This is a list of Japanese snacks (お菓子) 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.
- Anmitsu
- Anpan
- Botamochi
- Daifuku
- Ichigodaifuku - Daifuku with strawberry
- Dorayaki
- Manjū
- Monaka
- Imagawayaki
- Kusa mochi
- Taiyaki
- Yōkan
Bean
Beans with salt are mainly taken with beer in the evening.
- Edamame
- Soramame - boiled broad bean
- Ikarimame - fried broad bean
Bread/Wheat Flour
- generic
- Karintō – deep-fried brown sugar snack
- Monjayaki
- Okonomiyaki
- Takoyaki
Cake
- Castella
- Siberia
- Tokyo Banana
Candy
- generic
- Amezaiku - Japanese candy craft artistry
- Aruheitō
- Konpeitō
- Ramune candy - compressed tablet candy
Chewing gum
- Black Black
- Fuwarinka
- Kiss Mint and Watering Kissmint
- Let's
- Plus X
- Poscam
- Pure White
- Sweetie
- whatta – chewing gum by Meiji Confectionery
- Xylish
- Yuzu
Corn
- Curl (Japanese snack)
- Kyabetsu Taro
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
Ice cream & shaved ice
- generic
- Green tea ice cream
- Kakigōri
- Mochi ice cream
Potato
- generic
- Ishiyakiimo - roasted sweet potato
- Kenpi
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.
Seafood
- Big Katsu
- Ebi senbei
- Gyoniku soseji, a surimi fish sausage
- Miyako Konbu
- Surume
- Yotchan Ika
Street foods
- Dorayaki
- Korokke
- Nikuman
- Ōbanyaki
- Taiyaki
- Takoyaki
- Yakitori
Mixed and other
- Ajigonomi
- Don Tacos
Producers
See also
- Japanese instant noodles
- List of Japanese dishes
- List of snack foods by country
- Snacking
- Wagashi
- Sakana
External links
References
- How to Make Anko (Red Bean Paste) 餡子 10 March 2020^
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=cdrHAQAAQBAJ&dq=%22every+burger%22+bourbon&pg=PA201 Stanlaw, James. Japanese English: Language and Culture Contact, page 201. Hong Kong University Press. Hong Kong.]^
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