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This non-sweet matcha treat is one of our new favorite Kyoto snack souvenirs【Taste test】

Umami no Mi Gyokuro is waiting right outside the Shinkansen gate at Kyoto Station.

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Starbucks Japanese New Year’s Frappuccino: Too delicious to wait for January to drink【Taste test】

The ingredients of this Frappuccino, including kelp, don’t just taste great, traditional Japanese culture says they’ll give you blessings for the year to come.

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Seaweed in your green tea Frappuccino? Starbucks Japan has a bold idea for its New Year’s drink

Starbucks goes old school with the semi-secret ingredient in its newest matcha Frappuccino.

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We read and then eat a rare edition of the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper made out of kelp

Extra! Extra! Eat all about it!

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Cups made of kelp from Hokkaido add a touch of umami to whatever you put inside

Kelp yourself to an extra flavorful cup of sake or soup.

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Remember: Japanese kombucha is nothing like American kombucha

It’s a tale of two kombuchas as Mr. Sato tries a canned kombucha imported from the U.S. that startles his taste buds and blows his mind.

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