 Thanks for checking out this unboxing video. This is for the April Snaku box. I've actually been sitting on this for maybe about a week I've just been really really busy lately So I do apologize for that for people who kind of look for the video to be up like immediately and all that jazz but It's been a rough week. I was driving home and like it's it's rainy outside And I'm like I'm tired from the week. What will kind of perk me up Snaku could perk me up. I'm hoping Hoping I Mean I don't think I've had a Snaku box where I was like, yeah, that was a miss. I mean, it's all been at least Decent there have been at least a few good things. All right, so let me show you the inside of the box for this month That is the April box inside So your little sneak peek into it. So They did a similar theme last April Sakura, which has to do with cherry blossoms. So a nice Very pretty piece of artwork Always have that. All right. So this month discovered Japan's spring Sakura cherry blossom culture From late march to april the country's iconic cherry blossoms capture the attention of visitors and locals like as the beautiful pink flowers Blanket the country in soft colorful splendor There are dozens of different cherry blossom trees all of which bloom for just a couple of days in the spring This extremely short yet beautiful blossoming of the sakura Perfectly represents an aspect of Japanese culture called mono no aware awar I hope i'm saying it right or the appreciation for the impermanence and transience of things the seasonal spectacle is celebrated with hanami Cherry blossom viewing parties under the trees And apparently from what I understand During the cherry blossoms. It's kind of like a big time for people to kind of Have new beginnings That goes with the whole impermanence thing like starting a new job or like starting something new in life or whatever But that's just my understanding from it. So, um, I'll give you a quick look if you want to pause and know ahead of time What we're getting into but this is What we will be doing Okay, let's jump into it. I'm excited because I remember this box from last year. They also did sakura as the Um as a theme and I remember it being pretty dang good and I was like, what is this cherry blossom flavor going to be? Okay, so the first thing I've pulled out is Bushi or buchi cherry blossom That is what it is Okay Kobe fuga tsudo is one of the most famous premium japanese snack makers and has been making japanese snacks for over 120 years in the cosmopolitan city of Kobe. These buchis are made with a pillowy a pillowly sakura infused puff pastry Sand sandwiching sakura and apple cream filling the snack maker describes these buchi buns as a masterpiece of sweet flavor born in Kobe we couldn't agree more So there was something similar to this I believe with the apple inside the with the sakura and the apple inside For last year. Um by the way, I'm sure while I was reading that you heard my cat yell chloe. She's You may end up hearing that a few more times She's in one of these moods where she wants something But she doesn't know what she wants. She's been fed. I played with her. I rubbed her tummy or rubbed her head It's hard to know cats, you know love them, but they're very hard to please Anyway, so I had something kind of like this last year and I'm assuming that it'll be good as well because I remember that one being good Um, usually these when they show up. They're really soft This is a little hard on the outside actually Maybe that's because I've had the box for about a week. So that could be my fault But look at that like nice pink cream in there Oh, it smells kind of I can smell the apple Because it's a little bit fruity. It's a little floral in in the smell But it's it's got like a nice kind of like low level sweetness coming off it at the same time It smells good um Yeah, it's um It's a little bit like almost like a crust on the outside That's a little tough But once you get past that it is relatively um soft on the inside I can definitely taste the apple But it's got like a floral note like an actual kind of like Fruit kind of like a cherry and then the apple coming in. It's very light Which goes along with the texture being like fluffy Yeah That's tasty See, I like these snacks. They put in that are like cakey, you know like And it's always crazy to me because I feel like in the united states when they're like packaged cake snacks kind of like that They're never as soft or as like Fluffy as the ones I've gotten from japan, which is kind of crazy in my opinion But you know, I figured someone would have been able to get something similar All right, next let's switch gears a little bit and I can do that one because it's kind of really broken um One of my favorites senpai if you've been watching my unboxings, you know, I love me some senpai So let's do one of these. It's zarame senpai Looks like it might have some like sugar I don't know if you can really see it. Sorry for the glare, but looks like it's got like some sugar coating it Double baked soy sauce glaze senpai topped with rock sugar. There you go. Yes rock sugar When was the last time I had rock sugar in my life? I can't remember I'll get it now though So here we go pure unadulterated senpai Yep Smells like senpai. You can definitely get that Nice tanginess of the soy sauce. It smells a little bit salty Smells a little bit sweet at the same time and kind of fried Out of a very nice crunch on that So These are some of my favorite types of senpai the ones where you got a decent soy sauce going on you got A nice saltiness, but you also have a nice sweetness to go along with it For me though, this particular