Pick up your favourite Moomin character as a pancake at Japan’s adorable Moomin themed cafe
Japan’s Moomin Cafe has no shortage of adorable eats to satisfy any fan of the rotund Finnish trolls. The cafe has already gone viral several…
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‘Japanese Week’ sees The Great British Bake Off labelled as racist by viewers
A heated discussion has erupted over last week’s episode of The Great British Bake Off. A number of complaints have been sent in to Ofcom…
Mister Donut unveils 3D ‘poke ball’ donut for annual Pokemon collaboration menu
‘Catch ‘em all’ at Mister Donut with the all new three dimensional ‘Poké ball’ donut. This November the popular donut and confectionery franchise is collaborating…
The mysterious Lake Biwa and the creatures inside: Fishing in the largest lake of Japan
Biwa-ko (琵琶湖), known as Lake Biwa in English, is one of the largest lakes in Japan and is the only ancient lake of the archipelago…
Starbucks Japan bring back ‘holiday classic’ Gingerbread Latte and more for Christmas beverage lineup
Despite the fact most of us are still in Halloween mode, Starbucks Japan recently announced their first Frappuccino offering of the holiday season, a very…
Rilakkuma Book Cafe has cutest afternoon tea sets with desserts inspired by Sanrio’s chilled out bear
Rilakkuma, probably San-X’s most well known character creation, is a chilled-out bear who loves nothing more than taking it easy. The character is so popular…
Choose from 39,690,000 parfait permutations at pop-up custom parfait shop éGOISH
You may have visited ice cream parlors and even some restaurants where the menu section for parfaits is incredibly long, even several pages long… But…
Ghost bars and other spooky-themed restaurant recommendations in Japan
Japan has a variety of themed-restaurants, and you can find anything you want. As it is almost Halloween in Japan, I thought that some horror-themed…
‘Dig in’ to these cookies inspired by ancient Japanese burial mounds
You need only a sweet tooth to excavate these Kofun inspired cookie sandwiches. Designed by confectionary company Sweets Factory Cerise to commemorate the registration of…
Japanese sweets shop rebrands cracked manju cakes as characters: Mitty, Haro, others spotted
At the family-run Japanese sweets shop Mutsumian 菓子処六味庵 in the city of Nanyō, Yamagata Prefecture, the pastry chef recently faced somewhat of a dilemma. Just…
Starbucks Japan’s holiday season kicks off with brand new festive Frappuccino and Christmas mocha
With Starbucks Japan’s range of seasonal creations, you already know they’ve got every upcoming holiday sorted. They went full fall with their sweet potato autumn…
Japanese convenience store creates science defying hot ice cream drink!
With summer over and chillier weather creeping in, ice cream’s out as consumers seek warmer offerings to wrap their hands around. Well, Japan’s outlier convenience…
Kanazawa’s Gift: The World Discovers the Autumn Flavor of Japanese Matsutake
It is around this time of year, when the cool autumn breezes begin to blow, that we find a morning visit to Omicho Market in…
Savor the unadulterated taste of Japan’s best “baron of potatoes” in Koikeya’s unsalted chips
Have you heard of danshaku potatoes? Following the Meiji Restoration and until it was abolished in 1947, Japan had a peerage system called the kazoku…
Japan’s less than a buck all-you-can-eat fried chicken is a karaage lover’s dream
Juicy and crispy Japanese fried chicken, or karaage, may be one of the favorite bento and bar foods in the country (so much that it’s…