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.
Bean
Beans with salt are mainly taken with beer in the evening.
Bread/Wheat Flour
- generic
- brand
Candy
- generic
- Amezaiku - Japanese candy craft artistry
- Aruheitō [ja]
- Konpeitō
- Ramune candy [ja] - compressed tablet candy
- brand
Cake
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
Green tea Kakigōri(left) and strawberry flavoured
Kakigōri(right).
- brand
Potato
- generic
- brand
Rice
- generic
In
Sengoku period and
Edo period, Onigiris were often wrapped in bamboo skin when they were carried.Bamboo skin has an antibacterial effect and keeps rice balls longer.
Modern onigiris wrapped in a small, transparent plastic bag
Rice based snacks are known as beika (米菓).
- brand
Seafood
Street foods
Mixed and other