Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
While Ume serves as a flavoring, Sakura sometimes lends its name to food with a pink color, as many Japanese people associate pink with the spring blossom. That’s the case with this Dagashi pickle...
It is August, and we are halfway through the summer. But the heat is still fierce, plus heavy rain is now hitting Niigata, where I live. Nonetheless, when I stopped by a 7-Eleven today,...
Calbee is a Japanese company that makes snacks and cereals, having the overwhelming top share in the potato chips market in Japan. In recent years, the maker has been vigorously creating new treats, many of...
Here in Niigata, Japan, the rainy season Tsuyu (梅雨) was over, and we are now enjoying full-blown summer weather. The fiercer the heat is, the more we feel like refreshments. One of the best...
Kameda Seika (亀田製菓) is one of the confectionery companies that Niigata, where I live, can boast to the world, and their Magari Senbei (まがりせんべい) is arguably one of their best. Magari Senbei (まがりせんべい) from...
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...
When I went shopping at a Lawson convenience store the other day, I found a product of wafer chocolate reminiscent of my childhood called Bikkuri-Man (ビックリマン: meaning Surprise Man) from Lotte. When I was...
As previously mentioned, Cheese Kamaboko has another name, Chii Kama (チーカマ), which, as you can easily guess, is short for the former. However, what I introduce here, Yaki Kama (焼きかま), may not be what you...
