Yogul: A Nostalgic Yogurt-like Dagashi Sweet
“Dagashi (駄菓子)” is the generic name for cheap, relatively small, unique Japanese snacks and candies whose price ranges from 10 yen (about 0.1 USD) to about 100 yen (1 USD). Dagashi has a long...
Category: Junk foods
Akuma Meshi: How to Make Devil’s Rice that Became a Hot Topic
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 even the convenience store chain Lawson developed an Onigiri...
Dagashi Snack: Baby Star Guru-Guru Monja-Yaki
“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 Taro: A Classic Dagashi Snack from Kado
“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...
Japan’s 5 Cheapest Snacks that are Popular with Children
Have you ever heard that there is a snack genre unique to Japan that is especially popular among children? As you may already know, the name of the Japanese snack genre is “Dagashi (駄菓子)”....
The Difference: Tenkasu vs Agedama tempura bits
Tempura is a traditional Japanese food made by deep-frying one piece of ingredient covered in the batter of hen’s eggs and wheat flour. It seems that the scraps of leftover deep-fried Tempura batter generated...
5 Famous Japanese Dagashi Snacks using Surimi Fish Paste
“Dagashi (駄菓子)” is a snack genre unique to Japan, which is mostly made up of so-called junk foods. In fact, the Dagashi treats are so cheap, being sold for 10 (about 0.1 USD) to 100...
Nissin Mouko Tanmen Nakamoto Instant Rice Soup
These days, I often see cups of newly released instant rice soup from Nissin lined up on the shelf in the instant noodle aisle of a 7 Eleven that I regularly stop by on...
