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★THE TRIP HYPE✦Japan’s now, delivered pop★MODERN VOYAGE & TECH✦Food · Shopping · Places · Know-How · Culture★THE TRIP HYPE✦Japan’s now, delivered pop★MODERN VOYAGE & TECH✦Food · Shopping · Places · Know-How · Culture

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Food & Drink

The Food Hype

Restaurants, street food, konbini eats, regional cuisines, drinks and cafés.

37 articles

An autumn Japanese table — grilled sanma, matsutake mushrooms, chestnut rice, new-crop rice, and Shine Muscat grapes, all in season from September to November.

Autumn Food in Japan 2026: What's in Season and Where to Eat It

Suntory's limited-edition soft-drink bottles featuring newly drawn Chiikawa artwork (C.C. Lemon, Pepsi Nama and more)

Chiikawa x Suntory Collab Bottles 2026: All 24 Designs, Prices, and Where to Buy

Original can badge and collaboration dishes from Joyfull's Demon Slayer Round 3

Joyfull x Demon Slayer 2026: Round 3 Can Badges — One per Dish, First 220,000 (Aug 18–Sep 8)

The Umamusume x KFC Japan collaboration set in its special-design packaging, with Original Recipe chicken, fries and the kobu-mayo dip

KFC x Umamusume 2026: Net Order Only, Booking Opens Aug 5

A Baskin-Robbins sundae in a Pokémon Poké Ball-shaped cup

Baskin-Robbins Japan × Pokémon 2026: Only the Double Cup Gets a Sticker (Aug 1–31)

Hello Kitty x Sushiro collaboration sushi plates with collab picks

Hello Kitty x Sushiro 2026: How to Get the Collab Picks and Mascots (and the Stores Left Out)

Mister Donut and Mrs. GREEN APPLE collaboration: three apple-shaped donuts and a parfait

Mister Donut × Mrs. GREEN APPLE 2026: Apple-Shaped Donuts, Prices, and How to Pre-Order

Starbucks Japan summer orange and mango drinks including the Orange & Mango Frappuccino

Starbucks Japan Orange & Mango Frappuccino: 3 Summer Drinks from ¥579 (July 22)

A two-photo composite: people holding cans of Coca-Cola on the left, and stacked packages of CURRY UP retort curry (including butter chicken) with stickers on the right.

Coca-Cola × HUMAN MADE Cans, Round 2: ¥146 at FamilyMart July 21 — Free Gift Bag With Two

Key visual for the "7-Eleven × Chiikawa: The Movie – Secret of the Mermaid Island" collaboration, illustrating Chiikawa characters wearing flower leis on a tropical island with hibiscus, alongside a 7-Eleven storefront and the Japanese tagline "Let's make island memories with Chiikawa!"

Chiikawa x 7-Eleven Japan 2026: All 10 Collab Foods, Prices, Dates & Freebies

Tokyo Banana x Frugra 2026: Price, Sale Dates & Where to Buy at Tokyo Station

Key visual for the "Marugame Seimen × Sumikko Gurashi" collaboration, illustrating Sumikko Gurashi characters gathered around an udon shop counter enjoying udon and tempura, with the Japanese tagline "Summer memories, freshly made."

Marugame x Sumikkogurashi 2026: Free Udon Card, ¥690 Box, and the 12 Stores Skipping It

Several hands raising drinks—beer, wine, and cocktails in copper and plastic cups—for a toast over a table spread with food.

Tokyo Beer Gardens 2026: 8 Rooftops Compared, from ¥2,970 — Prices, Dates & Booking

A three-photo composite showing the storefronts of major Japanese conveyor-belt sushi chains: Sushiro, Hama-Sushi, and Kura Sushi from left to right.

"Same Kura Sushi, ¥115 or ¥150?": Conveyor Belt Sushi in Japan 2026 (Sushiro vs. Kura Sushi vs. Hama Sushi)

A limited-time banner for McDonald's × Morinaga collaboration desserts: a McFlurry with Chocoball peanuts on top, a Morinaga Ramune-flavored McShake in the middle, and a Morinaga Milk Caramel Pie topped with caramel at the bottom.

McDonald's Japan x Morinaga: 3 Limited-Time Sweets for Summer 2026 (Ramune McShake, Choco Ball McFlurry & Caramel Pie)

Roppongi Hills Shaved Ice 2026: 16 Shops, ¥411 & Up, Now Through Aug 31 (ICE! ICE! ICE!)

Marugame Seimen promotional banner for its seasonal "Udon Pudding," showing four flavors—mango (¥290), red bean & kinako (¥290), blue Hawaii (¥340), and anmitsu-style (¥340)—chilled on ice in a wooden tub, launching July 7 (Tue).

Marugame Udon Pudding 2026: Prices, the 4 Flavors, and a Dessert Actually Made from Udon

Promotional visual for two limited-edition spicy fried chicken products: on the left, "Red Hot Chicken" in a red habanero-and-red-pepper coating with red chili peppers; on the right, "Green Hot Wing" in a green jalapeño-and-garlic herb coating with sliced jalapeños and garlic.

KFC Japan Summer Menu 2026: Red Hot Chicken Returns, Green Hot Wings & Prices (July 8)

Unaju: tare-glazed grilled eel (unagi kabayaki) over white rice in a black lacquered box, garnished with a sprig of kinome (sansho leaf), with a piece being lifted on wooden chopsticks in the foreground.

Unagi Day 2026 (Doyo no Ushi no Hi): Why Japan Eats Eel on July 26

Three cups of Japanese shaved ice (kakigori) in classic penguin-print cups—yellow lemon, pink strawberry, and blue Hawaii—lined up on a bamboo mat with blurred blue morning glory flowers in the background.

Kakigori: Japan's Shaved Ice, and Where to Eat It in 2026

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