Japanese Snack Reviews

I was watching a video on "shows that should never have been made" and one of the abominations that was featured was a show th...

Nuts, corn flakes, bananas, wafers, rice puffs and crisps, potato chips, coffee beans, and grasshoppers. No, this is not a game of ...

When I was growing up, McDonald's had two ice cream options. You could have a shake or a pathetic little sundae made up of vanilla i...

So, the way I've  named the product in the title sucks, but I can't read much of anything on this box and am flying blind here, ...

I grew up in a what would have once been called a "two-horse town". That is, a place so small that it only had two horses. Tha...

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...

Despite their attempts to undo my dental work, I was very pleased with the Sina Ginger Chews that I reviewed last December . They were c...

This post is a review of three items that are unified in two ways. All of them are round and I got them all as part of the Sakura Box m...

When I was growing up, there were basically two types of oranges in my life, navels and tangerines. Of course, there were more types of o...

One of my favorite candies in Japan was Bontan Ame . This candy, which resembles fruit jelly candies, is widely available in Japan and co...

First things first, I did not go to the Tokyo Sky Tree. I'm not especially interested in large quasi-phallic structures or radio to...

The "Tanita Restaurant" brand of 100-calorie desserts has been on the shelves for awhile in Japan and I'd been hoping to g...

As of this post, I realize I've been talking a lot about donuts as of late. I assure you that I have not turned into a Homer-Simpsone...

The cherry blossom season is in full swing as I write this, and possibly swinging toward its end by the time this gets published. My husban...

I'm going to ask my readers to return to those less than thrilling days of yesteryear when they were young and naive and their mommies ...

It seems that "night" and "adult" are themes for marketing products for late in 2010. I think this is because early in t...

Growing up in the U.S., my taste buds grew accustomed to what a particular flavor "meant" to me.  If I bought some grape candy, i...

I've been thinking about the product positioning of Tirol (non-premium) candy in Japan and it occurred to me that they represent the sa...