 Thanks for checking out this unboxing video. This is for the January snack who and I do have to apologize off the bat This is late. So to anyone who really looks forward to these videos. I'm really really sorry I've had this for a few weeks and I've just been dealing with some stuff. So Yeah, I'm dealing with some stuff. It's been all rough lately. So Sorry for that. Got my plate that I put my leftovers on Hopefully This is a good box. I don't I'm not very prepared for it. It was just kind of like oh, I feel like I have some time right now So once again, sorry So the January one is focused on Kyushu Japan's third largest island Very pretty as usual very very cool looking and if you want to see it. Here's the Card if you want to freeze on it And what does it look like inside? Looks like a nice treasure trove of Japanese snacks as usual. Let's do it One of the other things that's good is like when I've been going through some stuff or like rough times or whatever When I do unboxings or I do like movie reviews or anything It has a tendency to kind of increase my spirits. So this should actually help me out, which was really good All right, so let's go to the first item first item gonna go with is This one this has got to be am I gonna like this or not? Is this shrimp senpai? It might be airy senpai made with now. No, it's not airy. What is this one? And you hear my cat yelling. Oh, this is the katsuo Men by sorry. This is part of the featured snacks. Let me show you Sorry, sorry if you're hearing kids playing outside my wife taking a shower and my cat yelling in the background It's a mess. I'm sorry once again So men by a portman 2 of mentaiko and senpai is made by the 100-year-old Abrea Fukutaro in the city of hakata The city has historically been a merchant town and Fukutaro got its start as an oil merchant Abrea means oil merchant. They soon expanded to other food items including hakata's regional specialty the mentaiko Spiced cod roe and katsuo dried bonito, which is infused into the senpai So it's probably gonna be fishy Yeah, fishy, I don't know like I can do like a low-level fishiness, but when it gets higher like this smells pretty fishy That's probably gonna be a little rough for me. So yes, it looks like Fishiness had things like this before I'm gonna eat this over here It smells very fishy, but it also smells kind of there's a little sweetness to it. That's almost kind of like cornmeal ish And there's a decent saltiness. I don't want all that much Hmm, okay actually That fishiness is very very low Very low and it's more of that kind of like corn mealy texture. It's a little crunchy It's got that saltiness to it as well Not very sweet and I said there was a little bit of sweetness on it that smelled corn mealy Oh, it did kind of taste cornmeal ish, but not sweet. Oh Very good Actually, how about okay. Sorry Chloe Either come down here and hang out with me or you go upstairs and ignore me There's your options my cat. She just needs to be talked to sometimes. This is the weirdest thing so Next thing I'm just gonna go with what's on top So it's interesting So this should be Actually, what is this? Is this the not a saga and Nishiki? It might be but I'm gonna have to open it to totally figure that out, but I'll do that. All right, let's get into this one I don't want to take too long either because I got chicken in the oven and Holy crap This is hard to open. There we go. I'm getting it. I'm getting it Oh Yeah, okay, so that's what it is. Yeah. Yeah, it's definitely what it is Saga Nishiki I'll show it to you and then I'll read it Looks cool. Looks really interesting actually Saga is located in Northwestern Kyushu It's one of the most least populist prefectures in Japan But has a rich history and is considered to be birthplace of green tea in Japan when the monk Isai Isai Brought tea leaves back from China because of this saga is also home to some of Japan's most famous potters as pottery making flourishing Flourished along with the rise of Japanese green tea cultivation Saga Nishiki is a famous snack made by Murau Muroka a popular local snack shop that's been making snacks since 1923 a soft dough made from yam is filled with red beans and chestnuts and then sandwiched between delicate Bumpkuchen cakes that were folded into hundreds of layers by hand Okay, the recipe for the snack is said to have been passed down from the personal chefs of the darn Dymio that ruled the area. Wow. Okay, so a lot goes into this We'll see how it is. I like the red bean aspect of it. I don't like the chestnut and the yam We'll see. I don't know It smells it smells very bready a little bit sweet, but not too sweet. That's about it It's very soft very cakey. It's very light too a Little bit sweetness to it, but it's not super sugary or anything. I like it. Okay, so it's just like this nice light Cake basically that's not super sweet. It just kind of tastes like a straight-up cake. There's not a ton of different flavors going on Just like a low sweetness But then when I hit like you can see that there's just kind of like peppered in there those little red beans You just like you hit one of those red beans and you know, it's a red bean So that adds like a little extra sweetness to it and that flavor when you see there's like like here And if you can see it, there's like chest chestnut piece there That's actually pretty good looking at it. I was like, I don't know how this is gonna go, but tasting it. That's good That's solid Hmm Yeah, I dig on that one and that's one of the featured snacks as well. Okay next They gave us two of these. Okay. They usually don't so it's in a bigger bag So usually they only give