Food Science Japan

7-Eleven just opened its first convenience store in a train station on the island of Shikoku. So Japan's largest convenience store cha...

Two Sanrio (the Hello Kitty company) characters Kirimi-chan (a slice of salmon) and Kamaboko-chan (a slice of fish paste) visit Lawson con...

Suntory is offering a cola highball for the fall season. Not much of a highball fan, but the highball boom which started several years ago...

Meiji suggests runners try high protein powdered sports drink Savas to go with a healthy meal. 明治 ザバス http://www.meiji.co.jp/sports/sava...

Through its home delivery network, Morinaga now is selling a drink containing ingredients associated with joint health. A similar drink ha...

There are now two KFC Route 25 locations, with a central location now added in the Otemachi area. Route 25 is Kentucky Fried Chicken's...

FamilyMart, the convenience store chain, has a new line of black sweets aimed at men. It is called Bari Chocolate, which comes from the Ja...

Here is a photo of the original KitKat, which at the time (1935) was called  Rowntree's Chocolate Crisp. ネスレ キットカット http://nestle.j...

Here are a few of the Meiji Apollo regional varieties which correspond to local well known commodities and are sold to tourists to take ba...

Here is another view of the Premium Fresh Avocado Whopper. Very nice food photography. Interested to see not only what it tastes like, but...