The best Japanese snacks you can buy at a konbini
The top 3 according to 248 votes from people: Jagariko (Calbee) · Pocky (Glico) · Japanese Kit Kat (Nestlé). (Updated Feb 24, 2024.)
Packaged Japanese snacks and sweets that visitors and locals rate highest, all easy to find in convenience stores or supermarkets. Based on snack guides (byFood, Culture Trip, TokyoTreat) and sales rankings.
Top 15
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1
Jagariko (Calbee)
Crunchy potato sticks in a cup; the green 'salad' flavour is the best-seller.
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2
Pocky (Glico)
Biscuit sticks dipped in chocolate since 1966, with over 50 flavours.
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3
Japanese Kit Kat (Nestlé)
Sold in Japan since 1973, with hundreds of regional flavours like matcha, sake or baked sweet potato.
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4
Jaga Pokkuru (Calbee)
Hokkaido-only potato fries, once so scarce that people queued at New Chitose Airport.
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5
Kinoko no Yama / Takenoko no Sato (Meiji)
Chocolate mushrooms vs. bamboo shoots: Japan's eternal snack rivalry.
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6
Black Thunder (Yuraku)
Cocoa cookie and puffed rice chocolate bar, a cult favourite from Kyushu.
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7
Umaibō (Yaokin)
Puffed corn sticks for about 15 yen, in flavours like mentaiko or corn potage.
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8
Hi-Chew (Morinaga)
Super chewy fruit candy, now famous in US baseball dugouts.
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9
Calbee Consommé Punch
Potato chips with a beef consommé flavour, a Japanese original since 1978.
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10
Tōhato Caramel Corn
Light caramel puffed corn snack with peanuts, around since 1971.
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11
Bourbon Alfort
Chocolate on a biscuit decorated with a sailing ship.
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12
Koala no March (Lotte)
Bite-sized biscuits filled with chocolate, with koalas printed on them.
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13
Tokyo Banana
Banana custard sponge cakes, Tokyo's best-selling souvenir.
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14
Kaki no Tane (Kameda)
Spicy crescent rice crackers mixed with peanuts, the classic beer snack.
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15
Shiroi Koibito (Ishiya)
White chocolate langue de chat cookies, the iconic Hokkaido souvenir.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (4)
Takenoko no Sato > Kinoko no Yama. This is the hill I'll die on 🍄
Shiroi Koibito is from Hokkaido, you won't always find it at a regular konbini though
Japanese Kit Kats are a whole world. The matcha and sakura ones were my favorites.
Jagariko at #1 is correct, the salad flavor is addictive