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Starbucks Japan is always releasing new flavors left and right throughout the year. Japan isn't new to weird foods. Yet, Starbucks Japan usually finds odd combinations that sound like they wouldn't taste good together, but once eaten they prove our senses wrong! This month, the newest flavored frappe is called Caramelly Pear! We love trying...

In recent years more and more people in Europe and America have transitioned to a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle. There are plenty of options in supermarkets as well as in restaurants for lovers of veggies and tofu meat. There are very few vegetarians and vegans in Japan however and it doesn't seem like that is...

TokyoTreat Candy Box October 2018 – Trick or TokyoTreat Double, double, toil and trouble! Last month we had an awesome night in, but this month it is time to get out and enjoy the festivities! Our theme this month is Trick or TokyoTreat! We love Halloween and so we definitely wanted to curate a box...

YumeTwin's Box October 2018 Theme – Magical Halloween Get ready for all the kawaii hocus pocus coming this month! We here at YumeTwins absolutely love October. Why? Because Halloween is coming soon of course! We are all about the fun had during Halloween, so we put together a fun box featuring plenty of kawaii and...

There are so many delicious snacks in Japan and one very popular snack is takoyaki! In fact, it's so popular that you can even get it in Japanese shops and restaurants overseas! However, unless you're a Japanese snack and Japanese candy connoisseur you may not know what exactly takoyaki is. But don't sweat! Here at...

Japanese sweet deserts are just as popular worldwide as Japanese snacks and Japanese candy are! But here at TokyoTreat we often get questions about specific Japanese treats and what they are exactly! So we've decided to explain the most popular and well loved snacks here in Japan so everyone can enjoy them! Today we're going...

Yoshoku (洋食) is Western food with a Japanese twist! Most of these dishes were created about 100~200 years ago during the Meiji era (1868-1912), inspired by popular cuisines from other countries like France, Italy, America, and the UK!

Japan is known to the rest of the world as being fashion forward, often fashion trends start in Japan before reaching the rest of the world months or even years later! When you think of Japanese fashion, most people think about the various vibrant and unusual fashion subcultures that you would often come across Tokyo's...

Many of our wonderful TokyoTreat subscribers enjoy not only Japanese snacks and candy but other aspects of Japanese culture like anime! And if you've watched any Studio Ghibli film then you know how jam packed Miyazaki's films are with delicious animated food, but what are some other anime series full of mouth watering food that...

Do you love Pokemon too? When I was young it was super popular everywhere! Pokemon cards, Pokemon games, plushies and of course the anime. Nowadays Pokemon is still going strong! Japan has several Pokemon centers, like the one in Ikebukuro where you can buy the cutest Pokemon merchandise and even a Pokemon cafe where you...

August Giveaway Winners Announced! 🖤 Hello nomakenolife fam! How are you? Hope everything is well on your end! We're here to announce the winners for nomakenolife August free box giveaway. The winners will receive FREE 1 MONTH of nomakenolife subscription. That said, you can check the contents within our beauty box and experience it first...

Every country has their own customs, manners and (unwritten!) rules, these are the ones you don't read about in a travel guide. There are so many things to do in Japan, only in Tokyo there are at least 100 things to do! Or what about places outside Tokyo? It's important to know how to behave...