Everything You Want to Buy: Top 5 Japanese Snack Souvenirs

By MOOK Scenic Spots Editorial Department

When traveling in Japan, shopping is also a must-do activity for many people. Besides cosmetics and sundries, snack souvenirs are another popular essential. Here are five recommended Japanese snack souvenirs, including comforting black tea and delicious caramel cream sandwich cookies, which travelers might want to add to their next Japan shopping list.

1. PRESS BUTTER SAND Caramel Cream Sandwich Cookies
Launched as a new brand by the well-known semi-aged cheesecake brand Bake, it features perfectly balanced “caramel cream sauce” and became an instant hit. The burst-in-your-mouth freshly baked caramel cream filling uses plenty of fresh cream from Hokkaido, cutting out unnecessary ingredients to achieve the optimal taste with just cream and caramel.

2. MoominCandies
Moomin has always enjoyed high popularity. Each time they release snacks such as biscuits and candies, the tin box designs often attract many tourists to snap them up, and they’re also very convenient to carry around.

3. Shiseido Classic Flower Petal Biscuits
To commemorate its 115th anniversary, Shiseido Parlour has been selling limited-edition Flower Petal Biscuits (24-piece pack) in a commemorative tin from April 25 until March 2018. The biscuits feature the Flower Petal pattern, and Danish cream cheese is mixed with lemon curd to create a rich yet not overly sweet flavor.

4. Heart Lemon Floating Black Tea
Nara’s long-established Japanese store “Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten,” originally famous for high-quality handmade traditional linen, has recently expanded into various lifestyle goods. In recent years, it has also collaborated with the century-old brewery Mitsuo Kurokawa to launch “Lemon Floating Black Tea,” which has caused a sensation and become one of the must-buy items for many tourists visiting Japan. Available in red, white, and green packages, representing three different types of black tea, the heart-shaped lemon slices have also sparked quite a conversation.