Japanese Snack Reviews

When I was a child, my mother used to buy "Popeye's" puffed wheat and rice cereal . It came in plastic bags with a picture...

As is the case in all countries, there are various categories of snacks. I tried to sample from a variety of types including otsumami (...

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...

There are a lot of things about actually living in Japan rather than acquiring Japanese snacks through various channels in another countr...

There are a lot of things in Japan called "choco pie". One of the most popular resembles a moon pie . It's a couple of cake...

Only after typing the name of this blog post did I realize what a tongue twister it might be. Perhaps it would be an enjoyable exercise to...

Some products come across as the "poor man's" version of a better-known brand name item. Drinks like RC Cola or Shasta cola ...

One of my earliest memories of shopping for snacks in Japan is of this particular chocolate bar. It used to be sold at a convenience store...

In our early years in Japan, my husband and I sampled a few bits of candy from local supermarkets, and I swear this tiny rice chocolate bar...

Armies of snacks go unnoticed by me when I shop. I bypass them for the same reason that most people do, their packaging doesn't do anyth...

When Japanese people explain sembei , they sometimes call it a cracker and at other times a cookie. It turns out that sembei is one of thos...

Sequoia wafer bars (made by Furuta ) have a lot to offer which is attractive to me. For one thing, I like the size and the bars look great ...

There's something about a multi-pack that makes food more attractive. I'd normally refuse to buy a strawberry Sequoia bar, but seein...

The is a plethora of tiny cookies with thin shells and a cream filling on sale at supermarket checkouts in Japan. The only one I'd sampl...

Sometimes I run across something which makes me very curious about exactly what it is. This item appealed to me on two fronts. First of all,...

These Japanese "jelly" candies are really just gelatin in disguise. This is something which I sort of forgot when I bought this ba...