 Thanks for checking out this unboxing video. So this is the Snaku Regular box not the tasting box For December they made sure that they got it sent out kind of early so that people could have it before the holidays So that was cool on their part. Once again, this one's actually coming from Japan The one the tasting box which is much smaller and has a lot less in it But it's pretty cool and it's much cheaper Comes from New York. So shipping usually takes a lot longer for the one coming from Japan Obviously, it's got to go through customs all that jazz. So it's a typical outside look for this one The theme is I don't really think it's just I don't really think it's a theme. I think it's just kind of like a wintery type deal These things always are very well designed. They look very nice. So I took you guys I'm gonna tell you I took a look through this real quick and It looks like this could be could be the best Snaku yet for me. I don't know I'm just saying based off the quick little look I had Could be so Let me read this. Oh, let me show you what's in here first how it looks in the box What's in the box there you go? I'm sorry. There's a bunch of It's a really interesting looking stuff in there. I'd say all right. So here we go I'm gonna read the thing here. Winter is one of the best times to visit Japan a land of constant change and ever-changing seasons It can be a bit chilly But it's also one of the most beautiful and exciting times to experience Japanese culture Beautiful holiday decorations of the big cities the snow-capped mountains of the rural landscape the steaming traditional on-sen hot Which are hot springs and some of the most delicious seasonal delicacies. What's not to like about winter in Japan? It's like a theme winter in Japan. Did you know that Japan gets some of the heaviest snowfalls in the entire world? I actually did not many areas of Japan regularly get over 300 inches of Snowfall a year. That's more than double some of the snowiest areas in the US this month's Snaku box theme is winter in Japan, I don't think they didn't pack up any snow. So Anyway Go ahead and just show you this real quick in case you want to freeze on that and read those Or I'll just kind of do it like There you go. Anyway One thing I'm gonna tell you I will read the descriptions on each of these items as I go through them So I looked ahead some of them don't actually tell you what the items are They just kind of talk about like the region and like the tradition of it. So just know that Upfront have a water over there. I'm gonna have to take sips in between. Hopefully I don't forget any of that stuff All right, so let's go with the first thing Like to move the extras to the side this is Kanazawa gold mochi now, I'm gonna tell people right now. I think there's like two mochi things in here I've actually never had mochi. I'm sorry. I know people watching this were like big into Japan and Japanese snacks are probably like what you've never actually had mochi. No, I've just never had the opportunity to like legit have mochi I know there's like a mochi in the United States. That's like ice cream related. That's not like the traditional mochi This is so let me read about this one Kanazawa is beautiful is beautiful historic city located in the snowy northern central part of Japan During the Edo period Kanazawa served as the seat of the Meida clan The second most powerful feudal clan Kanazawa is famous for being the home of the most beautiful garden in Japan Ken Kenroquin and Is where all the gold leaves found in this snack and covering the famous golden temple in Kyoto in Japan are made so there's Okay, there's actually gold leaf in it. So it's a sugar mochi powder gold leaf and milk I was literally just saying the other day that like I Don't like when people use gold in things in things. It just it seems weird to me It seems like we shouldn't be doing that. I don't know. Anyway, here it. Oh my god. This is it's like Look, I'm not like it's just like so So like soft it's like a silicon implant is what it tastes like or tastes like I don't know what that tastes like It's like a silicon implant is what it feels like. It's really weird Can't really smell anything with this. I don't see gold leaf in it I guess you can see kind of see. Yeah, you can see some little flecks in there. See that It's a little bit of gold It kind of just tastes like a really chewy marshmallow Like, you know marshmallow peeps. It tastes like a marshmallow peep that just isn't covered with a bunch of granulated sugar on the outside And is a lot like chewier. I Like it, I mean who's not gonna like something that tastes like marshmallow. That's good It's kind of like Like starchy tasting as well. I like that. That's pretty good Good start of my that was my first mochi toe. So thank you snaku for my first mochi And there's another mochi which we'll get to eventually here I'm just kind of like randomly grabbing things out. So that's the order. I'm going in I'm not going into like preset order or like tasting order anything. That's why I got the water to help. Okay, so here we have Yuki no yado Show you a picture of it cute little thing on there There you go So people say oh that looks like a senpai Hokkaido sugar cream glaze crispy senpai which looks like a layer of snow fell on the top of the rice cracker So one of our favorites here at snaku That says there's sugar vegetable oil salt skim milk powder Gelatin soy beans fresh cream powdered soy sauce and wheat I didn't know there's the thing such thing as powdered soy sauce, but It's a thing people Powdered soy sauce. So this should be like a salty senpai basically with like some some like sugary Frosting type flavor. I'm assuming there you go. I mean it looks cool. It looks more artistic Oh, definitely smells like senpai. It