List of Japanese snacks

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

Types

Anko, or sweet bean paste

Anko is a kind of sweet bean paste.[1] Anko is mainly eaten during the afternoon green tea time in Japan. School students eat it after school, at home.

Anpan

Bean

Beans with salt are mainly taken with beer in the evening.

Bread/Wheat Flour

generic
brand

Cake

Castella fluffy cake

Candy

generic
brand

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

Chocolate

generic
  • Matcha chocolate - chocolate containing matcha
brand

Ice cream & shaved ice

generic
brand

Potato

generic
brand
  • Bōkun Habanero
  • Jagarico, manufactured by Calbee.
  • Kara Mucho and Suppa Mucho
  • Kataage Potato
  • Pote Long, manufactured by Morinaga & Company.
  • Wasabeef - wasabi & beef flavoured potato chips
  • Ototo - potato snack in shape of seafood.

Rice

generic

Rice based snacks are known as beika (米菓).

brand

Seafood

Street foods

Grilling yakitori

Mixed and other

Producers

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chen, Namiko Hirasawa (10 March 2020). "Anko (Sweet Red Bean Paste) Recipe – Tsubuan & Koshian 餡子". Just One Cookbook. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  2. ↑ Stanlaw, James. Japanese English: Language and Culture Contact, page 201. Hong Kong University Press. Hong Kong.
  3. ↑ "アイス | 【公式】江崎グリコ(Glico)".
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