Summer bites - July 2024
This will be the final snack box. We have selected summer-themed snacks that evoke the feeling of early summer! Thank you so much for your support over the past seven years. We look forward to your continued support when the snack box ever makes a comeback!
Zenkoku Gourmet Trip Wakame Ramen Okinawa Shimasoba from Acecook
Allergens: Wheat, Soybeans, Chicken, Pork and Gelatin Cooking time: 5 minutes How to cook: 1. Remove half of the lid and take out 2 bags. 2. Open the dried ingredients and powder soup over the noodles, pour boiling water up to the indicated line, cover, and place the seasoning oil on top of the lid to warm. 3. After 5 minutes, loosen the noodles, open seasoning oil, stir well, and enjoy. It’s filling, yummy, Okinawa-style wide noodles. The soup has a salt flavor based on pork with a touch of seafood umami. By adding the included Kōrēgūsu-style seasoning, you can enjoy an even more authentic Okinawa island soba experience. It also contains wakame, pickled ginger, and chili peppers as a topping seasoning.
Match Pine Soda from Otsuka Seiyaku
Allergens: None "Match" is a refreshing vitamin contained drink with a light fizz, making it easy to drink. The newly released "Match Pine Soda" retains the characteristic light carbonation of Match, while offering a refreshing pineapple aroma and sweetness. According to the company research, pineapple is a popular fruit among high school students for its ability to evoke positive feelings. You may find out!
Heart Hajikeru Heart Choco White Soda from Fujiya
Allergens: Dairy Processed in a facility that also processes Egg, Wheat and Peanuts This chocolate contains popping candy! The heart-shaped chocolate has a sweet and tangy flavor inspired by white soda. The white and light blue marbled pattern is too cute to eat.. This is a limited item and very popular, so we are glad to get one for you to enjoy!
Aerial Sour Cream Onion Flavour from Yamazaki Biscuit
Allergens: Wheat, Dairy and Soybeans Processed in a facility that also processes Shrimp, Crab and Egg. Introducing "Sour Cream and Onion Flavor" from Yamazaki Biscuit's uniquely crafted four-layer corn snack, "Aerial." This rich and creamy flavor combines deep and mellow sour cream with savory onions for an irresistible taste. Made with a double-seasoning method, this flavor is rich yet refreshingly easy to eat, making it hard to stop once you start. Enjoy the delicious "Sour Cream and Onion Flavor"!
Chee-ZACK from Yaokin
Allergens: dairy, wheat Cool name aside, this cheesy snack provides not just that cheesy crisp we all crave, it also has a level of creaminess you don’t regularly find in cheese snacks like this. And topped with the cat wearing sunnies, is there really anything stopping you from trying these out?
Watermelon Cotton Candy from Sato
Allergens: None This is watermelon-flavored cotton candy, available only during the summer season. Have you ever tried the cotton candy with an watermelon flavor??????? Japan always creates such interesting and unique combinations of snacks!
Zom B no Moto Gum from Marukawa Seika
Allergens: None Ready to turn your tongue blue and scare someone around you? This Zom B (ゾンB) is grape-flavored and a simple but fun treat from Japan.
New Ramune from Chirin
Allergens: None It is a ramune snack! The perfect sweets for summer. Enjoy the bottle of ramune!
BIG Marshllow from Yaokin
Allergens: Gelatin Processed in a facility that also processes Wheat, Egg, Dairy and Peanuts. Get one of three BIG dagashi marshmallow rods from yaokin!
Candy Box from Kyoshin
Allergens: None From a dagashi-maker with over 70 years of experience, here is a cute traditional Japanese candy box with fruit flavors.
3 Bon Kinako Bou from Suzu no Ya
Allergens: None If you’ve never tried Kinako (きなこ), this is a good place to start. Those treats are covered with light soybean powder, a traditional topic for Japanese wagashi and more. As you’ll have 3 sticks, maybe you’ll find someone that you can share those with, and experience an original taste from Japan!
Sanrio Characters Donut Gummy from Tanseido
Allergens: Gelatin, Peach and Soybeans Sanrio Characters Donut Gummies" feature four beloved Sanrio characters: Hello Kitty, Pompompurin, My Melody, and Cinnamoroll. Each character is holding a donut-shaped gummy! Which character you got??
Colorful na Gaburichu from Meiji Gum
Allergens: Dairy, Soybeans and Gelatin Processed in a facility that also processes This is a chewable, bar-type soft candy. It doesn't stick to your teeth and offers a pleasantly long-lasting chewiness. Enjoy the contrasting textures of crunchy mint bits and the soft candy, as well as the fun packaging celebrating the 30th anniversary of Gaburichu.
Ichigo Short Choco from Tanseidou
Allergens: Dairy and Soybeans Ready to find out what your future looks like? This strawberry-chocolate short-cake (いちごショートチョコ) candy includes some fortune-telling! If you can’t decipher it, send us a photo and we’ll help!
Sonomanma Monster Fusen Gum from Coris
Allergens: None Oh yes, we’re talking energy bubble gum! Not only do these come with an extra boost both in taste and texture, it’s also designed to be an innocent little “batsu game” (punishment game), as one out of 3 gums got a sour core that will surprise whoever bites into it. Though depending on the preference of the eater, the sour one may be the best one!
Cola Mochi from Kyoshin
Allergens: None Processed in a facility that also processes Soybeans. Similar to dango, mochi (餅) is another type of rice cake. You may have come across this viral video of 2 men beating some matcha-flavored mochi at extremely high speed. That’s how it’s traditionally made, but there are other, less risky, ways to make it. For your box, we picked Cola flavor for refreshing summer!
Chu Chu Gummy from Jack
Allergens: Gelatin A cute gummy that is fun to eat and even more fun to put on your lips! Don’t let the red color fool you, it’s actually grape flavored and has a good chewy texture that’s still sticky enough to put on top of your lips for a silly and pure experience. The name “chu chu” is Japanese onomatopoeia for kissing noises.
Kuma no Pooh san Ichigo Choco Marshmallow from Eiwa
Allergens: Dairy, Doy, Gelatin Processed in a facility that also processes Egg. Winnie the Pooh's (エイワ くま) strawberry chocolate marshmallow (いちごチョコマシュマロ). Special strawberry chocolate cream wrapped in fluffy marshmallow. It’s simple, it’s tasty, and perfect for a little pick-me-up!
Berobero Konpeito from Maruta
Allergens: None By recommendation by mr. Oda Nobunaga himself! In historic documents you’ll find him praising konpeito as a luxury snack. That said, he likely (definitely) didn’t try flavored varieties like these halloween themed ones. They all have the ability to change your tongue color green, blue, purple or red. The possible flavors are cherry, ramune, melon or grape!
