Morinaga’s Classic Ramune Soda Tablet Candy
“Ramune (ラムネ)” is a Japanese carbonated beverage with its roots in lemonade, and the soda drink is often said to be one of Japan’s summer traditions because it is definitely sold at summer festivals....
Category: Sweets and Candies
Kuro Ame: Classic Japanese Kokuto Brown Sugar Candy
Raw brown sugar made from sugarcane, Kokuto (黒糖: meaning black sugar in Japanese), is a specialty of Okinawa, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. And here, the hard candy using it called Kuro Ame (黒飴/黒あめ)...
Meiji Marble Chocolate: Japan’s First Grain Chocolate
Chocolate candy became widespread rapidly from the 1920s to the 1930s in Japan. However, after that, Japanese people had difficulty getting chocolate because the import of cacao beans dropped sharply due to World War Ⅱ....
Fujiya Milky: Best Japanese Condensed Milk Candy
Well-known for its mascot character, Peko-Chan (ペコちゃん), Fujiya (不二家) is a long-established Japanese food company founded in 1910. Initially, the maker created Pekochan as a fictional young girl character for the product Fujiya Milky,...
2 Types of Ramune: Soda Drinks and Dagashi Sugar Candy
When you hear “Ramune (ラムネ)”, what comes to your mind? I think many will probably bring to mind the classic Japanese soda pop with its root in lemonade “Ramune (ラムネ)”. As a matter of...
Nobel Super Lemon Candy Famous for its Extreme Sourness
When I was a kid, a lemon flavor candy amazed me because the hard candy had a super sour taste that I had never experienced. Nonetheless, after the first try, I became addicted to...
Kanro Ame: Kanro’s Classic Sweet Soy Sauce Flavor Candy
With a long history, some Japanese hard candies have a taste reminiscent of Japan’s good old days, and as I wrote before, Sakuma Drops is a sweet treat of just that kind. Additionally, in Japan,...
The 3 Best Ume Candies Widely Enjoyed in Japan
When it comes to blossoms that represent Japan, the fact that we love “sakura (桜)” or cherry blossoms is widely known. Sakura blooms in spring when Japanese people enjoy cherry blossom viewing or hanami....
