Tapioca Chazuke: Bubble Tea Trend Inspires A Sweet Twist on a Comfort Food Classic
Chazuke: a favorite comfort food A traditional comfort food for many Japanese people is a savory dish of green tea or dashi broth poured over…
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Savor The Depths Of Nori Seaweed With Yamamotoyama’s New Nori-Ju Lunch Set
Yakinori Roasted Nori Seaweed from Yamamotoyama Buoyed by the global popularity of sushi, dark green sheets of nori 海苔, are no longer an uncommon sight…
Unleash The Kraken With Squid And Octopus Tea Bags
Ocean Teabag has recently teamed up with bookstore and oddity shop Village Vanguard for a series of animal-inspired teabags, ranging from creepy giant isopods, jellyfish,…
World’s First Matcha Latte Art Competition To Be Held In Tokyo
A fusion of traditional Japan and western coffee culture Following the global trend, baristas and other artists who can produce visual magic on a cup…
Rilakkuma Themed Japanese Traditional Tea House Now Open in Hiroshima
A traditional tea house is must-visit when travelling in Japan. Tea culture such as the tea ceremony and traditional sweets are an important part of…
Magical Tanuki Tea Bags Are Perfect for Pom Poko Fans
Ocean Teabag are a company that specialise in the most ostentatious teabags you’ve ever seen. Often drawing inspiration from nature, they’ve previously made tea bags…
New Original Tea Blends Inspired by Studio Ghibli Announced by Lupicia and Donguri Republic
Upmarket tea proprietors Lupica have collaborated with animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli before to bring us tins of original loose tea leaf blends, inspired by the…
Cat Wagashi are the Cutest DIY Traditional Japanese Sweets Around
Village Vanguard is a Japanese shop known to be full of oddities, but they also stock some pretty awesome gifts. These cat wagashi are the…
Lipton Releases Sakura Milk Tea To Celebrate Blooming Cherry Blossoms In Japan
As Japan’s unusually early cherry blossom season approaches, sakura themed campaigns such as a bar that lets you dive into a pool of cherry blossoms…
Kirin’s Bottled Teas Get a Healthy Flowery Beauty Garden Makeover in Shibuya
Kirin’s brand ‘Gogo no Kocha’, literally translated means afternoon tea. This popular range of bottled teas can be seen in everywhere in Japan, in the…
Japanese “Asteroid Jelly” Brings Otherworldly Sweets To Convenience Stores
In the world of wagashi, or traditional Japanese sweets, looks can be just as important as taste. In recent years, the aesthetic appeal of some…
Lovecraftian Horror Unleashed in the Murky Depths of Green Tea
Unless you’ve experienced some horrible beverage-related trauma, it’s unlikely that you find much about green tea to be terrifying. Japanese Twitter user and 3DCG practitioner…
Morinoen Hojicha Tea Shop’s Sweets Salon Serves Tasty Hojicha Treats
Morinoen is the best shop for Hojicha Nestled within the Ningyocho neighborhood of Tokyo, an area which has retained a strong feeling of the Edo…
Woman Shows Incredible Quality Of Hospital Food She Was Served In Japan
Woman shows just how unbelievably tasty Japanese hospital food can be. The quality of some hospital food can sometimes be enough to motivate oneself to…
Luxury Teas Inspired by the Worlds of Studio Ghibli Now Available in Japan
Japanese animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli creates worlds so beautiful that anyone would want a little piece of them in their home. For that reason, any…