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President Putin chocolate is one of five recommended items you can buy at this specialty food store.
A Beatle and a Nobel Prize-winning writer is just the start of what makes Iwata Coffee Shop so famous.
“Unprecedented combination” of chocolate mint and carbonic acid surprises us with its flavour.
Has the brand improved on their first release, when its decorations looked more like Chinese food?
Will this season’s limited-edition non-dairy milk beverages be a tasty revelation or a crushing disappointment?
Running out of the ramen restaurant to eat its instant version seconds afterwards on the street is the kind of reporting you won’t get anywhere else.
Sure, they look great–but will this year’s cherry blossom drinks be any better than previous years?
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Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
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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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