I Tried the Umaibo New Flavor Nori-Shio
In July 2020, the leading Dagashi snack company, Yaokin added a new regular flavor to their Umaibo line for the first time in five years, and I bought 2 pieces of the newly released...
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Dagashi: Umaibo Takoyaki Flavor Corn Puff Snack Bar
Known as one of the most beloved Dagashi treats in Japan, “Umaibo (うまい棒)” is a long-selling corn puff snack bar that is especially popular with children. It comes in many unique flavors and only costs 10...
Umaibo Tonkatsu Sauce Flavor Dagashi Corn Puff Snack Bar
“Umaibo (うまい棒)” is a classic, popular “Dagashi (駄菓子)” snack bar sold by Yaokin. Although Umaibo is a cheap corn puff snack that only costs 10 yen (about 0.1 USD) in Japan, it is really...
Umaibo: What is the Mentai Flavor?
“Umaibo (うまい棒)” is a Japanese corn puff snack bar of which there are a lot of fans in and outside of Japan. The original flavor of the Umaibo puffcorn went on the market in...
Japan’s 5 Cheapest Snacks that are Popular with Children
Have you ever heard that there is a snack genre unique to Japan that is especially popular among children? As you may already know, the name of the Japanese snack genre is “Dagashi (駄菓子)”....
Furikake Rice Seasoning Recipe using Umaibo Corn Puffs
Some Japanese like to create food recipes using snacks and candies, and in fact, you can find a bunch of recipes of that kind on the internet offered in Japanese. Among those, I have...
Umaibo: The Top 10 Most Popular Flavors in Japan
When it comes to snacks for kids, Japanese children especially like “Dagashi (駄菓子)”. Have you ever heard of that? For the unfamiliar, Dagashi is the word for cheap and unique Japanese snacks and candies. Yaokin Umaibo...
Oyatsu Karupasu and Umaibo: The Best 10 Yen Dagashi Snacks
Have you ever heard of the Japanese snack genre “Dagashi (駄菓子)”? Actually, Dagashi is the collective term for cheap (and unique) Japanese snacks and candies, particularly for kids. Several decades ago, the treats were...
