Japanese Snack Reviews

I often scoff at the idea that Japan offers exotic flavors that you wouldn't be likely to find anywhere else. Now, I have to eat tho...

Both photos courtesy of BlogD (used with permission).  It's nice to see that the Japanese merchants are really getting into the sp...

Quite some time ago, I got an e-mail from a reader who wasn't keen on my coverage of extremely strange Japanese snacks who said th...

Click to see a bigger version. Shakey's Pizza is inexplicably popular in Japan. Well, that's not quite true. There's an e...

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which is the loveliest squash of all? Is it American pumpkin, as it is rolled into pies, danishes, donuts ...

Click to see a larger image with more detail. Halloween quietly passed Japan by, which is reasonable considering they don't actu...

Japan doesn't "do" Halloween, though over the years I have been here, it's been heading in that direction.  The display...

In addition to missing out on American holidays, there are some holiday-related dubious pleasures that I also cannot take advantage of. One ...

I usually don't post on Saturday, but this is a special extra for Halloween. A few weeks ago, my husband and I picked up some fresh manj...

Have you ever seen a more adorable or happy-looking skeleton? I love bright, vivid, clean graphics. Even if I wasn't keen on the candy i...

Translations are a tricky thing. Take the word "kaboucha", for instance. In Japanese, it means pumpkin. In English, the concept of...

Despite the obvious Halloween motif, the Tirol pumpkin tart candies are still available in convenience stores in Japan. I'm guessing the...

Vegetables are good. Sweet potato and pumpkin are even better when you're thinking of vegetables. In fact, I often think of sweet potato...