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A savory alternative to drip-brewed coffee.
Coffee and tea have long dominated a particular category of hot beverages often enjoyed while relaxing. Recently, however, the concept of drinking straight soup stock has been gaining momentum in Japan with many canned soup broths appearing ...

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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 of food. For Yamanashi Prefecture, home to the northern half of Mt. Fuji, one of their...

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The beverage company hopes the increases will help build the capital needed to increase production. 
Whisky is on the rise as a popular drink throughout the world, and while that might mean that there are more people than ever to enjoy a glass with, it also means there’s more demand.
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While the craft beer scene has rapidly expanded in recent years, giving rise to many craft beer aficionados all over the world today, it also applies to Japanese craft beer.
Jibiru refers to craft beer in Japan and has slowly gained traction since the 1990s. It was triggered by the ...

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Make your way over to any Japanese convenience store’s frozen dessert section, and you’ll almost certainly be greeted by the gigantic open-mouthed grin of Garigari-kun, the namesake of one of the country’s most popular ice creams.
With such an exhilarating package design, it’s hard ...

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McDonald’s wants you to be aware that the Gohan Kara Dabuchi really is kara.
McDonald’s Japan took its sweet time getting into the rice burger business, basically letting its rivals have that section of the Japanese fast food market to themselves for decades.
Burgers with rice replaci...

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And you can only get it at Family Mart for a limited time!
Starbucks has a series of prepackaged drinks called “Chilled Cups”, which can be found at most convenience stores around the country.
They come in standard flavors like Cafe Latte, Espresso, and Matcha Latte, but like most Sta...

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Classy new chips were designed to pair with one specific type of sake.
The size of the cups that sake is traditionally served in are similar in size to shot glasses, but Japan’s national spirit isn’t something that’s supposed to be gulped down.
Instead, sake is a drink to be sipped an...

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A new take on an old favourite, complete with “glamping sauce”. 
As Japan’s most popular locally grown fast food chain, Mos Burger has its finger on the pulse when it comes to delivering flavours that appeal to local tastes and lifestyles.
So when the seasons change, Mos Burger knows ...

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The perfect drink for fans of both peaty whisky and ume-shu!
Japan has a pretty serious liquor industry. Besides sake, beer, and shochu (a liquor made from sweet potatoes, rice, or barley), the country also produces a number of highly respected whiskies as well as umeshu, also known a...

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