5 Snacks From Japan
1. WAGASHI
Flavor profile: Small, sweet, multi-colored cakes and dumplings that glide across your taste buds.
- Part of Japanese food culture for over 300 years, these petite, sweet-tooth entrancing creations seriously look like fairy food.
2. MOCHI
Flavor profile: Sweet, sticky, and chewy, these rice cakes can be enjoyed by themselves but are also the best addition to your ice cream sundae.
- No one really knows where the mysterious mochi originated from, but Japanese mythology attributes this delicacy to the arrival of kami (Shinto spirits) to Earth.
3. TOKYO BANANA
Flavor profile: A cream-filled cake and the more frou-frou cousin of a Twinkie (also 50 times more delicious).
Fun facts:As the name so discreetly suggests, this banana-shaped goodie originated in Tokyo, Japan’s trendy HQ.
- Tokyo Banana cakes aren’t just your grandma’s desserts—with flower, panda, giraffe, and Hello Kitty patterns, the cakes are a trip for your taste buds and your inner kid.
4. DAIFAKU
This is what most westerns consider to be “Mochi”. Daifukumochi (大福餅), or Daifuku (大福) (literally “great luck”), is a Japanese confection consisting of a small round mochi stuffed with sweet filling, most commonly red bean paste made from azuki beans. 
*What is The Difference of Mochi and Daifaku?mochi is not naturally sweet, which is why dango and daifuku exist because these are mochi that have additives to make them into sweet snacks or desserts.
5. WASABI PEAS
A classic Japanese snack, the famous wasabi peas. Simple green peas covered by a wasabi flavored mixture. Usually, consumed with beer or sake as a snack before dinner.
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