
5 popular Japanese matsuri (summer festivals) in Tokyo
1. Mitama Matsuri Mitama Matsuri is held at the famous Yasukuni shrine near Kudanshita station and is one of the biggest summer festivals in Tokyo. First held in 1947, at this festival people honor the spirits of the dead. Yearly thousands of people come to enjoy the sight of the 30,000 yellow lanterns lit up...

Pokemon Cafe Special Summer Limited Menu!
For those who love Japanese snacks and Japanese candy, Japan's theme cafes are especially inviting with their amazing looking dishes, and we here at TokyoTreat are just as obsessed with them as you guys are! After visiting the Pokemon Cafe just after it opened earlier this year we were eagerly awaiting the chance to go...

5 Theme Cafes In Tokyo
Japan is well known for it’s cute character cafes that run for a limited time period like this Cinnamoroll cafe or the Card Captor Sakura Cafe, but this time here at TokyoTreat we decided to compile a list for all you Japanese snack and Japanese candy lovers of themed restaurants that are open all year...

Umi no Hi: celebrating Marine Day in Japan!
Are you enjoying the summer while munching on some Japanese snacks and candy? At our office we can't stop eating the seasonal lemon flavored treats! When I first moved to Japan I was surprised about the interesting national holidays that Japan has including Greenery Day, Mountain Day and Marine Day. Japanese people have relatively few...

10 Useful Japanese Verbs!
Planning to make a trip to Japan to eat all these delicious Japanese snacks? Or to visit Tokyo Disney resort? We know many of our Japanese candy box subscribers love Japan and Japanese culture so want to study the language too! Or many want to study up a bit before visiting, so we here at...

10 Crazy Ramune Flavours!
When we think about unusual flavours, we think of perhaps lemon snacks for the summer or maybe crazy realistic plastic food… So just how crazy could these ramune flavours get? Oh boy are you in for a shock… Most Japanese candy and Japanese snack lovers like ramune, but how about these insane flavours? Lets check...