With merely a few days to spare in Canada before we're headed off to Europe for the rest of the year, we sat down in Audrey's parents backyard to film a Japanese taste test from a box provided to us from Freedom Japanese Market. The package included numerous types of Japanese snacks featuring such items as marshmallows, chocolate, crisps, candy and soda. Much like South Korea, where we met teaching English, the candies from Japan are rather quirky and unusual in flavor and packaging. Come join as we sample the following items:

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1) Hello Kitty Marshmallows - cute marshmallows filled with strawberry jam from Sanrio.
2) Chocolate sticks - crunchy baked sugar bread sticks coated with chocolate.
3) Puchi chocolate - mini chocolate balls coming in bright colors with a case that can be used as a dog whistle
4) Chicken Curry Umaibo - crispy tube with spicy chicken curry flavor. One of our favorites!
5) Mini Sour - tart tables that actually taste more sweet than sour
6) Happy Turn - rice crackers flavored with sweet soy sauce
7) Nagewa - potato rings chips/crisps flavored with soup stock
8) Oekaki Candyland DIY Candy Kit - create your own soda flavored candies with this kit
9) Konpeito Lollipop - traditional sugar type of candy lollipop
10) Min no Nazo - three types of cider flavored candy including carbonated, tart and chewy tablets

Japanese Snacks Taste Test Travel Video Transcript:

So good morning. Today we are in my backyard here in Canada. And we are going to be doing a Japanese taste test. Now I've never been to Japan before but I'm really curious about the snacks they have over there. And just a few weeks ago the Freedom Japanese Market asked if they could send us a few products to try. So we're going to be rummaging through that little box and trying the snacks they sent over.

So what I like about this box is that it actually comes with some instructions and some pictures so that you actually know what you're trying because you probably won't be able to read the names of these things unless you speak Japanese.

Well, that wraps up our Japanese taste test. I'd love to know what kind of interesting or strange Japanese snacks you've tried?

Japanese food taste test including all forms of Japanese kinds of sweets and treats.

This is part of our Travel in Japan series. We're making a series of videos showcasing Japanese culture, Japanese arts, Japanese foods, Japanese religion, Japanese cuisine and Japanese people.

All photos and video taken by Samuel Jeffery (Nomadic Samuel) and Audrey Bergner (That Backpacker).

Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network

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