This is a list of Japanese snacks (お菓子, okashi) and finger foods. It includes both brand name and generic snacks.
Types
Anko, or sweet bean paste
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.
- Botamochi
- Daifuku
- Ichigodaifuku - Daifuku with strawberry
- Dorayaki
- Manjū
- Monaka
- Imagawayaki
- Kusa mochi
- Taiyaki
- Yōkan
Ichigo daifuku
Cut surface of Taiyaki.
Yōkan with chestnut.
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Bean
Beans with salt are mainly taken with beer in the evening.
- Edamame
- Soramame - boiled broad bean
- Ikarimame - fried broad bean
Soramame
Ikarimame
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Bread/Wheat Flour
- generic
- Karintō – deep-fried brown sugar snack
- Monjayaki
- Okonomiyaki
- Takoyaki
Karintō
Karintō in bottles
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- Hello Panda
- Kappa Ebisen
- Koala's March
- Pocky – known as Mikado in Europe
- Pretz
- Yan Yan
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Kappa Ebisen
A package of regular Yan Yan
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Candy
- generic
- Amezaiku - Japanese candy craft artistry
- Aruheitō
- Konpeitō
- Ramune candy - compressed tablet candy
Konpeitō
Ramune candy
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- Botan/Tomoe Ame
- Calpis Candy
- Chelsea (candy) – made by Meiji Confectionery in Japan
- Cubyrop
- gumi 100
- Hi-chew
- Milky (candy)
- Pinky
- Poifull
- Puccho
- Puré gumi candy - gummy candy with fruit purée made by KANRO Co., Ltd.
Milky (candy)
Puccho
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Chewing gum
- Black Black
- Fuwarinka
- Kiss Mint and Watering Kissmint
- Let's
- Plus X
- Poscam
- Pure White
- Sweetie
- whatta – chewing gum by Meiji Confectionary
- Xylish
- Yuzu
Corn
Chocolate
- generic
- Matcha chocolate - chocolate containing matcha
- brand
- Apollo (chocolate) - chocolate in shape of Apollo command module
- Choco Baby
- Choco Ball
- Crunky
- Crunky kids
- DARS (chocolate)
- E-Royce'
- Every Burger[2]
- Kinoko no yama - known as CHOCOROOMS in US
- Koara no māchi
- Ghana
- Pocky – known as Mikado in Europe
- Pucca Chocolate
- Takenoko no sato - known as CHOCOCONES in US
- Toppo
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Apollo (chocolate)
Choco Baby
Choco Ball
DARS (chocolate)
Kinoko no yama
Takenoko no sato
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Ice cream & shaved ice
- generic
- Green tea ice cream
- Kakigōri
- Mochi ice cream
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Green tea Kakigōri(left) and strawberry flavoured Kakigōri(right).
Mochi ice cream
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- Choco Monaka Jumbo, manufactured by Morinaga & Company.
- Panapp [3]
- Yukimi Daifuku
Choco Monaka Jumbo
Yukimi Daifuku
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Potato
- generic
- Ishiyakiimo - roasted sweet potato
- Kenpi
Ishiyakiimo
Kenpi
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- Bōkun Habanero
- Jagarico, manufactured by Calbee.
- Kara Mucho and Suppa Mucho
- Kataage Potato
- Pote Long, manufactured by Morinaga & Company.
- Wasabeef - wasabi & beef flavoured potato chips
- Ototo - potato snack in shape of seafood.
Jagarico
Kara Mucho
Pote Long
Wasabeef
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Rice
- generic
- Onigiri, or rice ball can be eaten both as a snack and as a meal, by modern Japanese people. In Sengoku period, samurai ate large rice balls as a field ration during the war.
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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.
Modern Onigiris wrapped in a small, transparent plastic bag.
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Rice based snacks are known as beika (米菓).
Hanami Dango
Kaki no tane
Kaminari okoshi
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- Bakauke
- Olive no Hana
- Onigiri senbei
Onigiri senbei
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Seafood
Street foods
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Mixed and other
Producers
See also
- Japanese instant noodles
- List of Japanese dishes
- List of snack foods by country
- Snacking
- Wagashi
References
External links
Media related to Snack foods of Japan at Wikimedia Commons
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