Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
Here in Niigata, Japan, the temperature outside is now close to 0 degrees Celsius, but yesterday when I went on an errand to a drugstore, I found an interesting, delicious-looking popsicle that I had...
Today when I went out shopping, I stopped by a supermarket and, by accident, came across a rare Kit Kat flavor that had been being sold only in Onsen hot spring resorts in Japan...
Product introduction / Snacks / Sweets and Candies
by Tomo · Published November 13, 2020 · Last modified November 14, 2020
The doughnut is a fried dough confection that has been a long time favorite in many countries whose original form is said to be the traditional Dutch confection called “Oliebollen” or “Olykoek”. In Japan, Mister Donut...
While the word “Okashi (お菓子)” can refer to any kind of snack, sweet, and candy, regardless of where they are produced, “Wagashi (和菓子)” is the word for traditional Japanese confections. Wagashi comes in many...
Yesterday, when I shopped at a 7 Eleven convenience store, a small packaged Wagashi sweet caught my eye because I had never seen the product before, and from its name, the confection seemed delicious....
Product introduction / Sweets and Candies
by Tomo · Published September 12, 2020 · Last modified September 13, 2020
The other day, I introduced Japanese salt candies and tablets to prevent heatstroke in the hot summer months. In fact, in recent years in Japan, such salt-contained sweet treats have become a kind of...
The historic city in Japan, Kyoto had been a center of politics and culture in the old days where various crafts and foods were created, and many of them have been specialties of the...
Last time when I went shopping at a supermarket, together with other foodstuffs, I bought a casual Wagashi sweet for the first time in a while that brings back memories of my childhood, for...
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I'm Tomo, a Japanese blogger living in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. For the purpose of enriching your life, I would like to introduce things about Japan on this blog, especially unique Japanese products, cooking recipes, cultures, and facts and trivia.
