List of Japanese snacks

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This is a list of Japanese snacks (お菓子, okashi) and finger foods. It includes both brand name and generic snacks.

Types[edit]

Anko, or sweet bean paste[edit]

Anko is a kind of sweet bean paste.[1] Anko is mainly eaten during the afternoon green tea time in Japan. School students eat it after school, at home.

Bean[edit]

Beans with salt are mainly taken with beer in the evening.

Bread/Wheat Flour[edit]

generic
brand

Candy[edit]

generic
brand

Cake[edit]

Chewing gum[edit]

Corn[edit]

Chocolate[edit]

generic
  • Matcha chocolate - chocolate containing matcha
brand

Ice cream & shaved ice[edit]

generic
brand

Potato[edit]

generic
brand

Rice[edit]

generic
  • Small onigiris convenient for snacks
    Small onigiris convenient for snacks
  • In Sengoku period and Edo period, onigiris were often wrapped in bamboo skin when they were carried. Bamboo skin has an antibacterial effect and keeps rice balls longer.
    In Sengoku period and Edo period, onigiris were often wrapped in bamboo skin when they were carried. Bamboo skin has an antibacterial effect and keeps rice balls longer.
  • Modern onigiris wrapped in a small, transparent plastic bag
    Modern onigiris wrapped in a small, transparent plastic bag

Rice based snacks are known as beika (米菓).

See also: Wagashi
brand

Seafood[edit]

Street foods[edit]

Grilling yakitori

Mixed and other[edit]

Producers[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "How to Make Anko (Red Bean Paste) 餡子". 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ Stanlaw, James. Japanese English: Language and Culture Contact, page 201. Hong Kong University Press. Hong Kong.
  3. ^ "アイス | 【公式】江崎グリコ(Glico)".

External links[edit]

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