The best snack of all: musubi, rice balls with various fillings, wrapped in seaweed.
Custardy pudding in a cup.
Azuki bean flavored Pepsi. Quite possibly the most unrefreshing beverage I've ever had. Tasted like dirty water with lots of sugar.
I love that grapefruit is a favored ingredient - there's grapefruit everything. Two of the best, a refreshing jelly with grapefruit chunks, and a grapefruit chu-hai (mixed shochu drink). Not necessarily consumed together.
They're crazy about donuts in Japan. Mini donuts with sugary coating.
The best ice cream sandwich ever! Light, almost fluffy cookies, and ultra-smooth milk chocolate ice cream with rich flavor but not overly sweet.
Tangy-salty-sour ume shiso flavored potato sticks. Loved these!
You can get a variety of interesting, inexpensive snacks and ready-made meals at most Japanese konbini (convenience stores). Some are quite good, others are mediocre to bad, and some just plain junky or bizarre. These are some Japanese snacks I had on my last Tokyo trip.
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