Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
With the Dragon Ball Man Chocolate, I got a quirky instant Yakisoba noodle at the Lawson from Maruchan created with Arare rice crackers that recreate the taste of Kameda’s Curry-Sen or Curry Senbei. In...
Recently, Yaokin has announced that it will revise the price of Umaibo from 10 yen (about 0.1 USD) to 12 yen on April 1st of this year (2022). As the price of the dagashi...
Dagashi (駄菓子) is the generic name for cheap and relatively small Japanese snacks and candies, whose price ranges from 10 yen to about 100 yen. The genre has a long history, and its origin...
A few years ago, a rice bowl dish called Akuma Meshi (悪魔めし) became a popular topic on Japanese social media. And based on the recipe, the convenience store chain Lawson developed an Onigiri rice...
“Dagashi (駄菓子)” is the generic name for cheap Japanese snacks and candies, which were mostly sold in “Dagashiya (駄菓子屋)”, shops that specialize in Dagashi treats, several decades ago in Japan. But the circumstance surrounding...
“Noshiika (のしいか)” is one of the Japanese snacks made of squid and often enjoyed as an accompaniment for alcoholic drinks or “Otsumami (おつまみ)”. It is a thin sheet of squid meat made by flattening out a...
As Katsu (カツ) is the Japanese word for cutlet, the food is deep-fried in plenty of oil, featuring its crispy brown Panko breadcrumb covering. The main ingredient of the Japanese cutlet is usually pork,...
Have you ever heard that there is a Japanese snack genre that is especially popular with children? As you may already know, its name is “Dagashi (駄菓子)“, which is the generic name for cheap Japanese...
