Summer Waves Magic: Uncover Top Five Flavors in Japan
Karina Ikedo
As the temperature rises, people are desperate for things to help them cool down from the heat of summer waves. Luckily, some flavors are popular in the summer to help cool down from the hot summer days! These flavors will give you a refreshing relief from the heat!
We’re talking about many nostalgic favorites unique to the natsu matsuri (summer festival) season. Here are five popular summer flavors you can expect to see in Japan during this time!
Salt Lemon
The combination of salt and lemon flavors is widespread in Japan during the summer waves. It’s popular to mix lemon with the light, sweet-tasting salt of the Seto Inland Sea for a refreshing snack.
Additionally, the salt supports the replenishment of the salt your body loses when sweating during the summer heat. While the lemon flavor provides a refreshingly juicy kick. From Kit Kats, pretzels, rice crackers, and potato chips, there are endless salt lemon-flavored Japanese snacks for summer.
Mint Chocolate Chip
Summertime in Japan – hot nights, relentless humidity, local festivals, and chocomint yummy treats. Mint chocolate is one of those flavors that you start craving during the hot summer. Mint is famous for its fresh, sweet, and cool aftertaste, so they make the perfect flavor for a heatwave treat.
Convenience store shelves are hit with a wave of minty packaged treats. You can find this seasonal flavor in everything from ice cream and chocolate to drinks and cookies. It has a cool sensation from mint and a mild sweetness from chocolate, which combine into an irresistible taste. Overall, mint choco lovers can’t get enough of this flavor’s addictiveness and refreshing coolness.
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Ramune
Ramune is another popular and nostalgic part of the Japanese summer! This iconic carbonated drink is famous for its unique bottle, opened by popping the seal made from a glass marble. You’re given a little plastic piece which you push into the bottle to release the marble before enjoying your soda. It also comes in the form of lemon-lime candy, the drink’s most popular flavor!
Often sold at festivals, shrines, and other significant events, it’s the perfect refreshing, ice-cold drink. The heat and humidity can get pretty crazy in the summer, so a cool drink is something to celebrate! It comes in various flavors such as banana, cherry, blueberry, apple, melon, mango, etc.
Watermelon
Like several other countries, Japan regards watermelon as a beloved summer fruit. It’s not hard to see why; it’s juicy, healthy, and rich in water! From June to September, watermelon-flavored treats like ice cream, shaved ice, and drinks are popular at stores and supermarkets.
But it doesn’t stop there! You can even get on extravagant watermelon cakes and dango (Japanese dumplings). Yaguma Dango has created an adorable dango replica of the real thing! The pink dango inside is sweetened with watermelon juices and black sesame seeds. To complete the illusion of itty-bitty watermelons, chocolate is used for the stripes on the outside!
Lychee
We can’t enjoy the summer waves without some tropical fruits. We cannot recommend lychees enough if you want to bring an exotic flair to the menu! These spiky fruits are just big softies on the inside and taste amazing, too.
As well as eating actual lychee, you’ll see plenty of themed items during summer. Convenience stores and supermarkets have popular lychee-flavored treats. With this fresh and light flavor, you can find drinks, snacks, and sweets like gummies! In particular, lychee drinks scream Japan’s summer flavors in a bottle. Its fruity sweet taste will keep you feeling refreshed all summer!
Summer has arrived in Japan, and with it comes many unique flavors perfect for the warm weather. Salt lemon, chocomint, ramune, watermelon, and lychee are flavors trending in Japan to combat the summer heat. They also help you cool out in the summer heat as they are fun, light, and refreshing! Have you tried one of these popular summer flavors before? Do you have a favorite one? Let us know in the comments below!
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