Break into a bear with Japan’s new Heartful Bear Kit Kats for Valentine’s Day
Japanese Kit Kats offer a wide variety of regional and limited edition flavors, including adventurous options such as those aged in whisky barrels in Scotland…
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Chocolate corn flakes with chicken ramen topping is the latest franken-sweet in Japan
Chicken Ramen and Choco Flakes: Two Long-Sellers from Nissin In addition to selling Cup Noodles, Nissin has many brands under its umbrella, many of them…
Lucky coin chocolates usher in the Year of the Tiger at Japanese 7-Eleven convenience stores
Go-en: The Five Yen coin and why it’s lucky The 5-yen coin in Japan is famous for being a good luck charm. It’s often used…
Blue Bottle Coffee has created a very unique treat with a Japanese confectionary shop in Kyoto!
Do you like both coffee and Japanese sweets? If so, here is a must-buy confectionary for you! The sweet is called ブルーボトル 羊羹 テリーヌ ショコラ…
“Gender-neutral” Japanese chocolate brand YES.SHE KNOWS releases high quality alcohol pairing chocolates
Curated by talented chocolatier Hideyo Ishii, gender neutral brand “YES. SHE KNOWS” is now offering its first chocolate series that is specifically geared toward alcohol…
Chun Shui Tang Café releases their new seasonal drink Chocolate Berry Milk in Japan
Chun Shui Tang, the legendary Taiwanese teahouse chain well-known for its bubble tea, just released the Chocolate Berry Milk Tea- a must-try winter-limited drink this season. Chun…
FamilyMart celebrates 40th anniversary with indulgent gateau chocolat frappe
Unless you’re way out in the inaka, you can never be too far away from a convenience store in Japan. Selling everything, from freshly made…
Japan’s Koeda chocolate snack celebrates 50th anniversary with a 50-times-larger behemoth
On Tuesday, September 21st, Japanese candy maker Morinaga Seika Co., Ltd. will launch a record-quashing quinquagintuple-sized version of its popular Koeda Milk 小枝ミルク chocolate stick-shaped…
Chocolate Mint Montblanc and more make debut at Montblanc speciality store Kurinohana
As a self-proclaimed Montblanc queen, this Montblanc specialty pudding store in Shinjuku seems like my idea of heaven. Kurinohana, which opened up in March of…
Celebrate Black Cat Appreciation Day with this Kuroneko Chocolate Gateau
Just around the corner, Black Cat Appreciation Day (17 August) is a day made to dispel all the negative myths and notions surrounding black cats….
Tirol Chocolate and Kanro Purégumi collaboration is the perfect bite-sized snack for summer
There are generally two types of people in this world; those who enjoy savoury things, and those who prefer food that is sweet. If you’re…
Nestlé installs unstaffed Kit Kat and coffee stations around Japan for a good cause
When traveling through the Japanese countryside or even small neighborhoods, it’s not uncommon to come across unmanned produce stands that operate on an honor system…
Celebrate Father’s Day with spiked canelé cakes made with Amami Island sugar and rum, shochu and mikan
SHIROYAMA hotel’s popular wet canelé “SHIROYAMA canelé” has a new item to add to the series for this year’s father’s day! The new item is…
Put some hop in your lift with matcha cricket protein bars
While edible crickets have been available in Japan for a while as somewhat of an “off the beaten path snack”, even dispensed in vending machines,…
Japanese Earth Cuisine project develops sustainable chocolate “Ecolate”
“Earth Cuisine” is a project lead by Japanese company Lifull that began as a initiative to curb the damage caused by food loss and waste…