It's tasty and sweet. While omiyage might mean any kind of souvenir/gift, this is more specifically called okashi / お菓子 / sweets (such as candy, small cakes, sweet snacks that go well with coffee/tea, and so on). I forgot to take a picture of the actual food inside this packaging, though! And the box it came in with. That would have been interesting. Anyways, it's like a bread/bun, that is almost pancake-like, with a sweet filling inside, maybe made from beans. Yeah, it's not something that is traditionally Japanese -- remember, they never really had the concept of "bread" or "cake" like we know them before westerners first visited here, hence "bread" and "cake" only have katakana versions in Japanese: パン / pan and ケーキ / keeki. But they make these quality products almost everywhere around Japan, and put maybe 4 to 10 of them in really nice packaging -- artfully colored boxes usually -- and sell them for about 2,000 yen (about US$25?), and voila, they're really great as gifts. It's nice to receive them from Japanese; it might likewise be best to give some of similar quality from your hometown whenever you're meeting with a Japanese.
UPDATE: Here's a photo of the box it came in:
Thanks to Okada-san for this photo! And for sharing this okashi no omiyage! |
ganda ng packaging :)
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