Delicious raisin butter sandwiches, cookie tins, innovative drinks and snacks... A roundup of recommended summer gifts [Interesting Topics]

Aug 8, 2018
Our editorial team has selected exquisite gourmet foods that will satisfy your palate, including Western sweets, Japanese sweets, alcoholic beverages, and snacks. Here's a roundup of must-try summer 2018 souvenirs! 

How about treating yourself, giving a thank-you gift to a friend or someone you've helped, or bringing a gift for a trip home or a home party?


Western Confectionery


Kinoshita's exquisite raisin butter sandwich, filled with plenty of cream and large raisins







Homemade Carrot Cake Kit from Naver Food, a small grocery store in Kobe



Japanese Sweets


Two waterfowl floating in kudzu soup: "Nio no Ukisu," a famous confectionery from Chokyudo in Kyoto.



Alcohol and Snacks


Enjoy sake on the rocks!? Kinoshita Sake Brewery's "Tamagawa Junmai Ginjo Icebreaker" features a cool penguin label.



Once you try it, you'll be hooked! "Tuna" from "Otsuna," a store specializing in tuna marinated in oil

編集部
  • Kinoshita "Raisin Butter Sandwich" (2 boxes of 5 for 2,060 yen, 3 boxes of 5 for 3,090 yen) *Shipping fee not included, both come in gift boxes
  • TAYORI "Cookie Tin" (33 pieces, 2,500 yen, expiration date: approximately 18 days)
  • NEIGHBOR FOOD "NF Original Recipe Handmade Kit" Left: Oatmeal and Raisin American Cookies (650 yen), Right: Carrot Cake (900 yen)
  • Chokyudo "Nio no Uki Nest" 6 pieces, boxed (1,320 yen)
  • Kinoshita Brewery's Tamagawa Junmai Ginjo Icebreaker (500ml, 1,188 yen/must be refrigerated)
  • Otsuna "Plain" (1,200 yen)
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