Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
As with the Fujiya Home Pie, you can try your luck with this long-selling Poifull (ポイフル) gummy (released in 1993) from Meiji. Like their Apollo Chocolate, this product rarely contains a heart-shaped gummy candy called...
When it comes to Japanese pie pasty cookies, Unagi Pie and Genji Pie are popular, but Japan’s best-selling product is this Home Pie (ホームパイ) from Fujiya (不二家). Fujiya Home Pie Since its debut in...
Following the Suntory Craft Boss PET-bottled coffee, I bought another “craft” thing today for refreshment from a vending machine outside on my way home from work. Here in Japan, “craft” soft drinks have become...
After going on errands yesterday, I was in the mood for a chilled coffee drink and stopped the car I was driving at this vending machine. The vending machine carried a variety of canned...
A noodle snack named Zero Second Chicken Ramen (0秒チキンラーメン) intrigued me recently, following the Nure Jaga (ぬれじゃが) wet potato chips I introduced in the previous post. Although the maker Nissin announced that it suspended...
Commercial potato chips are conventionally crispy or crunchy right after opening and usually neither wet nor moist. However, I came across one of the latter types at a convenience store the other day, which...
Goma-shio (胡麻塩/ごましお: meaning sesame salt) is a traditional Japanese seasoning made from roasted sesame combined with salt. Although it is a simple seasoning, as you can guess, Sekihan red rice can’t be completed in...
Hayashi rice (ハヤシライス) is a Japanese dish similar to curry rice, but its sauce is demi-glace based, combined with hashed beef. There are various theories about the origin of the name, but the most...
