Ramen and green tea are two of the best things to make if you’ve got a pot of hot water, and now you can have both at once.
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The new limited-edition release surprised everyone when it appeared virtually unannounced around the country today.
Things to pick up at Japan’s most popular discount interior shop: curtains, bedsheets, matcha strawberries.
Meg shows us further proof that no matter where you go in Japan, you’re never very far away from something that tastes really good.
The new dessert uses never-before-seen matcha components to celebrate 20 years of green tea ice cream in Japan.
After looking at the brilliant gold leaf covering the World Heritage-listed temple, you can now eat it too, in a beautifully presented ice cream cone.
As 18 and 19 year olds are now allowed to vote in Japan for the first time this year, a surprising campaign is being advertised to encourage them to take to the polls.
Third premium offering in line of matcha is set to please the palate while hurting the wallet.
Traditional Japanese dessert flavours now come in delicious doughnut form—for a limited time only.
Can this new wine and toasted cheese flavored gummy candy give connoisseurs a pocket-sized taste of the high life?
We visited a unique cafe in Omotesando that lets you whip up your own cup of matcha green tea—and have sweet cream-filled bread to go with it, too!
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