one is a little higher on the sweetness than I typically like I kind of feel like the rock sugar is overtaking the flavors of The um the soy sauce Yeah So with these typically like I said like I love these types, but With those I like the sugar to be a lot lower and let the soy sauce kind of shine Way more than that sweetness. I kind of like it to just be more just like a little underlying sweetness there It's good though What I might actually do when I finish that off and when I have my other one It's kind of like knock some of that sugar off So it's just kind of like kicked on the outside That's one way to take care of that And all right, let's jump to this. I don't know what this is What is this? I think I might know what this is. So maybe I should actually I'm gonna have to wait on that one because I'm not 100% sure I'm gonna do that one Okay, here we go I do that. Nope that one's kind of broken So I'll get one that's less broke. Oh, no, they're both broken, but Let's see what I can do. Anyway going to do sakura tonohiro Very pretty packaging by the way. Look at that. It's very pretty packaging Okay, so a seasonal snack infused with cherry blossoms made by a local snack shop in the Ginza district of tokyo The sakura petal shaped cookie is filled with a slight cherry blossom flavored cream Be sure to enjoy this with a nice cup of tea. I actually do drink tea from time to time It's been a while, but I do enjoy some nice teas Let me get in here. Unfortunately, you're with this You're not really going to be able to see how it's like petal shaped because this one got pretty broken Um, well, I mean, yeah, you'll be able to see kind of see But there's all these pieces in there because see it's like all broken on that side, but there you go See there you go. It's like nice pink looking Yeah, I smell that it's like a little bit floral. It's a little bit cherry-ish It smells sweet. You can smell like that cream kind of like um like a butter cream Mmm. Yeah, I like this one The cream like that cream on the inside really stands out Get a lot of flavor from that a lot of creaminess Mm-hmm It's kind of like that cherry blossom flavor with a little bit of floral a little bit of fruit to it very very light Nice creamy sweetness A little bit vanilla in there. I'm then just a little bit of a crunch from the cookie outside Yeah I dig it That's a good one Mm-hmm Yeah, that's good I like it. I like it. I like it. Okay next Oh, here's some more senpai Score oh and they gave me three of them Double score. All right, so jumping back to senpai. This is a baka uke sesame cracker These soy sauce rice crackers are twice toasted and embedded with baked black sesame seeds So I've had black sesame seeds from this box. I think once in a senpai And those were some of my favorite snacks ever So maybe this will repeat It's kind of concave on that side. It looks so good. Oh god smells so good So it's when they say twice baked it actually smells like it's kind of fried Which is such a great smell such a great taste But you're like, I don't think this is good for me But um the yeah, the soy is a nice nice level. There is a sweetness in the smell, but it's kind of low and salty Yeah And it definitely tastes like it's fried. Now. That's such a wonderful flavor with a senpai like this. Oh my gosh No, no that I really taste the sesame so much. Let me see Hmm Hmm Yeah, I don't know if I can really pick out the sesame so much, but that tastes awesome That's basically what I wanted out of the other senpai You know, there is that sweetness there, but it's just kind of underlying mainly getting that really nice tang from the soy And like a nice saltiness and that extra fried aspect that the other one didn't taste as much fried I guess it's because it's like double toasted and that was said toasted or baked Toasted twice toasted. Yes, that one's awesome. Uh currently that's my favorite thing In this box not like in my life or in the world, but in this box. That's my favorite. It's pretty awesome Okay, next Let's yeah, let me hit this one real quick I know my cat my cat may show up in the video by the way. She's done it before Not often So here we have a sakura frosting cake It's really interested in this one Also nice pretty packaging Uh, this delicious mini pie is made by nakayama a boutique tokyo confectionery That's only available this time of year the pie crust dough is kneaded together with salted sakura leaves And the chocolate frosting is infused with dried cherry blossom flowers Chloe you can come up here She's milling around She doesn't know what to do. Okay, so let's get into this. I'm very interested with this one because There's I don't think we've had anything like this in in a um snackoo This is a first All right There you go. It's like a it's kind of looks like a little pie you know Oh, man So like the sakura of it is even more fruity than the smell of all the other ones Like there's that floral there and there's that fruitiness, but it's like this one's even fruitier. It smells um more Sugary sweeter than the other ones Mm-hmm So that sakura flavor Is way more pronounced and it definitely has Like a little bit of like a maraschino cherry flavor to it But the pastry itself Tastes kind of like almond and I like it Hmm, I'm trying not to make too much of a mess, but here you go I mean, I thought there's gonna be like a filling to it or it's not but honestly I'm fine with that and it tastes really good. It's like nice and like kind of flaky It's just like a really good tasty like easy to bite through cookie kind of That's awesome Hmm, and it is more sweetness than The other sweet snacks that we've had in this one But it's