Japanese Snack Reviews

A few days after Christmas, I wanted to make the rounds of the three major Japanese markets in my area ( Marukai , Nijiya , and Mitsuwa ...

I've been reading a book about the nature of good and evil, and, no, I'm not going to talk about how food is "good" or...

It's the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, it's when all of the chestnut sweets start showing up on shelves in Japan... or J...

Year-round, we can buy nearly any kind of nut roasted, salted, or dried in markets. You can even get them in convenience stores. For rea...

There's no picture of the soy milk poured in a glass because it's just off-white liquid. You're not missing much. Kikkoman ...

The temperatures may still be hitting the high 90's on a daily basis,  but as far as Japan is concerned, autumn has arrived. You can ...

  Toppo is Lotte's answer to Glico's Pocky. To avoid looking like a complete copycat, they turned them inside out and created a pr...

I'd like to imagine what the first meeting must have been like in Bourbon's product creation department when someone suggested creat...

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

Dars is holding a promotional campaign which says " 1 chocolate for 1 smile ." This is related to an NGO meant to help people in A...