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Beware, though — you really can have too much of a good thing. Japan has loads of fantastic all-you-can-eat deals catering to all sorts of palates, but for doughnut lovers, heaven resides at the Mister Donut buffet . It’s not an easy find, though, as the buffet is only available at select branches.

In fact, when our reporter Seiji Nakazawa stopped by the Takadanobaba branch, where we usually gorge on doughnuts, he found that they’d stopped the service on 26 September, with no plans to reinstate it. ▼ “End of Doughnut Buffet Notice” It’d been eight years since we first reported on the all-you-can-eat deal at Mister Donut, and a year since our last report , so Seiji figured this would be the perfect opportunity to seek out another branch to find out if anything had changed. Thankfully, he found six participating stores in Tokyo, which we’ve listed for you at the end of the article, so he headed out to his nearest branch, in Nakano.



After arriving at the store, we could see the buffet being advertised on a poster in the window, showing the prices as 1,900 yen (US$12.24) for adults and 800 yen for elementary-aged children and under, with all-you-can-drink beverages included in the deal for both. Eight years ago, the buffet cost 1,000 yen, or 1,200 yen with the all-you-can-drink option, so this was quite a price rise, but in line with the overall state of the economy.

Previously, reservations were required, but now it appears they’re no longer necessary. So if yo.

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