not too much. It's still not too much And that's one of the great things about these Japanese snacks that I've been experiencing is that with American snacks, they tend to be like really Um, really sweet like overly sweet and with the Japanese snacks like they're sweet But it's it's a much lower level than the united states And that's more my speed. It used to not be when I was much younger You know, I was very used to like super sugary and I loved it And then as I just got older my palate changed and I'm like, I think I want less sweetness So, um, I also am into vegetables now. I used to hate vegetables as a kid, but I will eat vegetables broccoli and green beans and all that jazz. I'm a fan Okay, moving on. Oh something that I've not experienced in a snack. Oh yet. I don't think Pocky or pocky people say pocky pocky whatever So the most uh, this is strawberry pocky Uh, the most recognizable Japanese pretzel little stick snack makes its return with this iconic pink strawberry flavor I mean I think when they say pretzel, I think it's kind of like more like cookie I think We'll find out. I mean, I know a lot. I've seen a lot of these like even in American grocery stores Like you can get these pretty easily So they are available. So, um, but I've not I've just not had any so there you can see Oh my smells very strawberry Yeah it's kind of just like a flavorless cracker With the the flavor on the end like this like chocolate white chocolate or yogurt type coding And you're just tasting that flavor like the the uh, the pretzel or the crackers I kind of view it is is more just the vehicle to get the flavor to you. Um That's good And it reminds me At one of the great things about these Japanese snacks that I've tried is whenever they're strawberry They nail strawberry flavor like it actually tastes like strawberry Whereas in the United States, I feel like it usually tastes kind of like art Like artificial and chemically So I'm finding I just prefer strawberry flavor from Japanese snacks. There's something about how they're doing it. That's that that's actually Pretty tasty right there Mmm Making me contemplate picking some up when I go to the grocery next You know just other flavors because I know I've seen like chocolate vanilla Stuff like that so those would be fun. All right next I don't know which what this one is Oh, I'm gonna make a guess. I think this might be spring senpai Whoa Sorry, that was probably a lab Okay, so I think this is spring senpai, but I'm gonna open it first just to verify It's gotta be Say I'm gonna open that But am I gonna be able okay? Here we go. I'm not doing it in a graceful way Which is okay It's okay. I don't always have to be graceful Okay, here we go. This is just literally like a big old tray I mean, I want to be able to like hold it up for you So you can kind of see it, but I don't want it going everywhere. It's really pretty Yeah, so spring senpai. I'm assuming all the senpai kind of tastes the same But it's just like colored festively So it's like senpai a little bit of sweetness a little soy sauce As opposed to the other senpai the smells on this are way dialed down So you just have to more of like a like a cereal flavor to them. There's a lot less soy sauce aspect to it. There's a lot less sweetness. There's a lot less tang a lot less Saltiness These are Not that flavorful to be honest They don't taste bad But they just taste kind of bland to be honest There's a little bit of flavor there And I do feel like there's there's slight variations in the flavors as I go from like different color to different color But I can't tell what that is like look at this one like this one has like stuff sprinkled on it. The other ones don't Oh That one's like really tangy actually. It's almost like it's like pickled like there's vinegar on it or something That was kind of interesting. I like that one Because it's like a shock to my to my palate. Oh, is this one have macho on it? I think this one has macho No, it's just like a green sugar That was pretty sweet. I'm not a big fan of these Those are kind of I mean it's senpai, but it's not like really tasty senpai. Like I said, it's a little flavorless Real low on the flavor. So not a huge fan, but the rest of this box has been pretty good You know, there's my extra pokey Okay, I can now figure out what this thing is. It is what I suspected it was this is the thing earlier on I was like, I think I know what this is. I don't know. I'm gonna let it go for now There we go So this is a sakura chocolate crepe A very thin baked crepe roll crepe roll dipped in cherry blossom chocolate perfect with a nice cup of tea So when they say the cherry blossom Chocolate, I know it's like cherry blossom flavoring and I assume it's white chocolate I mean, it's gotta be based off the coloration. See Cherry blossom chocolate there you go Yup smells like white chocolate with a little bit of that cherry blossom note Smells relatively sweet. It's like hollow on the inside See, I don't know if you can like see. Yeah, it's like hollow in there. I like How delicate and crispy it is You can tell that's really been like layered and actually, you know, I think I've said it on here before I'm not a big fan of white chocolate But for some reason a few of the snacks I throw in here that have white chocolate are good whites Like it's good. I actually enjoy it and I think partially with that one. It's because of that sakura flavor That's thrown in there. So It's pretty solid. I like it. But that's that's like a snack. That's like just really lights kind of Like you're eating a snack, but there's not a whole lot of substance to it. It's just kind of like there But