smells salty and Soy saucey. I don't smell me as sweetness. So that's interesting. Um It definitely tastes just like a soy saucy salty senpai There's a decent amount of saltiness to it, but I like that. It's got a really good crunch and that's kind of like If people are familiar, do you remember like shredded wheats like frosted frosted mini wheats? That kind of like frosting on top of the frosted mini wheats. That's what that the white stuff on here tastes like So it's like a salty soy saucy senpai That you taste up front and then comes in that frosted mini wheat frosting flavor At first it's a little odd But it works because like sweet and savory goes together a lot. I look I quite like that That's good. Yeah, I like that that kind of like That coming together of the sweet and savory and that's really nice And I've said it on these unboxings before I really like like a nice crunchy texture the texture on that's great You know typical senpai All right, so the next thing Do one of these these look interesting these are milk Carinto, Carinto Sweet organic milk glazed brown sugar crackers from Hokkaido Have flour sugar vegetable oil milk sweetened condensed milk honey salt gelatin and sesame the sesame Is what I like to hear. I'm a big fan of sesame flavor In fact one of the favorite thing one of my favorite things I've gotten out of a snack who To date right now was they're like black sesame senpai that they sent the one time. Oh my god, it's so good Okay Now it smells like a kind of smells like a donut to be honest It smells like a donut people like it smells fried but like sweet and sugary That legit smells like a donut. What is this again? It's just it's a cracker. It's a milk glazed brown sugar cracker It smells like a friggin fresh donut dude It tastes like a donut that tastes like a donut You can see like the fry portion of it. These are like Many donuts man That's delicious Wow, I even know anything like that existed Yeah, there's like a good Vanilla to it. It definitely has that kind of like milky flavor and consistency There's a significant fried note on there It kind of like lingers. It makes it a little bit fatty in your mouth And it's like a nice amount of sugar, but it's not like crazy sugary And it comes off a little cinnamony as well The brown sugar is actually playing a little cinnamon in there. That's delicious That's very delicious Yeah, it's my favorite thing thus far. I mean, I know it's only three things, but you know, that's my favorite That's awesome. My wife Rebecca. She's gonna dig that. She's really gonna dig that Definitely need to drink water for that Hmm, by the way, I know there aren't a ton of people who watch these videos But I have a lot of fun putting them out. So for anyone who actually does watch them Thank you very much for watching. I will continue to do them for you and Then tell some friends if you have interest Okay, next This is one where there's just like one big thing of it Salted lemon okaki Bite-sized rice crackers sprinkled with lemon salt You won't be able to stop eating these I hope so Rice vegetable oil salt sugar lemon powder yeast extract powder black pepper and milk powder. There's a lot of like milk Stuff I guess that's where they're saying like oh, it's like the snow White You know that correlation. That's fine. Oh I tore this off and I didn't like show you the package. Sorry There you go. Sorry. It's not complete I'm bad. Okay, so I Mean they look kind of like Like little pieces of like torn bread that were then like fried or something That's what they look like They smell a little salty a little sweet Hmm. Um Significantly crunchy They are kind of like bread kind of bread-y They're almost like Garlic bread croutons how they taste Among that we're like really like crunchiness because I'm not dense but I really like you know, I Am getting that lemon powder But it's very very faint and it does add to the flavor It's like this nice little bit of citrus amongst a bunch of salty nest That is good And as you keep eating you start to get more and more and more of that lemon flavor Those are nice. This is like this nice little bite-sized snack I could see like watching a movie and just eating these like popcorn Those are really good Those are really good and they're interesting because that lemon note You wouldn't I mean that's not something you would think of and be like Oh, these things go together or see that on a shelf and be like, oh, that sounds like something that would be great That's one of the things I love about boxes like this is you get to try things You would normally just be like I'm gonna pass on that sounds a little weird and then you find out pretty awesome All right, that's good Not a bad item yet. This is a strong box like Performance why? Performance wise very strong box. Okay. I'm gonna go with this thing. That's like loosely wrapped. It's gonna be hard Is this the chestnut puff? I'll show you it first and then I'm gonna have to figure out It's like a it's like a mini burger that's wrapped. That's kind of what that looks like I think this is the Nagano chestnut puff. Yeah. Yeah, this is chestnut puff Yeah, it looks like a burger. It's like a little like burger It's like a burger bun that isn't cut. That's what it looks like So Nagano chestnut puff Nagano evolved as a temple town around Zankoji one of Japan's most popular temples in 1998 the city hosted the Winter Olympic Games in the snowy forested mountains northwest of the city center lies the Toka Tokagushi Area which was the legendary home of the Toka Kure ninja school cool Contains wheat sugar chestnut red bean paste salt and eggs while I heard the magic word red bean paste So people were familiar with this with when I do these You know, I'm a fan of the red bean paste It smells I actually smells a little Chemically