us one of these so this time we have two This is no ague This is from the popular snack side Fun potato ring snacks sprinkled with seasoning and sea salt Must be a secret seasoning because they're not saying what it is specifically Okay, so those are potatoes smells salty. That's pretty much all it smells like smells like Salty potatoes and it looks like basically the potato chip form of calamari. That's good. Do you like potato chips? But do you it's more like um Like the baked potato chips that you get it's that kind of consistency. It's that kind of crunch and flavor This is good. I really like this this I know I've said this before but like this snack was up with a beer I might do that tonight Don't judge All right moving on This one looks interesting. This is also from the popular snacks. Oh, we've had one of these before I remembered I remember this specifically. I'm sorry now the lights getting out of control. Come on like pick a mode Jesus I'm sorry everyone Trying to move the light a little bit. Sorry about that Bourbon bomb rolls delicious vanilla glazed mini bumkuchen rolls We've had this before in one of the previous boxes and I Remember it being amazing. Let's say that Or maybe not amazing but quite good at the least Oh This was like lemon actually Which is why it makes sense that it looks like yellow on the outside. It's like a roll. Oh It's very cakey once you get in there. It's almost like a It's like a white chocolate on the outside is what it seems like but it's with lemony and then you get into the cake Yeah, it's like a really nice zing Zesty lemon flavor That's really like light and kind of sweet and refreshing That's really good That's really good actually. I'm usually not big into like citrus snacks like that Especially if it's in cake form, but that one's tasty. I quite quite enjoy that one. Very nice mmm That's a winner So we eat. Okay. Now this is the shrimp thing That I thought I was getting it first and this is also from the popular snack side This is ebi shrimp senpai airy senpai made with baby shrimp caught off the coast of the sea of Japan I have a feeling that this one is gonna taste pretty Pretty fishy. That's my guess you see all the little like prawns on there Shrimp prawns whatever. Oh So fishy and it's orange It's pretty salty Which is really helping it because I feel like that's kind of downplaying the fishiness of it So the fishiness is actually a little bit low It's a little like I mean it's more like senpai It's more on the senpai side with like a touch of shrimp flavor with a good saltiness. These are actually good. I'm surprised Okay, that's two things. I thought we're just gonna be too fishy for me and they weren't they end up being good So I'm pretty surprised Sorry the lighting keeps I don't know what's up with that. I'm gonna have to look into that for next time I don't have time to deal with that now, but My apologies. All right, I'm gonna have to open this one up to find out what it is. So I'll show it to you first nice packaging Quite like the packaging. I have a feeling it's You know, I don't know which I was gonna guess Is this the Dandan yaki? I think it's a Dandan yaki An old-fashioned snack from one of Japan's most popular on-sen hot spring towns Yufun this snack is made from slow-baked wheat cookies and Mortar crushed local red bean paste. I'm a fan of the red bean paste Yufun is in northeastern Kyushu in the Oida prefecture The picturesque town surrounds Mount Yufu and is home to many historic shrines upscale ryokans and Natural hot springs. I've heard good things about the hot spring experience. I Can't smell I smell I Smell like nothing like it smells like nothing except it smells a little starchy, and I'm kind of smell a little bit of the red bean About it. Yeah, that's red bean paste yeah But it's interesting because usually the red bean paste is just like like it's a little bit like Kind of like a grainy paste But this is almost a little Like fig Newton like the the the texture of like the insides of a fig Newton It's got that typical red bean paste flavor. It's a little bit sweet. It does have that little bit of a graininess to it To be honest The cookie portion on the outside isn't doing a whole lot just adding something texturally The flavor is mainly just from the red bean paste which is pretty solid, but you have to like red bean paste So that's decent. It's not you know, I don't need more of that. It's like whatever We've had much better things Okay, yeah Okay, this one looks interesting. Oh my gosh. I have crumbs all over me I Hate I'm the one who vacuums down here anyway, so I'll clean it up More borrow Kichijima was established in 1696 by selling this snack which was originally made as bite-sized preserved food for Portuguese sailors in the saga ports However, as the store started to improve the recipe the snack became a huge hit with the locals to this day The cookies are still made by hand using only the best local ingredients We recommend either dipping in a milk eating with ice cream or spreading cream cheese on it It looks cool It just looks like a fat cookie that's Like fluffy, but I don't think the consistency is gonna be fluffy really Okay, so this is what I've not been doing that I should be doing. It's putting my hand under it Smells really bread-y to be honest. It kind of smells like a like a burger roll You know like a bread burger roll Yeah, that's what it smells like. It's very bread-like Oh Like it's kind of hard on the it's like a little like it's like a crust texture on the outside But once you get in your teeth just cut right through it. It's relatively soft Slightly sweet not super sweet. I see