Candy

Konpeito

There is a candy shop here in town that has a lot of unique goodies. They have a lot of dagashi, which is Japanese penny candy that was super popular in the '50s. While no longer a penny, they are still very cheap, ranging from .10-.50 cents. I picked up some konpeito, which is possibly Japan's oldest candy. It's just balls of colorful sugar, and they were brought to Japan by the Portuguese in the early 1700s. Some other fun candies I picked up are tomato and cherry gummies (these are so good!), little candies that link together like puzzle pieces, and hard candies that you can whistle through (very fun or very annoying, depending on your view).

Whistle Candy

This candy box looks just like the trains we ride every day!