Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
When it comes to Japanese pancakes filled with sweet red bean paste called “Anko (あんこ)”, Dorayaki (どら焼き) is probably the most famous in the world because it is Doraemon’s “yummy buns”.In addition, there are...
Unlike dishes of most other countries, seaweed is a crucial ingredient for Japanese cuisine.Especially, wakame and kombu seaweed are often used for various kinds of dishes in Japan.Japanese people like to add wakame to...
Otsumami (おつまみ) is a Japanese term that refers to the snack food eaten along with alcoholic drinks, in other words, it can be said that the term means finger foods or nibbles.Therefore for example,...
Kaki no Tane (柿の種) is a classic Japanese rice cracker known as Kameda Crisps (Amazon.com) outside Japan.The rice cracker is a bit spicy because it is flavored mainly with soy sauce and red chili pepper.It...
Cheese works well with many foods and is often used for snacks.In fact, there are a bunch of snacks made with cheese in Japan.For example, My favorite Japanese potato chips, Calbee Pizza Potato (Amazon.com)...
As I introduced before, there are a wide range of snack foods made from squid in Japan, which include dried squid snacks and squid dagashi snacks. In addition to these 2 genres, there is...
Dagashi (駄菓子) is the snack genre unique to Japan.Specifically, it is the generic name for cheap and relatively small Japanese snacks and candies. Speaking of the price, a single Dagashi is available from 10...
As you know, tempura (天ぷら) is a delicacy food that represents Japan, which is made deep-frying ingredients covered in batter.However, do you know there are Japanese snacks produced using the making process of Tempura?...
