It’s coming up to spooky season and that can mean only one thing – lots of Japanese snacks filled with the spirit of Halloween. Enjoying tasty Japanese chocolate, sweets and treatst are what this season is all about. Monthly Japanese snack and candy box TokyoTreat is no stranger to sharing spook-tacular snacks with the TokyoTreat...

Ramen is a much-loved dish in Japan, and you’ll find ramen shops serving tasty bowls in a variety of forms and flavors across the country. But if you can’t get to Japan anytime soon, there is thankfully an endless list of cup ramen brands producing instant ramen in a range of delicious flavor combinations. The...

When anime was first introduced in the US, TV networks tried to adapt it to a Western audience, sometimes failing spectacularly. In part, these changes were due to the US networks’ overly restrictive regulations on children’s TV shows. But some of these changes were simply ridiculous.  It’s one thing to get rid of guns, but...

Pocky is one of the most well-known Japanese snacks in the world. It’s a biscuit stick snack with a flavor coating on the outside. Produced by Ezaki Glico company, Pocky are chocolate-covered biscuit sticks. In Japan they can typically be found in convenience and grocery stores. Other Pocky flavors include matcha, strawberry, almond and many...

Japan produces all kinds of delicious chocolate sweets from Pocky to Japanese Kit Kats. If you love Japanese chocolate, it’s useful to know how to say the word. So, how do you say chocolate in Japanese? Chocolate in Japanese is pronounced: “chyo-ko-rey-toe”. The word, like most foreign loan words in Japanese, is written using the...

You’ll love these 10 cooking anime series if you love delicious food. The only drawback? You’re sure to be hungry after watching it!