Japanese Snack Reviews

My brain works super fast. In fact, it makes lightning leaps over stepping stones that often see me starting in one place and ending up...

The whole World Cup thing is a bandwagon that I am not jumping on. That being said, it's one which people around me seem to be haul...

You know that spring is on its way in Japan when the "sakura" (cherry blossom or cherry depending on the entity that distribut...

When I was a very young child, I had a puzzle which was a map of the United States. Each piece was a state and the point was to teach ch...

Image courtesy of Glico. I sometimes wonder if some sort of "assembly" is supposed to make a food more attractive to people ...

There were things that I bought in Japan that I loved and for some reason never reviewed. One of those things was a sugar-free coffee ca...

Tirol is turning into the king (or queen, if we want to not be gender biases here) of cooperative endeavors with other manufacturers. Fo...

My husband is not a very visually oriented person. In fact, I'll not infrequently point out something design or art-oriented and he...

Image from McDonald's Japan.  In the past 6 months or so, I bought 6 bottles of Torani syrup because doing so reduced the price by...

I've read that the name "Pocky" came as a result of the sound that is made with the stick is snapped. I'm guessing that...

Images from Starbucks Japan . Starbucks Japan would like you to get your tiramisu on in liquid form, because you get your calorie bombs...

When I thought about coming home to the U.S., there were things I thought I'd never eat again and the Japanese-style custard/cream ...

My brother-in-law is not a coffee drinker. For some, that sounds suspiciously like a form of heresy. For others, that makes complete sens...

I know my readers sit around believing I live the glamorous and fast-paced life of a small-time snack food reviewer. While you may believ...

I mentioned in a previous random picture post that marketers are gearing up to make it easier than ever to endure the heat in Japan due t...

My husband and I dropped by a market designed to sell products in bulk to restaurants and people with big freezers and little cash to pick ...

Sometimes I find it nearly impossible to believe that certain funny English naming conventions are merely coincidental. In fact, I imagine ...

When I lived back home, I used to buy General Foods International Coffees. I didn't have any moments to 'celebrate', but they m...

"Look" brand chocolates by Fujiya are something that I largely ignored up until I was given the Baskin Robbins chocolates and fo...

There are always a lot of appealing looking coffee beverages on offer in Japanese convenience stores. Unfortunately, they're all also u...