Have you ever made gyoza dumpling by yourself? If so, I trust how it feels when you fail to use the last few gyoza papers… but we don’t have to…

There are a wide variety of snacks ranging from traditional rice cracker to crisps, but a Japanese shrimp snacks called Kappa-ebisen is one of those well-loved snack regardless of age, gender…

Today, I would like to introduce an article about Ibaraki people’s love for rice crackers. Ibaraki prefecture is famously known for Natto in Japan, and the place has the 10th…

  HI-CHEW is a well-established Japanese candy series produced by Morinaga. There are a variety of flavors, and in Japan the most popular one is grape. But what about in…

  Have you ever heard of “Giga Pudding”? It’s a kit for making bucket-sized sweet snacks (about 20 times the size of a normal serving) from Takara Tommy, a Japanese toy…

Kintaro-ame (Kintaro candy) is a Japanese traditional hard candy invented in the Edo period (18th century). Just like a sushi role, the candy is shaped into a multi-layered stick, and…

Carrying hard candies is a common habit of ladies over forty in the Kansai region (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka). The Japanese word for hard candy is “ame,” but…

  As you surely know, this is the chocolate covered snack called “Pocky”. Pocky and snacks similar to it are popular worldwide. But one day, a blogger decides the chocolate-coating…

Four weeks to Valentine’s Day! In Japan, it is a day when women give chocolates to men. But in recent years, it is also common that women give chocolate to…

  Convenience stores, supermarkets or kiosks… wherever you go, you always find Frisk mints in Japan. The mints are manufactured by the Perfetti Van Melle company (based in Belgium) and…

  First I would like you to see this photo. It may not be obvious, but these are statues of Buddha.     These are called Umai–Butsu: Tasty Buddha. But…