Attempt At Kirby Sweets Turns Into Nightmare Fuel With One Cute Survivor
Nintendo’s pink, puffy, and all-consuming hero Kirby has a cuteness that has translated into the culinary world. In Japan, Kirby’s been turned into adorable mochi…
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Godiva and Japanese coffee house end “poop sweets” menu collaboration due to popularity
Popular Japanese coffee chain Komeda Coffee is known for their particularly sweet coffee and desserts, but a recent collaboration with Godiva may have earned them…
Aromatic Sakura Bitters Add Cherry Blossom Flavor And Fragrance To Your Favorite Cocktails And Sweets
Spring and cherry blossoms are approaching in Japan, and along with it annual sakura-themed releases of coffee and beautiful traditional sweets. Now it appears that…
Super Adorable Shiba Inu Dumplings Won’t Let You Eat Them
One of the main stars of wagashi, or traditional Japanese confectionery, is manju, a type sweet dessert bun that come in a variety of flavors…
Pompompurin Yaki: Is it a Dessert or a Work of Art?
The phrase: “so cute I could gobble you right up” doesn’t do justice to the new Pompompurin Yaki sweet, currently available in Lawson convenience stores…
Japan’s New No-Bake Butter Cake Is As Buttery As It Gets
Tokyo butter specialist and bakery Canoble brands many of their sweets and goods as “edible butter”, often because of the appearance of their goods and…
McDonald’s Japan Releases Adult Cream Pie
It’s not exactly breaking news to say that some companies in Japan employ some questionable use of English, but McDonald’s Japan’s latest dessert offering may…
Japan Now Has Pancake Steamed Buns
It’s a Herculean task to walk into a Japanese convenience store and not fall victim to the siren call of nikuman, or steamed pork buns,…
Popular Japanese Mochi Ice Cream Gets A Heart-Shaped Strawberry Flavor
It’s not totally uncommon for the uninitiated to ask for or order mochi and be a bit taken aback when instead of ice cream, they…
Dessert Onigiri: Tokyo Store Now Sells Rice Ball Cakes
Onigiri, or rice balls, are one of Japan’s most popular snacks. Available in a variety of flavors (such as pickled plum, fried chicken, salmon, and…
New Japanese Kit Kats Team Up With Number One Sweets Souvenir Seller For Gold Caramel Banana Flavor
While Japanese Kit Kats are widely known for their range of Japan seasonal and regional exclusive flavors from around the country, one of their most…
Put Your Sweet Tooth In The Corner With New Sumikko Gurashi Traditional Japanese Sweets
Thanks to Bandai’s “sweets division”, a series of wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets) called “Tabemasu” has made almost too-cute-to-eat desserts modeled after popular Japanese characters such…
Japanese Students Build Massive Boat Made Of Handmade Sweets
600 cookies (each half the size of a standard sheet of paper) 40 muffins 600 bread slices 200 cream puffs 420 leaf shaped pies 250…
Japan’s Famously Loyal Dog Hachiko Is Getting His Own Line Of Chocolate
Many of us get misty eyed at the mere mention of Hachiko, an incredibly loyal Akita dog who patiently waited for his owner to return…
Starbucks Japan Unmasks Bloody Red Night Masquerade Frappuccino For Halloween
You can pretty much set your calendar to Starbucks Japan gearing up for each month with a new seasonal Frappuccino, with the recent run of…