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At 11 a.m. in Shinjuku, a yakiniku restaurant starts selling charcoal-grilled eel; by evening, the eel brand disappears and the meat restaurant returns. Hirudake Unagiya opened its Shinjuku Gyoen branch on September…
Starbucks, Tim Hortons and Chaayos are putting protein into everyday drinks just as whey prices and supply constraints reshape the ingredient system.
A café normally supplies the menu, the music and the reason to visit. Tokyo’s 07-MODULE Starship Cafe asks customers to bring the missing ingredient: the thing they care about. Opened in Nakano…
Baskin-Robbins Korea is turning one of Japan’s best-known souvenir desserts into a layered ice-cream flavour with Tokyo Banana Creme Brulee, launched on September 2, 2026 as its September Flavor of the Month.…
At a stainless-steel counter beneath Tokyo’s Shiodome towers, the menu asks a stranger question than coffee or tea: what kind of focus do you want? NEWTRON, opened September 17 by And The…
After years of kiosks, apps and AI order-taking, major US chains are making human service measurable again. The machines are staying; the assumption that.
At Tokyo’s new eight-seat dessert counter, perfume is not merely discouraged; a strong scent can stop a guest at the door. That rule explains more about nuance than its minimalist room or…
KFC Japan is turning dipping sauce into the main event with Crazy Dip Chicken, a limited-quantity snack launched nationwide on September 2, 2026. Developed specifically to be eaten with sauce, the new…
At one Berlin REWE, lettuce now travels down before it travels across the city. The rooftop farm turns supermarket real estate into supplier, proof point.