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Pocky
is a Japanese sweet snack food produced by the Ezaki Glico food company. Pocky was first sold in 1966. It consists of coated biscuit sticks. It was named after the Japanese onomatopoeic word , which is supposed to resemble the sound of the snack being cracked.
Kompeitō
, also spelled kompeitō, is a type of Japanese sugar candy. It takes the form of a small sphere with a bumpy surface, and comes in a variety of colors and flavors. Introduced from Portugal as a sugar-coated confection with a poppy seed or sesame seed center, konpeitō was eventually transformed into an all-sugar confection with a center.
arare
Japanese cracker
senbei
, also spelled sembei, is a type of Japanese rice cracker. They come in various shapes, sizes, and flavors, usually savory but sometimes sweet. Senbei are often eaten with green tea as a casual snack and offered to visiting house guests as a courtesy refreshment.
Kaki no tane
Japanese snack food
Tokoroten
is a gelatinous dish in Japanese cuisine, made from agarophyte seaweed. It was traditionally made by boiling tengusa (Gelidium amansii) and allowing the mixture to congeal into a jelly. The jelly is then pressed through an extruding device and shaped into noodles. Unlike gelatin desserts, tokoroten has a firmer texture.
Umaibō
or "delicious stick" is a small cylindrical puffed corn snack from Japan. It is produced by Riska and sold by Yaokin. There are many flavors of Umaibō available, including savory flavors such as salad, mentaiko, takoyaki, and cheese, and sweet flavors such as cocoa, caramel, and chocolate. New and unusual flavors are routinely introduced and rotated out as limited-time items to keep up interest and create trends. The mascot is a round-headed earless cat, similar to the appearance of Doraemon. This character is considered to be an alien, born on September 13, 1978, on a certain star in a distan
Pretz
300px|thumb|The roast (red) and salad (green) varieties of Pretz Pretz (プリッツ, Purittsu) is a Japanese snack made by Ezaki Glico. Like Ezaki Glico's other popular snack, Pocky, Pretz is stick-shaped and comes with a texture similar to pretzels. Unlike Pocky, Pretz is dusted with seasonings instead of being enrobed in a flavoured fudge.
agemochi
is a popular Japanese snack food made from fried mochi (sticky rice). The dry mochi is broken into small pieces, about 1 cm cubed, and deep fried. The pieces then puff up. It is usually eaten lightly salted, but also various flavoured versions are made, such as shichimi agemochi, which is agemochi covered with shichimi seasoning. Agemochi can be purchased over most of Japan, and is also a common home-made snack.
Koala's March
cookie snack from Japan
Hi-Chew
is a brand of chewy candy made by the Japanese confectionary company Morinaga & Company. First introduced in 1975, Hi-Chew is known for its soft, elastic texture that is often described as being between chewing gum and soft taffy, and for its wide range of fruit and dessert-inspired flavors. Each piece typically consists of a flavored interior surrounded by a lighter outer layer.
Hello Panda
Japanese biscuit snack
kinoko no yama
Japanese food
Kappa Ebisen
popular shrimp flavored Japanese snack
Kyabetsu Taro
Japanese snack
Kenpi
Imo-kenpi (芋けんぴ, 芋 meaning "potato" (especially "sweet potato")) is a snack food and common omiyage/meibutsu from Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
Yan Yan
Japanese biscult snack
Chocobi
Chocobi () is a biscuit confectionery that appears in Crayon Shin-chan, and the prototype is Koala's March. The outer packaging is a green hexagonal prism with the katakana "チョコビ" and the magenta crocodile character "Waniyama-san" ().
Takenoko No Sato
Japanese chocolate snack food produced by Meiji Seika