Japanese Snack Reviews

Nippon-ya did a survey and this box of sweets was their most popular. I can see why that is the case if only based on the packaging. It...

"Nama" in Japanese means "raw". I'm guessing that the reference in this case relates to the enormous dollop of w...

During the last eight months of my time in Japan, I taught a sweet old lady who used to bring me gifts on a regular basis. She told me ...

Sorry, I managed to lose my pictures, but the manufacturer's is much nicer anyway. If you search my archives, you will see that I ...

Image from Lawson's web site. There were certain things in Japan that I wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole when I first got the...

There's a scene in the second Indiana Jones movie in which he and the blond woman who kept screaming all of the time and the little...

People have been telling me about various "Japan Towns" since I returned to the U.S. I'm not sure what I expected when I h...

"D-Plus" is not a grade, though by the end of this review, we'll see if there is a double-meaning to this product's mak...

I've always been curious about the origin of various foods and wary of the notion that any food was solely invented by one particular...

This seems to be the year that the 7 lucky gods are hitting center stage in Japanese marketing ploys. While walking home from a local ...

This is actually the third or fourth one of these marshmallow treats that I've purchased. Every time I get one, I eat it before I can ge...

Oh, Nestlé Japan, will you never stop making variations on the KitKat? You amuse us endlessly with your attempts to lure us in with ever mo...