List of Japanese snacks

This is a list of Japanese snacks (お菓子) and finger foods. It includes both brand name and generic snacks.

Anko, or sweet bean paste
Anko is a kind of sweet bean paste. Anko is mainly eaten during the afternoon green tea time in Japan. School students eat it after school, at home.


 * Botamochi
 * Daifuku
 * Ichigodaifuku - Daifuku with strawberry
 * Dorayaki
 * Manjū
 * Monaka
 * Imagawayaki
 * Kusa mochi
 * Taiyaki
 * Yōkan

Bean
Beans with salt are mainly taken with beer in the evening.
 * Edamame
 * Soramame - boiled broad bean
 * Ikarimame - fried broad bean

Bread/Wheat Flour

 * generic
 * Karintō – deep-fried brown sugar snack
 * Monjayaki
 * Okonomiyaki
 * Takoyaki

Candy

 * generic
 * Amezaiku - Japanese candy craft artistry
 * Aruheitō
 * Konpeitō
 * Ramune candy - compressed tablet candy

Cake

 * Tokyo Banana

Chewing gum

 * Black Black
 * Fuwarinka
 * Kiss Mint and Watering Kissmint
 * Let's
 * Plus X
 * Poscam
 * Pure White
 * Sweetie
 * whatta – chewing gum by Meiji Confectionery
 * Xylish
 * Yuzu

Corn

 * Curl (Japanese snack)
 * Kyabetsu Taro

Chocolate

 * generic
 * Matcha chocolate - chocolate containing matcha


 * brand
 * Apollo (chocolate) - chocolate in shape of Apollo command module
 * Choco Baby
 * Choco Ball
 * Crunky
 * Crunky kids
 * DARS (chocolate)
 * E-Royce'
 * Every Burger


 * Kinoko no yama - known as CHOCOROOMS in US
 * Koara no māchi
 * Ghana
 * Pocky – known as Mikado in Europe
 * Pucca Chocolate
 * Takenoko no sato - known as CHOCOCONES in US
 * Toppo

Ice cream & shaved ice

 * generic
 * Green tea ice cream
 * Kakigōri
 * Mochi ice cream

Potato

 * generic
 * Ishiyakiimo　- roasted sweet potato
 * Kenpi

Rice

 * generic
 * Onigiri, or rice ball can be eaten both as a snack and as a meal, by modern Japanese people. In Sengoku period, samurai ate large rice balls as a field ration during the war.

Seafood

 * Big Katsu
 * Ebi senbei
 * Gyoniku soseji, a surimi fish sausage
 * Miyako Konbu
 * Surume
 * Yotchan Ika

Street foods

 * Dorayaki
 * Korokke
 * Nikuman
 * Ōbanyaki
 * Taiyaki
 * Takoyaki
 * Yakitori

Mixed and other

 * Ajigonomi
 * Don Tacos

Producers

 * Calbee
 * Glico
 * Kameda Seika
 * Koikeya
 * Kuriyama Beika
 * Lotte
 * Meiji
 * Morinaga
 * Tohato
 * Yamayoshi