Highlights

• Firm jelly treat
• Naturally sweetened with Kawagoe sweet potatoes from Saitama
• Unique twist on a traditional Japanese dessert

Yokan, a firm jelly dessert, is a popular type of wagashi (Japanese sweets) typically made from adzuki (red bean) paste, agar, and sugar. This unique yokan is instead made from imo (sweet potatoes), a specialty of Kawagoe City in Saitama. The sweet potatoes are naturally-cultivated using a traditional fallen-leaf composting method, which has been around for over 300 years. The resulting sweet potatoes are plump with a noticeable natural sweetness.

Highlights

• Nutritious and delicious
• Umami-rich soup filled with nutritious vegetables
• Made instantly by combining with hot water

This nutritious and comforting instant miso soup is like a warm hug from Japan! The umami-rich base is an aromatic mix of additive-free miso made from Aso soybeans, Kyushu rice, and Kyushu barley. Brimming with vegetables like spinach, cabbage, and carrots, this soup is both nutritious and delicious. The unique freeze-drying method preserves the flavor, texture and nutrients of the vegetables, while making it easy and convenient to make.

Highlights

• Small batch candy produced in Kyoto
• Sweet with a toasted, nutty flavors
• Artificial coloring and additive free

Genmaicha is a combination of steamed, roasted, and puffed brown rice and green tea, which gives these candies a delightfully nutty, toasted flavor. Without any additives or artificial coloring, these perfect sweets allow the high quality genmaicha to really shine!

Highlights

• Tastes like a cafe latte but without the caffeine
• Crafted from roasted black soybeans
• Caramelized nuttiness, similar to roasted hazelnuts

Crafted from black soybeans, this special soybean latte tastes just like your favorite cafe latte but without the caffeine!

Roasted black soybean powder has a subtle caramelized nuttiness, similar to that of roasted hazelnuts. Here it's complemented by raw and brown sugar to produce a lightly sweetened, coffee-like, caffeine-free latte.

Our producer, Hototogisu Farm, produces a wide variety of homegrown agricultural goods as well as a selection of gluten-fee baked goods. In October 2018, the brand expanded and opened a cafe in the Tsushima area of Okayama City.

Highlights

• High quality green tea from Ōsumi, Kagoshima Prefecture
• Tart, sweet citrus yuzu
• Invigorating, refreshing and aromatic

Wakohen’s steamed green tea is made from the freshest tea leaves picked from their fields in Ōsumi, located in the eastern part of Kagoshima Prefecture. The leaves are carefully steamed to produce a tea with the highest quality color, richness and taste. This vegetal green tea is then combined with the refreshing flavor of Japan's beloved tart yet sweet yuzu citrus.

Highlights

• Sweet candy treat
• Modeled after the Kamakura Daibutsu
• Special local treat

These Kamakura Daibutsu candies are modeled after the Great Buddha of Kamakura. To make these special candies, a modeler from Takaoka City in Toyama Prefecture was asked to create a miniature representation of the Kamakura Daibutsu to capture its likeness and to spread the Buddha’s wishes for strong relationships and good fortune.

At a height of 11.4 meters, the Kamakura Daibutsu is one of the tallest bronze Buddha sculptures in Japan. Cast over 800 years ago, the sculpture has survived multiple typhoons and tsunamis which destroyed the surrounding temple buildings. It now stands as one of Kamakura’s most popular and awe-inspiring sights.