Japanese candy surpasses American in many regards. The candies feature exciting, unusual flavors (musk melon, kabocha pumpkin, soy sauce), packaging that’s covered with animated figures and ...

Cost Plus World Market has a little bit of everything, including candies and other food from all over the world. I like to raid the candy options every time I'm in the store, and every time, I find a ...

This is “amezaiku” (飴細工) or, literally, “candy handiwork.” And there’s one way to best sum up this traditional craft: How sweet. In Japan, amezaiku has been practiced in various forms for around a ...

Cotton candy is a treat that was once affectionately called fairy floss and might as well be an official marker of nostalgia and child-like joy. Of all the foods to have made an impression in Japan, a ...

Now that autumn has arrived, the summer heat is merely a memory in many parts of the Northern hemisphere, including Japan. Many Japanese homes have motor-operated or hand-cranked shaved ice machines ...

Things weren’t exactly easy. In fact, many stores in Japan didn’t even want to carry the product. Sweets that you drink out of a plastic toilet? Eh… But now, Moko Moko Mokoletto is flushed with ...

After living in Japan for months as an exchange student, it’s equal parts familiar and different. And this extends to snacks. Find an American favorite with a Japanese twist, like Blueberry Pringles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sakuma’s Drops candy will be discontinued as its Tokyo-based maker Sakuma Seika Co. goes out of business due to poor sales. With ...