Japan’s specialty grocer chain Kaldi is most famous for its coffee ... The most important parts of the Japanese text on the front of that package are チョコ, “chocolate,” and 餅, “mochi,” but the whole ...

She incorporated the enterprise in June 2021. Eighty-six snack bars across Japan are currently registered with the service. Igarashi hit upon the idea of creating snack bar tours for non-Japanese ...

Snack bars are cosy, retro establishments found across Japan, often crammed into small buildings and equipped with karaoke systems that echo late into the night. They are typically run by a woman ...

Adult Chocolate Mint made its debut a few years ago and has been available periodically ... She started with a plate of sausages, sliced ham, and cheese, a common companion to beer at bars and pubs in ...

A record-high 780 restaurants and bars in Japan went bankrupt in 2020, the credit research company Teikoku Databank Ltd. (TDB) announced on Jan. 6 after crunching the annual figures.

Japan has one of the world’s fastest-aging ... Some say they prefer life behind bars because it provides them with food, medical care, and companionship — things they often lack outside.