I Smell the chestnut. I smell the red bean Really fluffy so Because of the consistency of the chestnut and the red bean and how that mixes It's like potato-y, but it's sweet from the red bean paste Which is kind of like a sugary almost like date or fig type flavor but the pastry around it the breading around it is like a Like a cream puff like the same type of thing, but it's just filled with chestnut red bean It's sugary, but it's not crazy sugary This is probably my least favorite item at the moment, but it's good. I enjoy that. It's very different. I Don't know. I just don't know how I feel about chestnut in things. I'm not I don't know I'm just not big on chestnut, but the red bean and that I like so when you put those two things together It's like I kind of like half like it. I kind of have don't really like it. I don't know, but it's good Good enough, you know Water All right, that's like relatively sweet. So hopefully the next thing is not this looks like The Hanami Yuki, which I think is just like an assortment of like little senpai There you go. It's pretty looks nice Yeah, so this is tricky to open these sometimes because they're in like a little tray I opened it over the plate that I have over here guys Sorry All right, so yeah, they do it like these little trays Sort of get them out of here. Yeah, I'm familiar. We've gotten something very similar to this before and it looks like it's like the same Assortment I can't really show you too well. There you go. You can get a pretty decent look at them I'm gonna go through and Yeah, it's just like assorted senpai Like this one looks like a shrimp Smells fishy. Yeah Although I Get a little bit of shrimp It's salty, but it's kind of coming off like a nice potato chip Which is like a little bit of seafood to it. That one's good. I like that This one looks like it's like black sesame Which I just talked about black sesame. I'm a fan Yeah Definitely tastes the sesame get a lot of soy to that. It's not very salty. It was just like soy and sesame That's good. I'm just leaving half of all those so we're back and then try them So then there's this one which kind of looks like it has that milk powder on it It might be hard to see because it's like white on white You see like you can see the texture. There you go. You can kind of like see it So it looks like it's very similar to that like white Milk powder Like frosted a senpai we just had. Yeah, that's what it is. It's just like oh, no, it's not as salty as the other one It's like low saltiness a lot of nice Sweetness from that milk stuff on the top This one's pretty typical. You know, it's just some nori seaweed On top of us senpai Very typical Yeah Normal it's fine It's got that oceanic fishy note to it Expected that one This one looks like it has like little pieces of seaweed real crunchy Good amount of sweetness to it a little bit of Fishiness not nearly as much as the other one It's good Then we have this one It's like sugar. It's kind of like sugar. Yeah, it's got like some sugar on it. It's like orange Yeah, totally It's like a salty senpai with orange That's good. I like that. I was not prepared for that as you could tell by my reaction. This one. I don't know. It just looks kind of What is that in there? I don't even know. I just taste like a straight senpai She's like slightly salty and a good amount of soy sauce Good and then this one Looks like it has like a coffee bean in it or something. It tastes like a roasted pea It's basically what that is Yeah, that's like a nice little senpai with like a roasted pea I'm putting them all back in the little tray So I can conserve the face There's some stuff falling there. Alright, I don't think I read with that one. Oh, yeah, Hanami Yuki They types of seasonal senpai rice crackers here represent winter in Japan and the snow delicately falling on flowers The flavors include winter yuzu. That's where that orange was that I was getting Winter yuzu citrus roasted sesame white sugar glaze baked seaweed soy glaze black soy bean shredded soy seaweed and winter sweet shrimp Contains rice salt yuzu powder sesame oil sesame sugar milk seaweed soy bean shrimp sesame seeds Good though Good I people, you know, I like me some good senpai Okay, so let's move on here. I think I'm ready for the next mochi the other mochi I should say okay, so this is a latte plum mochi. I Don't think we've had anything plum yet in Looks like there's a leaf on it. I think it does. I'm gonna read that one Uwate is a large prefecture on the Pacific Coast in the northern Tohoku region and has beautiful scenic coastlines The area was the former political and cultural center for the Tohoku region This snack is made by Tamora a small local shop, which has been making authentic snacks since 1903 Nice you can eat the plum leaves that wrap this snack Contains rice sugar plum jelly salt plum leaves and sweet bean paste Sounds good. Oh, man It's kind of like God, it's like super packaged. I don't know if I'm gonna be able to get this They have to like all right going with the teeth people. I don't recommend this but not working. It's not working Wait, I have some This is dumb, but I have something pointy over here. I know you guys come to watch the Watch the videos for me to struggle of opening these freaking things All right, that's better. I got it. I got it people. Sorry about that took a while You can see actually just take it out of there. It's in like this little thing Yeah, and legit like has a leaf around it says you can eat the leaf. Maybe I'll take a I'll just eat it that way since that's how it comes and you can see you can definitely just see it's like a leaf And then I'll show you after I bite in but it just smells like so it's a real vegetal Because that leaf but it also smells kind of minty Smells good. Oh It's