sweets

Japan now has gyoza doughnuts, and they taste like no other doughnut we’ve tried before

Gyonuts look set to become the nation’s trendiest new sweet. 

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Zunda Shake vending machine lets you taste samurai culture in milkshake form

Edo-period specialty gets a modern makeover in the heart of Tokyo. 

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Does one of Japan’s favorite chocolate brands work with the Pringles chocolate hack?

We’ve heard good things about Pringles and chocolate, but what about Pringles and Lotte’s chocolate?

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Final Fantasy Chocobo cookies have galloped into Tokyo’s Square Enix pop-up shop

Beloved Final Fantasy mounts are Japan’s newest bird-themed sable sensation.

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Is Mister Donut’s all-you-can-eat Donut Buffet still worth it?

We love Japan’s favorite donut chain as much as the next foodie, but you’ve got to eat a lot to get your money’s worth.

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Beard Papa goes beyond just matcha with its new premium green tea cream puffs

Grown-in-the-shade green tea gets its time to shine.

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Viral tweet suggests Japanese convenience store ripping off customers with donuts, so we investigate

Photo shows Family Mart chocolate donut looking nothing like its packaging, but was that by design?

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Lipton releases… Pudding Milk Tea in Japan?!?

Lipton caters to the Japanese market with an exclusive new dessert beverage.

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Only five branches of Japan’s beef bowl giant Matsuya serve milk shakes, but how do they taste?

Matsuya makes the step from beefy bowls to milky drinks, but only at select locations for now.

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Japan’s Mister Donut Japan tries its hand at Taiwanese-style street food donuts

Do they live up to the hype of their Taiwanese inspiration?

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Dorayaki from 89-year-old Japanese confectionery shop is one of the best sweets hidden in Tokyo

Filled with a special “phantom butter” from Calpis, you won’t find a treat like this anywhere else in Japan. 

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Nagasaki high school students collab with sweets veteran to release carrot nama dorayaki

Students let a local agricultural product shine by partnering with a 215-year-old sweets maker for a new take on a classic Japanese treat.

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Japanese sweets souvenirs don’t get more beautiful than this

Traditional details make this a gift to remember.

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Burger King Japan launches King Fusion, and the possibilities are endless (and delicious)

The Burger King sundae line feels like a perfect match for the Japanese sweets scene.

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Kinotake Mother AI developed to study Japan’s divide between chocolate cookie snacks

AI claims it can tell which you like just by looking at you.

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Krispy Kreme Japan giving free donuts with morning drink purchases at all branches, maybe forever

This isn’t a limited-time offer – the free morning donut service has no specified end date!

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Does a long line mean a sweeter deal? We compare two sweets from a Hokkaido food fair【Taste test】

We try to find out whether waiting in a longer line equates to a more delicious sweet through a blind office taste test.

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Häagen-Dazs releases new Green Tea sandwich in Japan for a limited time

We find out if this ice cream has what it takes to make matcha lovers swoon.

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New 7-Eleven sandwich goes viral in Japan, but is it everything it’s cracked up to be?

We find out if this “Greedy Sandwich” with cherry blossom bread tastes as good as it looks.

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New Japanese KitKats come in sakura flavour, with poetic symbolism for success

“Sakura saku” literally means “Sakura bloom” but it’s also code for something else. 

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