Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
When I went out the other day, I stopped by a grocery store and bought an assortment of nine different flavors of Umaibo (うまい棒). If you are a Dagashi (cheap, unique, and relatively small Japanese snacks...
When I was a kid, with some pocket money I got from my parents, I used to often go to a small candy shop in my neighborhood that specialized in Dagashi snacks called Dagashiya...
Jagariko is a long-selling potato snack introduced in 1995 by Calbee, the largest Japanese snack food manufacturer. The potato snack is made by deep-frying sticks of steamed potatoes, featuring its rich umami and pleasant...
Nowadays, Japanese snacks are relatively easy to get even if you are not in Japan, thanks to the development of the internet. Among such treats, I think Umaibo (うまい棒: Delicious Stick), sometimes called the...
Have you ever heard of “Dagashi (駄菓子)”? Actually, Dagashi is the generic name for cheap Japanese snacks and candies whose price ranges from 10 yen (about 0.1 USD) to about 100 yen (about 1 USD). Dagashi...