interesting because there's like a snap when you're biting through the little leaf. It's weird so It tastes kind of flowery Look at this. It's kind of like oozing out. I definitely taste the bean paste. I'm tasting the plum in there But it's tasting very floral. It's almost a little bit perfumey. So for me I really like that. I know a lot of people would probably complain about the consistency of those Because it's very very jelly-like and a lot of people just don't like that type of stuff, but I'm glad to have tried this. It is interesting Not my thing though It's got a decent sweetness to it. I Think that kind of like floral note is really outplaying the plum. The plum notes are very low I'd like a lot more plum to it and a lot less floral. So let me put that aside Hopefully Rebecca likes that one If not, so that's a big loser. Oh Okay, definitely gonna Cleanse that pallet after that one. All right, so next this is White chocolate langay de chat Mini-delicate butter cookies filled with mild white chocolate. Can't really go wrong It contains wheat flour sugar margarine eggs butter, whey milk, salt, soybeans Yep, that's a thing. It's like a sleeve of these mini cookies Who isn't gonna be interested in so many cookies? It's got like it's own little It's just like a little baby cookie Look at how small that is. It kind of reminds me of Ritz bits cracker sandwiches except they're cookies Yeah That smells really sweet. It smells nice white chocolatey. I mean sugary vanilla-y white chocolatey Really buttery actually those The cookie portions on the outside are really buttery That's the best part of this that butteriness is Pretty outstanding actually You just your teeth just like cut through it Just really take that. It's really tasty. You can tell that's awful for you, but it tastes really good. Wow Yeah, that's nice Mmm, that's good. I think I have like two more things Okay, I'm gonna I have to end on that one Okay, so this one is the one that looked the most interesting to me I was very perplexed when I saw it in here. So this is called Hokkaido baked potato You see this look at this It looks like a mini eclair without chocolate on it. It's basically what it looks like Hokkaido is the second largest northernmost and least developed of Japan's four main islands Experiences harsh winters with lots of snowfall below zero temperatures and frozen seas With its unspoiled nature Hokkaido attracts many outdoor lovers including skiers and snowboarders in the colder seasons and hikers Cyclists and campers during the mild summer months. So this contains Hokkaido potato wheat sugar and egg It's very simple Potato, so I wonder I wonder if you're gonna get a lot of the potato Consistency because that kind of like that's something I don't so much like in these it looks kind of like burnt on the outsides Little bit like a pig in a blanket Smells interesting now Potato it legit tastes like a baked potato, but but it has like sweetness to it though Yeah So the inside is just like this cream colored Ball that's packed. That's a little grainy With the outside And the way that's done it legitimately tastes like the skin like the the kind of like fire grilled or like um Like partially burnt baked potato skin. I mean legitimately it tastes like a baked potato with the skin with Like sugar added to it like a sugar cream It's weird for that for that reason But it's interesting. So I'm glad I had it I wouldn't say I would want necessarily more of this, but I'm glad I had it because it's very it's very interesting Very interesting. I have two of those So all right, and then the last thing we're getting to I always say the hard candies for last Because then I can just keep you know, keep you in my mouth. So this is a blueberry candy Let me show you right here. It literally says blueberry candy on it there you go Freeze dried blueberry puree turned into a delicious hard candy Sounds like if you like blueberry all good contains soy sugar Blueberry extract blueberry juice and salt. I'm ready for this. I like a nice hard candy From time to time no not a lot Okay, I mean Looks like it would be blue. I think can you see like it looks like seeds in there Yeah, maybe it's just like little air bubbles Just smells like sugar well Oh Yeah, if you like blueberries, man, it's like blueberry explosion and Because they use like actual blueberry in it. Not just like blueberry flavor. It tastes very Nice like authentic blueberry flavor. I'm keep sucking on this. That's really good. I like that quite a bit Okay, so let's recap Overall, yeah, those are really good snacku. There are only a few things I didn't really like. What did I not really like? um I liked everything on the side here All that was really good and then of the main things The only things I didn't really care for that plum mochi wasn't a big fan of that one The chestnut puff. Hmm. I wasn't a big fan of that and the big baked potato Was at least interesting. So that's fine. But my favorite things Mmm favorite things that Those little these things These little things that were like the donuts Those things are amazing like uh, uh freaking amazing And the lemon of cocky things these things are really cool so Oh, and then the I mean these are really awesome too though. Those are my three favorite things This is really nice though Where are you candy? Okay, awesome Snacku good good good job. Uh, I look forward to more snackus like this. This is the best snack. Oh, I've had thus far and uh Yeah, very very happy with that. I'm gonna shut this down right now I'm gonna go share the other halves with Rebecca upstairs. See what she thinks And then um, we'll be back for another video. Uh people feel free to leave some comments down there Tell me what was interesting to you. 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