Since it
will be spring soon, Japan has sooooo~ many sakura-themed snacks/foods/drinks. I
tried some of them already but still hunting for the other one, will update if I do try the others. They even make
a sakura flavored beer (I guess it’s beer cause it made by a beer company)! So
here are several sakura-themed snacks and drink that I’ve tried:
1. Sakura ice cream
JPY 500
I ate this ice cream when I went to Nago for hanami, it’s on
February 12th. You must be wondering why it’s already hanami season
while it’s still February meanwhile hanami usually be held in the end of March
or April depend on the location itself. YAS, depend on the location! Since I
live in Okinawa, they have their sakura season around the end of January or
February. It has been known as the earliest place to see sakura in Japan during
the year. Actually sakura in Okinawa is kinda different compared to sakura
which are bloomed in most of the places in mainland Japan. My Japanese friend said they’re
like different species but you can see it clearly that they have different
color. The one in Okinawa is more pink-colored and the one in mainland Japan is
more white-colored. Back to the ice cream itself it’s not bad but it’s not that
good either, it’s just ままfor me.
2. Sakura cookies
JPY 200
I bought this during my Tokyo trip last month. I bought it
in LOFT (Shibuya branch) which is basically a place that you can buy many kind of
things from souvenirs, home appliances to stationaries. I just found this
randomly and decided to buy it right away since it’s sakura flavored, lol! And
this cookies are REALLY GOOD! It’s not that sweet but it’s still has some
flavor in it, if you know what I mean, kekeke. So おすすめよ! I want to buy some of them as souvenirs when I go
back to Indonesia but maybe it’ll be expired already when the time comes so I
decided not to buy that.
3. Sakura mochi
around JPY 180 (if I’m not mistaken)
You can basically find this in any convenience store in
Japan, or just any Lawson (convenience store’s name) maybe cause I bought it there.
This one is wrapped by some leaf and about the taste it’s not that really good
but just good. It’s still a must though since I like mochi. Oh and it has red beans inside.
4. Sakura-flavored pepsi
At first (for me) it tastes like cherry but later on I kinda feel that there's something different between the two but sakura means cherry blossom in english anyway so is that make sense lol. It’s
quite good anyway although I still prefer my first-japanese-kombini-drink-crush royal
milk tea.Labels: onlyinjapan
POSTED BY Egi ON Saturday, March 12, 2016 @ 18:48
