Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
When it comes to Dagashi (駄菓子), Orion (オリオン) is one of the companies that you should remember, together with Yaokin (やおきん). While the latter reminds many people of Umaibo, what comes to mind when...
Yesterday, I ran into Super Mario, one of the most loved characters in Japanese video games, by chance in the candy section of a Welcia drugstore. He was posing on the packaging of a...
Made basically with sugar (dextrose), starch (potato, corn), and acidifier (citric acid) and shaped like a tablet, “Ramune (ラムネ)” is a classic Japanese sugar candy with a nice, chalky, melt in the mouth texture....
Ramune (ラムネ) may remind you of a Japanese soda drink originating from lemonade. But there is another Ramune in Japan, which is not a beverage but a tablet of sugar candy. The Ramune treat has...
Have you ever tried Japanese Ramune (ラムネ)? Further, do you know it comes in 2 types? For the unfamiliar, one is the soda pop filled in a unique-shaped glass bottle sealed with a marble....
When it comes to sour gummy candy, I love UHA Mikakuto’s Shigekix gummies that come in several different sourness levels and flavors. As the word “Shigeki (シゲキ)” means “stimulation” in Japanese, the Shigeki-X gummy features...
When it comes to classic Japanese candy, “Ramune (ラムネ)” is especially famous and widely enjoyed in Japan. Made basically with dextrose, citric acid, and Katakuriko potato starch, Ramune is a simple sugar candy with...
When we Japanese hear Ramune (ラムネ), what comes to mind are two different things. One is lemonade-originating soda pop, while the other is a Dagashi (駄菓子) candy. Nowadays, the former Ramune soda drink is well-recognized in...
