Do you have a love for Japanese snacks or miss visiting the country? You can get a taste of Japan with a TokyoTreat box, a Japanese candy and snack subscription box service that delivers a unique and interesting box of goodies right to their doorstep to enjoy.
With each box, you will to taste different snacks and goodies, often themed to the current season, allowing you to be transported there as you taste the tantalising treats in each TokyoTreat box.
We recently received a TokyoTreat snack box and unpacked it to discover what was inside.
TokyoTreat Snack Box: What’s Inside
Each box has between 15 to 20 snacks. These consist of brands that may be Japan-exclusive and are not commonly seen elsewhere. However, there are also some brands that are more immediately recognisable and familiar such as KitKat.
The TokyoTreat snack box also comes with a pamphlet that describes each of the snacks and allergy information. The colourful pamphlet also provides interesting facts about Japan.
There are a variety of types of snacks in a TokyoTreat Box. These include Japanese candy, crunchy and savoury chips, crumbly cookies and packaged baked goods. Also part of the box is a Japanese drink and, much to our surprise, Japanese instant ramen!
TokyoTreat boxes are themed according to the season. We were lucky to receive the sakura version – Sakura Matsuri Snackfest box.
Viewing cherry blossoms, or hanami, are a popular springtime activity in Japan. An added twist to viewing the cherry blossoms or sakura is viewing them at night or yozakura. The TokyoTreat Snack Box that we received was based on enjoying sakura festival foods that we could imagine enjoying while on an evening picnic.
We loved the pamphlet that provided glimpses of Japan and even tips on unique ways to enjoy sakura viewing. It serves as a nice keepsake from each box.
Snacks in the TokyoTreat box
Here are some of the snacks that we got to try in our Yozakura night blossom snack box.
Sakura Karinto
Karinto is a Japanese snack made by frying bits of dough and rolling them in sweet sugar crystals. The snack was satisfyingly crunchy to bite into. Made with sakura leaves, it had a nice mix of sweet and savoury that we kept reaching for.
Sakura Cream Cake
Soft to bite into, the Sakura Cream Cake was light and sweet. The cream filling is flavoured with real cherry juice and we liked how there was an imprint of a sakura flower stamped on the top of the cake.
Sakura Waffle Cookie
The waffle cookie was light and crispy. It had an ever so thin layer of sakura-flavoured filling that gave it a delicate taste that brought us back to Japan.
Curry Senbei Crackers
There was something very “Japanese” about the Curry Senbei Crackers. Perhaps it was the lightness of the rice crackers, which gave a nice crack as we bit into them, or the taste of the curry powder. Whatever the case, the Curry Senbei Crackers were not what we were expecting in a sakura-themed snack box. However, they did provide a welcomed contrasting flavour to the rest of the sweet confections that had us reaching for them over and over again.
This is a good example of how the TokyoTreat Snack Box is curated to introduce different flavours to its subscribers.
KitKat Strawberry
Instead of sakura-flavoured KitKats, which have been too obvious, the snack box came with KitKat Strawberry. The flavour combination of strawberry and white chocolate was a reminder of the candied strawberries that you can find at a festival in Japan.
Other Snacks
There were also other unique treats such as Koikeya Nori Shio Chips, Strawberry Yogurt Hard Candies, Glico Bisco Cracker, Mini Caplico and nostalgic Ramune Candy in the box. Many of these snacks were not commonly seen in the various Japanese stores around Singapore, making unboxing this subscription snack box a unique experience.
And to wash them all down, there was a can of Acerola Cherry Juice drink provided too.
We were quite tickled that it came with a pack of yakisoba, a common festival food that can be found at a yozakura matsuri.
How to get a TokyoTreat box
The fun of receiving a gift every month is also a great way to treat yourself, especially if you love all things to do with Japan.
Trying the different snacks, we were reminded of our last visit to Japan. We enjoyed how the TokyoTreat snack box got us excited about the prospect of going back to Japan to try even more snacks in the future. In the meanwhile, a subscription to the TokyoTreat snack box was the next best thing.
To find out more about how to get a TokyoTreat subscription box of your own, visit the TokyoTreat website.
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