Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Japan (KKDJ) is getting ready for the holiday season with its upcoming “Holly Jolly Holiday” line of cute Christmas doughnuts that will be released at most branches across Japan on November 14, 2018.   The tasty treats all take on Christmas motifs and unique shaps. KKDJ is also introducing milk tea flavoured crème for the very first time in the Milk Tea Box doughnut. Let’s take a look. Strawberry Milk Santa: This cute square doughnut is made to look like Santa Claus. His bright-red Christmas hat is a strawberry nappage and beard is made from milky white chocolate. Inside is a strawberry milk flavoured cream. Caramel Reindeer: Another square doughnut, this time coated in caramel chocolate. It’s filled with a bitter caramel sauce and a caramel cream with added salt to help bring out the flavour. You can enjoy three different textures: the fluffy doughnut itself, strawberry jelly reindeer nose and the crunchy pretzel antlers. Milk Tea Box: This doughnut is made in the image of a Christmas present box and contains KKDJ’s first ever milk tea flavoured cream. The yellow outer coating is purin flavoured and sprinkled with colourful sugar. It’s also ‘tied’ with a white chocolate and strawberry chocolate ribbon. Snowman Chocolate: The snowman doughnut is filled luxuriously with a rich raw chocolate cream and coated with wintery white coloured and milky flavoured white chocolate. His smile is painted with dark chocolate while his scarf is made with a sweet and sour strawberry nappage. Sprinkle Wreath: This doughnut is a spin on Krispy Kreme’s popular Original Glazed® doughnut. It’s coated in a bright green vanilla chocolate and topped with red, green and white holiday colour sprinkles. It’s the spitting image of Christmas. KKDJ are also selling a limited edition design box called “Holiday Dozen” that contains all five of these doughnuts and the Original Glazed®, the chain’s most popular doughnut.   Share some cute and delicious doughnuts this holiday season with friends and family!

Christmas is loved particularly by girls in Japan as it's the season when all the sparkly items begin to fall and flicker. Hilton Tokyo Odaiba is bringing a Christmas buffet this year which it is calling the Girls' Sweets Coffret. It's inspired by the "Christmas Coffret" cosmetic sets that are sold during the Christmas season only and tickle the hearts of girls across the country.   Coffret is a French word that refers to a small jewel box. Searches for the term "Christmas Coffret" have been on the increase in Japan since 2015 and in 2016 and 2017 ranked in the top 10 most searched Christmas related terms by women. Hilton Tokyo Odaiba is responding to this by packing everything a girl could want into their Christmas buffet. The buffet is overlooked by a bright pink Christmas tree under which are all presents a girl could hope for including a dress, jewel box, flowers and more―all edible. A cute Santa Claus, reindeer and snowmen also decorate the table in all their delicious dessert glory. The colour palette is girly but stylish, with pink as the main colour and blacks and whites everywhere else.   There will also be a photo spot decked out with a pink Christmas tree, huge life-sized presents and other Christmas motifs. What's more is that guests who attend during the event dressed in something pink or wearing ribbons will receive a special drink. The line-up of desserts all have some very enticing names. Translated from Japanese, some to look forward include the "Going Out With Your in My Best Dress - Princess Tart," "Like a Romantic Bride - Pink Dress Strawberry Chiffon Cake," "What I Want the Most: Jewellery - Yogurt Panna Cotta Jelly," "Drag Me Away - Pink Pearl Cupcakes," and more. Also on the list is a cake made to look like Santa's belly called "I'll Start My Diet Tomorrow - Cranberry Mascarpone Santa Cake." There's also the the "Santa's Happy Helpers - Reindeer Chocolate Cake." There's a range of Christmas classics too like the yule log and stollen as well as a tree-shaped mohn plunder. If you're looking for Christmas treats this year then look no further!

GINZA SIX, the biggest shopping complex in the Ginza Area, is getting ready for Christmas with a range of special seasonal foods and desserts. The line-up retains the sophistication GINZA SIX is known for as it prepares for the final Christmas of the Heisei Era of Japan.   Let's take a look at the gourmet selection on offer by splitting them into five separate themes.   Christmas Cakes: From Regulars to One of a Kinds - Gems That Glow the Skills of Patissiers

Monde argenté (ISHIYA GINZA): ¥4,000

Noel Framboisier (Ginza Sembikiya): ¥5,000

 Classic Sweets: Promoting New Trends for the Last Heisei Period Christmas

Stollen Pistachio (PALETAS): ¥2,593

Sweet Potato Almond Noel Box (Minamikaze Noukasha Dessert House): ¥1,852

  Limited Edition Christmas Sweets Gifts: Classics in Glamorous Christmas Packaging

Stardust Cookies (JOTARO SAITO): From ¥540

Limited Edition Christmas Wheat Gluten Cookie Gift (Fu Fu Fu and): ¥3,000

  Party Food & Sake: A High Grade Selection to Decorate the Table

Limited Edition Christmas Charcuterie & Salad (meat&green shunjyukusei): ¥2,560

Okawa Sparkling Vinegar (Shoubunsu Vinegar Brewery): ¥2,000

  Cafes & Restaurants' Christmas Menus: Bringing a Moment of Bliss on the Holy Night 

Fantastic Christmas Course (Bistro Ozami): ¥8,000 / ¥12,000

Christmas Afternoon Tea Set (THE GRAND GINZA): ¥3,800

  A range of pop up shops will also appear for a limited time. This includes pop up shops for fashion brands making their way to Japan for the first time as well as fashion x art collaborative brands, brands that will hold events where you can experience craftsmanship and more.   Additionally, Ginza Sembikiya on floor B1F, which opened the first fruit parlour in Japan in 1894, will open a cafe for a limited period serving a range of fruit products that are good for health and beauty. Open from November 3, 2018 to January 31, 2019.

<GINZA SIX Limited Edition> Ginza Sembikiya Parfaits: ¥1,500 Each (Pre-Tax)

  These parfaits are made with an abundance of fruit that  has been carefully selected by Ginza Sembikiya. The fruits are cut into large slices so you can enjoy their full original flavour. The parfaits are also made with a rich homemade fruit sauce. Choose from three parfait flavours: Muskmelon, Strawberry or Fruits Mille-Feuille.   Bulgari will also open a pop up store called Bvlgari Pop (Up) Corn in the second floor SIXIÈME GINZA. The store is a reinterpretation of a 1960s movie set where they will sell a range of items including a limited edition model bag. Open from December 12, 2018 to January 15, 2019.

<GINZA SIX Limited Edition> Product Name: Serpenti Forever / Price: ¥295,000 (w/tax ¥318,600)

  There's plenty of other exciting Christmas and seasonal winter food and content to look forward to at GINZA SIX as well, so be sure to check their official website for more details.