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Starbucks opens outside Imperial Palace with a Frappuccino you can’t get anywhere else in Japan
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Oona McGee
Dec 20, 2021 - Tweet
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It’s almost Halloween, and even here in Japan, where the holiday is still but a shadow of the American take on the creep fest, an avalanche of orange and black gewgaws and processed sugar confections is pouring off retail shelves.
But if you’re looking for Halloween sweets with a little more culture and class, check out the awesome skulls made from wasanbon, a premium fine-grain sugar from Shikoku!
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