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Right now in America, the season of Fall will be ushering in a slew of pumpkin flavored things. Within the last 10 years, we have become crazy for pumpkin!

Most notably is all of the version of pumpkin coffee. I will miss the white chocolate pumpkin spice mocha from Dunkin myself. But most people think of the pumpkin spice lattes that Starbucks sells. I think that the "pumpkin" flavour is probably nutmeg or a few other spices, but it does remind me of Fall. And most of them are deliscious! Some of them are a little strange though, making anything pumpkin flavoured a running joke. Pumpkin chapstick? Pumpkin jello? Pumpkin Pringles??

If I was back in Michigan, I would also be hunting for pumpkin cheesecake, sold at the Grand Traverse Pie Company. It's amazing and hard to find!

But I really enjoy pumpkin things in Japan too. The latte shown above was a nice surprise, but it was a carton of pumpkin soup that had me truly excited. I love to pour it straight into a bowl and heat it up for lunch. The Chinese food market near my station also sold me a pumpkin croquette, which was incredibly good. I look forward to trying more dishes with pumpkin in Japan. I might even try to cook something!