than one
Super Mario and Baskin-Robbins release a power-up ice cream collection in Japan
How should you respond when a Japanese person gives you a compliment?
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