JAPAN TODAY
 
With summer fast approaching, Starbucks is looking to keep us cool with a new icy Frappuccino called the Setouchi Lemon Cake.
As the name suggests, this beverage uses fruit from Setouchi, Japan’s premier lemon-producing region. Setouchi lemons are known for their high sugar content ...

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BBC
 
Fancy an omelette made from fish instead of eggs?
In Japan, some people are having to make the swap as the country battles its worst outbreak of avian influenza on record.
It has led to millions of chickens being culled, a shortage in eggs and sent the price of egg-based dishes soaring. In ...

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TIME OUT
 
The towering wave next to Mt Fuji – doesn’t it just remind you of Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave off Kanagawa’?
Call us biased but Japan does get all the good stuff. From Starbucks's exclusive cherry blossom drinkware collections to unique KitKat flavours, Japan offers a host of covetable souve...

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THE GUARDIAN
 
Signature cuisine is at the centre of a police investigation after customers at revolving sushi restaurants posted video clips of themselves meddling with dishes
There are breaches of etiquette – drenching your rice in soy sauce, for one – and then there are heinous acts of “sushi ...

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CNN
 
Smoke began to drift out of a box as the winner of Japan's "dish of the year" was revealed.
But it wasn't a beautifully plated mackerel or an immaculate dessert that took top honors. Instead, the hosts unveiled a variety of frozen meats and pizzas -- still in their air-tight bags.
Every yea...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan has a lot of ice cream flavors that, if you’re not familiar with the local cuisine, might be surprising when you first encounter them.
Matcha/green tea is the most famous, but you can find sakura ice cream, sometimes with actual cherry blossoms mixed in, as well as azuki (swee...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japanese Twitter user ぼく Boku (@boku_5656) is a "culinary researcher" who posts recipes with cute illustrations on their account.
You may have already heard about incredibly soft and fluffy Japanese pancakes, but the recipe that Boku recently introduced has an added advantage: it'...

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SORA NEWS
 
Sip some sustainable sake soon.
With a lot of focus being put on products that are sustainable and ethical, the Japanese alcohol known as nihonshu in Japan, or just sake abroad, really has a lot going for it.
For centuries, it has been an all-natural, additive-free, and vegan alcoholi...

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SORA NEWS
 
Introducing Japan to a new world of fruit flavour.
Japan is a country with a myriad of regions, and with that comes a myriad of local specialties and flavours. Swiss chocolatier Lindt is now bringing one of those local specialties to our attention with their latest limited-time releas...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Halloween may be in October, but when August rolls around in Japan, it's a time of ghosts. Every August (the 12th this year), Japan observes Obon -- a holiday festival to honor the spirits of departed ancestors, who are said to enter the realm of the living and visit their families ...

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