Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
Morinaga Seika (森永製菓) is a leading Japanese confectionery company founded in 1899, whose representative snacks and candies include Milk Chocolate, Angel Pie, and this Morinaga Chocoball. Morinaga Chocoball First introduced in 1963 under the name...
Today for this blog article, I bought a Wagashi (和菓子) or a traditional Japanese confection called Momoyama (桃山) at a supermarket near my house. The Wagashi Momoyama can be found in many supermarkets around...
Here, you can buy the cheapest snacks and candies for 10 yen (about 0.1 USD) per piece. Such cheap Japanese treats, whose price is from 10 to about 100 yen, are called Dagashi (駄菓子),...
When it comes to Japanese chocolate brands, Morinaga Milk Chocolate and Meiji Milk Chocolate have a long history, and in terms of recognition, there is nothing better than these. Morinaga Milk Chocolate vs. Meiji...
“Manju (饅頭)” is a traditional Japanese confection or wagashi. It is a steamed bun filled with sweet Azuki red bean paste called “Anko (餡子)”. Manju comes in many varieties, and the dough can be made...
Kids tend to want to imitate what adults enjoy, say, smoking and drinking. In fact, when I was small, I was that kind of boy. But I wasn’t such a bad boy, so I...
“Ame (飴, あめ)” is the Japanese word for hard candy, and there is a variety of Ame treats with a good old taste in Japan. Representative examples of such classics include Shio Ame, Kuro...
When Japanese people think of wagashi peanut snacks, I think many will bring to mind Denroku Mame (でん六豆). In its name, Mame (豆) means bean in Japanese, while Denroku (でん六) is the name of...
