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This adorable little squash is what the Japanese call pumpkins. I was a little devastated this fall when all of the pumpkin flavors tasted like squash, and not the yummy pumpkin spice flavor that means fall to me in the states. But, I have since acquired a taste for squash treats.
I have seen frozen fruits filled with ice-cream and sorbet in other restaurants in Japan, but I had never seen a pumpkin before. I was SO excited about the pumpkin I almost didn’t order anything else to eat. A frozen pumpkin filled with pumpkin ice-cream? Impossible to resist! This was by far the highlight of my trip, and I have a hard time remembering anything else we did in comparison to the pumpkin (which included a trip to a gold mine, a boat ride through ocean caverns, and a monkey park). Clearly nothing comparable to a frozen baby pumpkin filled with pumpkin ice-cream.
Matcha Green Tea: Tastes just like Japanese Matcha, which I would describe as a bitter green tea latte. The Kit Kat is sweet, of course, but it has a very full flavor of green tea. I really like this one! This is a regional Kit Kat from Kyoto.
Candied Sweet Potato: This Kit Kat is inspired by the Japanese dessert Daigakuimo, which is a candied sweet potato with sesame seeds. I like the actual Daigakuimo and the Kit Kats! These one’s taste much more like sweet potato than the regular sweet potato Kit Kat.
Wasabi Kit Kat: This sounds awful, but is actually one of my favorites so far. While it’s very sweet, there is a nice spicy aftertaste of Wasabi. You have to get through the sweetness to enjoy the aftertaste. This is a regional flavor that is available in Shizuoka & the Kanto area.
Cheese Kit Kat: European Cheese Kit Kat, to be exact. I hated this one. It smelled bad when you opened it, and it tasted gross. It reminded me of spray can cheese, which I’ve never liked.
Kutsurogi Cacoa: PURE AWESOMENESS! This Kit Kat tasted just like the center of Lindt milk chocolate truffles. I was a huge fan. If you enjoy smooth chocolate then this Kit Kat is for you.
Since my first Kit Kat post, we have found many new flavors of Kit Kat’s to share with you.
Almond Tofu: We found this Kit Kat in a little shop in Chinatown, Yokohama. Annin Tofu is an awesome almond jelly tofu pudding that is served at many places for dessert. This is the Annin Tofu Kit Kat. It tasted just like the dessert, a very sweet almond taste.
Sweet Potato: We found this Kit Kat in the train station at Odawara. The Kit Kat is very sweet, and has a sweet potato aftertaste. I would have preferred more of a sweet potato taste, but it was still very good.
Marron: Marron is another name for chestnut, and is put in everything here in the fall. We have been buying many marron products these last few weeks. This kit kat was very nutty in taste, and used a dark chocolate. It left a strange aftertaste, but not a bad one. We found this one at a grocery store in Odawara.
Before moving to Japan, I had no idea there were so many different types of Kit Kat’s. The only one I knew of was the original chocolate wafers I craved after every “Give Me a Break” commercial. I admit it…..advertising works on me!
Since moving to Japan, we have discovered that there are a TON of Kit Kat flavors. I was taking a class about grocery shopping in Japan when my adorable Japanese grocery shopping teacher took me down the candy aisle and told me about the different Kit Kat’s in Japan. I was hooked! I bought a bag of Crème brûlée or Flan Kit Kat’s on the spot. They were sweet and awesome! Since this first purchase, we have been hitting up every 7-11, AM/PM, and Lawson’s we can find looking for more.
So far, we have been able to find a few, but there are many more we are still looking for.
Crème Brulee: Very sweet, and very awesome!
Strawberry/Banana: Good, but very sweet. Almost too sweet.
Coke/Sprite: I think this tasted horrible. Especially the coke part! The sprite part was better.
Aloe Yogurt: Tasted like sunscreen….ick!
Salty Caramel: Soooooooo good! Tasted exactly like it sounds.
Bitter Almond: Dark chocolate with almond slivers. This is my favorite so far!
Semi-sweet: Dark chocolate. Tasted a lot like the original. Very good!
Let the Kit Kat search continue! I will update you when we find more flavors!
Okay, so these aren’t really mushrooms. They are just chocolate cookie treats shaped like mushrooms (yummy). These little fungi are by far my favorite treat in the Japanese candy aisle to date! So cute!
Being from the south, we are accustomed to sweet things, especially sweet tea! However, nothing prepared us for sweet beans, an awesome dessert that is….well….sweet beans. We like to try something new everywhere we go, and while we were in Yokosuka, we saw fish shaped waffles at the mall. 
They smelled amazing, and looked awesome, so we decided to try one. I thought the inside was filled with chocolate, but as we ate, we realized they were beans. They resembled refried beans, just sweet! And they were delicious! Waffles filled with sweet beans….it doesn’t get much better than that. I also love that the waffles were shaped like fish, and am on the lookout for a fish shaped waffle maker.
