Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
As you may know, Umaibo (うまい棒: literally, Delicious Stick) is a Japanese corn puff stick manufactured by Riska (リスカ) and sold by Yaokin (やおきん), sometimes called the king of Dagashi snacks. Based on the official...
Dagashi (駄菓子) can’t be told without Umaibo (うまい棒). For the unfamiliar, Dagashi is the collective term for cheap, unique, and relatively small Japanese snacks and candies whose price ranges from 10 yen (about 0.1...
In July 2020, the leading Dagashi snack company Yaokin (やおきん) added a new regular flavor to their Umaibo (うまい棒) line for the first time in five years. And this time, I bought two bags...
Known as one of the most loved Dagashi (駄菓子) treats, Umaibo (うまい棒) is a long-selling puffed corn snack sold by Yaokin popular with children in Japan. It comes in many unique flavors and only costs...
Umaibo (うまい棒: Delicious Stick) is a classic Dagashi (駄菓子) snack sold by Yaokin (やおきん). *It is a cheap corn puff stick that only costs 10 yen, but the snack is so yummy! * Due...
Umai-Bo (うまい棒), literally meaning Delicious-Stick in Japanese, is a corn puff stick with many fans in and outside of Japan. The snack sold by Yaokin, shaped like a cylindrical tube, is known for its...
Have you ever heard that there is a Japanese snack genre that is especially popular with children? As you may already know, its name is “Dagashi (駄菓子)“, which is the generic name for cheap Japanese...
Some Japanese people like to create food recipes using snacks and candies. In fact, you can find a bunch of recipes of that kind on the internet offered in Japanese. Among those, I have...
