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7 Japanese customs that even Japanese people wish would just disappear
Japan has a lot of unique customs, and not all of them make sense to newcomers. Eating fried chicken on Christmas Eve, anyone? How about the weird ritual of girls giving chocolate to guys on...
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Gift-giving made easy! The most popular omiyage bought in Japan, station by...
Believe it or not, train stations are one of the best places to buy gifts in Japan. Train station omiyage (gifts brought back from your travels) are usually edible, representative of the local...
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Kyoto geisha and maiko yatsuhashi sweets are the latest food craze to hit the...
These adorable sweets have been meticulously handcrafted by a centuries-old confectionery retailer in Kyoto. In Japan, each prefecture has its own list of well-known specialty products, which make for...
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Pringles in Japan come in special souvenir packs featuring the flavour of...
We get our hands on one of Japan’s most sought-after souvenirs to find out what makes them so popular. If there’s one thing we love about Japan, it’s the abundance of delicious limited-edition...
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Japanese Kit Kat fans go crazy for new banana variety available only at Tokyo...
With queues out the door for the new limited-edition Tokyo Banana Kit Kat, we grab a pack to see if it’s really worth all the hype. Every time Nestlé Japan releases a new Kit Kat variety for the local...
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Tokyo Station reveals its 10 top-selling sweets for 2017
As 2017 begins to draw to a close, it’s time to look back at the year that was, and for Tokyo Station it was a year filled with glorious sweets. Japan’s “omiyage” souvenir culture is big business in...
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We buy plastic food samples from a Japanese vending machine with Mr Sato
Come with us as we track down the unusual machine in Tokyo. Japan is known around the world for its huge number of weird and wonderful vending machines. Just last month, our Japanese-language reporter...
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Pringles releases sukiyaki flavoured potato chips in Japan
Available to purchase only in the Kanto region, this new variety comes packed with traditional Japanese flavour. In Japan, big international brands know how to keep their customers interested...
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All the best Japanese Kit Kat flavours together in one exclusive anniversary...
Now you can enjoy 35 different Japan-exclusive Kit Kats without having to run around town trying to find them all. Back in 1973, Nestlé’s Kit Kat made its debut in Japan, and in the 45 years since,...
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Kabuki and food join forces for the ultimate collaboration in the form of soy...
A collaboration that brings one of Japan’s oldest traditions and food culture together, in the form of tableware. Kabuki, or Japanese dance drama, is a popular traditional performance that many...
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Tokyo Banana and KitKat team up to offer limited-edition Caramel Banana KitKats
The smash hit taste sensation is back! In KitKat form! Again! Tokyo Banana is one of, if not the most famous souvenir one can buy when visiting Tokyo. While tourists from outside the country may set...
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Tokyo Banana teams up with Pokémon for limited-edition Pikachu sweets collection
Tokyo’s best-selling sweet souvenir charges up with six cute Pikachu designs. For a lot of people in Japan, no visit to Tokyo is complete without picking up some Tokyo Banana sweets for friends and...
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Pokémon Tokyo Banana haul: Will we find the rare Pikachu tail?
We buy stacks of the new limited-edition sweet souvenir to see if we can snare all six cute Pikachu designs. Just last week, we wrote about the upcoming collaboration between Pokémon and the...
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We munch on some real-life Slime dumplings from the Dragon Quest Walk...
One of Japan’s most popular app games takes on a classic sweetshop staple. Dragon Quest Walk was such a big deal when it launched in 2019 that it quickly became one of the hot-button phrases of the...
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Supermarket souvenirs! You can buy a bunch of presents in Kyoto while...
It turns out there’s a whole range of classic Kyoto goodies available on a typical store shelf! If you’ve visited Japan—any part of Japan—you’re likely to have encountered tourist stops, especially at...
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It’s eco-friendly AND delicious! Popular Yamanashi sweet now comes in an...
This tasty sweet is now easier to eat…but the edible package version is harder to find. If you’ve done any amount of traveling in Japan then you know that every prefecture boasts its own unique kind...
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6 delicious, lesser-known food souvenirs you should buy on your next visit to...
They also make great gifts to bring when visiting someone’s house! Japan has a culture of bringing a gift of food when visiting someone’s house, whether that’s a friend, a colleague, or an associate....
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Looking to gift some food? Here are some of Japan’s most popular snacks with...
These snacks, both salty and sweet, will be sure to satisfy anyone. These days, when looking for the best food gifts, it’s a lot easier to find something online than it is to go out and shop for...
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This lucky bag of Tokyo snacks is full of delicious treats to take...
There are 11 different items in this box–and they aren’t sample size either!! You might already know that Japan has a culture of gifting people food after coming back from vacation. It’s kind of...
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Hagi no Tsuki, how we love thee: Why you should get your hands on this Tohoku...
Our reporter samples Sendai’s most popular food souvenir for the first time and is overcome by emotion. When I was living in Yamagata City for a couple of years, the city of Sendai and all of its...
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