what they mean about dipping in a milk Like getting this a little bit soggy and some milk and having that kind of dairy with it Would make even better because it just tastes like Slightly sugary a little vanilla-y a slight buttery note It's decent, but yeah, I definitely like do something with it or the ice cream ice cream idea is great one because you know We talk about milk ice cream is just a better version of milk a much better version of milk Let's be honest Make myself look a little bit better trying to not get as much shine off my forehead and my balding portion. So You know Okay, next this that was from the future snacks. This is a popular snack This is the onigiri senpai onigiri rice ball shaped baked rice crackers glazed with soy sauce and sprinkled with seaweed If the seaweed flavor isn't too pronounced. I'm gonna quite like these I'm sure Mess today oh Smells like soy sauce. It's that nice sweet tangy smell smells so good Yeah, looks so good. Oh Mmm, this is this is a nice smell. I've got a great crunch Chase that soy sauce sweet tangy There's a nice saltiness and that great crunch and a nice rice senpai flavor Yes, I love getting things like this always. I love things like this once again, just like this little potato rings Great with a beer Now I'm gonna have to have a beer tonight because I have more of these snacks just sitting here And I don't think my wife's gonna want them. She doesn't feel well, so Okay, what else we have we've got two more things. It looks like Give us one of these. Okay so this it must be the Aoshima Senpai Aoshima Senpai Miyazaki is located in the southeastern coast of Kyushu and has one of the warmest tropical climates in Japan There used to be the top honeymoon destination in Japan because of its plentiful beaches and resorts this particular snack crispy wafer Sandwich filled with either strawberry Hyuga citrus or mango cream. Oh, that all sounds good is from Aoshima a small island off the coast of Miyazaki The island is ringed by white sand beaches and has a pristine jungle in the middle of the island where you can find an ancient Shinto shrine cool Now I'm pretty excited about this knowing what the fillings are. What do I want? The mango cream sounds really awesome, but I think I want the strawberry Because typically when I've had the snacks these Japanese snacks that have the strawberry in it They've been pretty awesome. It doesn't look like that's what's gonna be though. It looks like maybe it's the mango cream or the citrus thing Smells mango-y Yeah, slightly sweet mango type smell. Oh Yeah It starts off with like obviously it's nice and crunchy, but then it starts off with like a Low-level sweetness a little bit buttery and then you get this kick that comes in of that citrusy like tropical mango Not good Yeah Mm-hmm this This along with that Bourbon bomb roll the one that I was saying was very lemony Very good. Yeah, those are awesome Mm-hmm. I'm surprised with that one. I didn't really know what to expect so much, but Okay, then the last thing What the oh, was this some like yuzu or something? This is also from the popular snack side a soothing candy made with 100% organic squeezed pear juice It is Marigato Nashi There we go I'm sorry guys About that and there's a dog going in the background. Sorry about that. Oh my gosh This has a thing to open it and I can't Okay, are these like chews or it might be hard candies. I'm gonna find out I don't find out the hard way Okay, it looks like hard candy. Yeah. Yeah, they're very smooth. We're gonna smooth that is I Mean like when I get hard canes in the United States a lot of time like it's smooth for the most part, but I'm smooth like this. Hmm. Wow. Oh, wow Oh my gosh That flavor is like it's intense, but it's not too intense It's like very bright and fresh and vibrant and just tastes like that's like the most beautiful pear flavor I've ever had I think that's excellent. Oh My gosh Oh my gosh That's awesome. And once again like with these types of snacks from Japan in comparison to the United States It's not super sugary. It's like it's sweet, but it's not like really sweet It's just this low-level sweetness and it really lets the fruit flavor just shine like crazy This is really good Like I feel like this would be a good substitute where you're like I feel like I want some sort of like fruity drink like a juice or like a kombucha or you know, whatever you're into Like a flavored seltzer water or whatever But instead just be like, oh, you know, I'll just grab one of these that flavors outstanding. I was not expecting that Okay, cool. Well, that's it for the box Once again, sorry this is so late and sorry things are weird like the light the lighting the noises in the background my cat yelling like I Apologize February will be better. I promise you this it'll be more on time and it will be better We always have that to look forward to so of the snacks. Honestly, this has been a really good box My favorites in here obviously that that that's Senpai right there like I'm always gonna love those But these potato rings are super awesome that pear that hard candy pear thing is really awesome that um like zesty citrus Roll was really good And Do-do-do other favorites. Oh, yeah that don don don yaki was awesome Yeah, and those are my favorites and then I was also surprised with the saga and shiki this one though that big one Whoa, okay We need a lot of things real quick that are weird Get some air bubbles Anyway, thanks everyone for checking this one out. Hopefully you enjoy these give me some feedback down here Do you like this? Also? Do you get snacku? 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