not there. I don't know if that makes some It's super light like it's not a heavy snack. So, okay Second the last one right now This is porinky puff Don't I don't know I'm assuming it's like a corn puff type deal Uh lightly seasoned puffed sweet corn snacks, of course That's it on description See if I can open it from the top. Oh, I can. So they're having to rip it all the way down These look like weird Those are like giant checks kind of or crispics cereal Checks are crispics same type thing They smell like corn They smell slightly fried. So they actually almost have like a corn potato chip smell a little saltiness Yeah, so they're kind of like Oddly sweet in my opinion. I don't know if I like the corn flavor Because Okay, so here's the thing here's the big difference much like there's a difference in the strawberry flavors between the united states and japan I'm finding there is a difference in the corn flavors between the united states and japan And that is with corn flavors in the u.s. It tastes You don't taste the corn as much You know like it's usually masked by things with this I feel like I taste a lot of corn and it just kind of tastes like a salted slightly sweet version of like dull canned Uh yellow corn to be honest, which is kind of weird Especially when it's kind of like any puffed type chip form I wouldn't say I dislike it because I don't But I don't particularly like it either This is kind of like weird middle stage Okay, I'm a what I mean. I'll eat it Once again, that's another light like super light snack. So I'm all right All right, let's close this out. Here's our last one this is Soccer or candy box literally it they here they it's a box. It's cute. Look at this Look at the design on that. That's so nice. That's really cool. That's awesome Uh, beautifully packaged hanami candy made with real cherry blossoms. These are the prettiest candies you will ever eat Okay, let's put that to the test. Oh, look at oh, look at this. Look at the way this this opens Literally, it's like pedal Like you can do one pedal. I I'm having a hard time doing it But you can oh, I was gonna say you can do it one pedal at a time But on one of them, there's two pedals, but you could basically like open it one pedal at a time Oh, that's so cool. And there's three of them. Just turn. Oh my gosh These are pretty I'm gonna take it out of the packaging so you can see it better because otherwise it's gonna gonna have a lot of glare These are pretty So weird to say that about candy. It's like this beautiful candy Look at this. Look at the color. Oh my gosh. Look at this Like first of all, like look at the pink on that I don't I don't know if you can see it like as vividly as I can on my side because of the lighting and everything But the pink on the end on the end is very pink. But look at that Look at the detail That's insane, man It looks the same on the other side, but that's It just smells kind of sweet Yeah, there's that sakura flavor But once again, like even with a candy like this where you you think it's like it's like pure sugar basically Somehow it doesn't taste like crazy sugary Like a lot of americans candies like this do You know what i'm betting I bet they don't use high fructose corn syrup Because it has a very different taste. It's very clean. I feel like high fructose corn syrup has a kind of like muddied flavor to it It was probably like actual like straight sugar Okay I think with this I would like just a little bit more of that sakura flavoring But knowing that there's actual cherry blossoms in it is really cool And like I said, like the craftsmanship craftsmanship of this is insane. Like it is look at that again. That's beautiful That's just that's gorgeous. I mean, they're right like to think about how much time that probably took to make that is Crazy to me. Wow and the packaging is so cool so all right Another successful snacku box. So let me go over what I really liked. Um, I do have to say The only things in here I like this box. I quite like this box overall. The only things I was like I don't really need that anymore. Uh, the spring senpai, which we talked about just kind of low flavor and those Prinky puffs those those corn puff things that I had just a little bit ago They're like, yeah, but everything else. I thought was really good I guess maybe the pocky or pocky would be closer to the bottom than the rest of these snacks because I thought they kind of like Hit it out of the park a little bit more in my favorites The baka uke sesame cracker that senpai with the black sesame in it That was awesome. That was one of my favorites Followed by that sakura frosted cake. That thing was awesome. Um, as a reminder, that was it the sakura frosted cake that thing is really good really really good and then Yeah, I'll just say like those are my favorites. Everything else was just like I quite like I like I like it But it wasn't like whoa blow me away But yeah, that that black sesame senpai and those sakura frosted cakes Those are the big winners from this one and I'm very excited for my wife To try those and I'm very excited to eat more of them because that's the thing about the snack Who the regular snack who not the tasting box size you get extra stuff and it's awesome So anyway, thank you everyone for checking this out. I'm I'm sorry. It's been a long video They usually are for this but Please hit the subscribe if you can for me if you stuck with me this long. I really appreciate it Literally takes you a second. I'm trying to grow the channel so I can do more videos do more unboxing stuff like that And uh, yeah some comments down here. 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