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Glico “Pocky” Chocolate Biscuit Stick Review
12/12/2016 Reviews
Pocky is a classic popular snack in Japan since 1966. It’s a very thin biscuit stick covered with chocolate. There is a description on the box, that says “chocolate cream covered biscuit sticks”. Yeah, I say that’s basically right. The “cream” stays solid as long as you store it in cool temperature. The top end is bare, so it’s easy to pick up, hold and bite it. Its maker Glico has always released so many different versions of it. Of course other companies have copied this idea and today so many imitations exist, but THIS IS the original to the best of my knowledge. Table of Contents Pocky Trivia Why …
Where is Kansai?
12/04/2016 Trivia
I picked the name Kansai Chick for this project. Because I’m from Kansai(関西). Do you know where Kansai is? Maybe it’s around Kansai airport? Maybe it’s in somewhere west of Japan? Both of these answers are right! Kansai is NOT an official region name! Actually, Kansai is NOT an official region name! In Japan we use the word “Kansai” all the time, but nobody has the perfect answer which cities or areas belong to Kansai. Some definitions exist, but depending on who you talk to the answer varies. Where did the word “Kansai” come from? To explain that, I need to talk to you about Japanese regions. There are 8 …
