{"id":5750,"date":"2014-04-17T16:03:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T15:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidejapanblog.com\/?p=5750"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:14:10","slug":"japanese-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/17\/japanese-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Like this post? Help us by sharing it!<\/h4><ul class=\"wpfai-list\"><li class=\"wpfai-list-item facebook\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5750&amp;t=\" title=\"Facebook\" class=\"wpfai-facebook wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-facebook fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item twitter\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5750\" title=\"Twitter\" class=\"wpfai-twitter wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-twitter fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li 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class=\"wpfai-list-item envelope\">\r\n      <a href=\"mailto:?subject=&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5750%20-%20\" title=\"E-Mail\" class=\"wpfai-envelope wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-envelope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item stumbleupon\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5750\" title=\"Stumble Upon\" class=\"wpfai-stumbleupon wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-stumbleupon fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item reddit\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5750\" title=\"Reddit\" class=\"wpfai-reddit wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-reddit fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><\/ul><p style=\"color: #252525;\">With less than 1% of Japan being Christian, the Japanese people generally, do not tend celebrate Easter, they do however love chocolate &#8211; so we thought we&#8217;d take this opportunity to take a look at a few of the countries most popular chocy treats!<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">Although not a Japanese brand, the country is famed for its multitude of &#8220;interesting&#8221; KitKat flavourings. &#8220;Red Bean Sandwich, Green Tea, Purple Sweet Potato and Cherry Blossom flavours are all available&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/8481568543_0c207b0413_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5751 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/8481568543_0c207b0413_z.jpg?w=468\" alt=\"KitKat Japan\" width=\"468\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/8481568543_0c207b0413_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/8481568543_0c207b0413_z-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/8481568543_0c207b0413_z-390x204.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9882654254_114863bee9_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5752 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9882654254_114863bee9_z.jpg?w=468\" alt=\"KitKat Japan\" width=\"468\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9882654254_114863bee9_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9882654254_114863bee9_z-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9882654254_114863bee9_z-390x293.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can now even cook KitKat and there has even bee a <a title=\"Kitkat Pizza\" href=\"http:\/\/www.napolipizza.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KitKat Pizza<\/a> developed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w0nzF6fdJC4]<\/p>\n<p>Another favourite is Crunky, (surely they could have called it Crunchy!), which, amongst many others comes in Green Tea, Chestnut and Roasted Potato flavours!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/gourmet012_img_15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/gourmet012_img_15.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Crunky Chocolate\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/gourmet012_img_15.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/gourmet012_img_15-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/gourmet012_img_15-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ryoma-sakamoto-purplepot-crunky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ryoma-sakamoto-purplepot-crunky.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Crunky Chocolate\" width=\"300\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ryoma-sakamoto-purplepot-crunky.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ryoma-sakamoto-purplepot-crunky-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ryoma-sakamoto-purplepot-crunky-390x382.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">\u00a0<a title=\"Royce Chocolate World\" href=\"https:\/\/www.royce.com\/contents\/english_rcw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Royce Chocolate World<\/a> can be found in Sapporo, where visitors are free to visit the factory and watch the famed chocolate crisp take form.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/royce-choco-potato-chips-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/royce-choco-potato-chips-box.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Royce Chocolate\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/royce-choco-potato-chips-box.jpg 374w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/royce-choco-potato-chips-box-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525;\">There is even a hotel in Tokyo (The Lotte City Hotel) that has a whole room dedicated to <a title=\"Lotte\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lottekoalamarch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Koala&#8217;s Marches<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0 a bite-size cookie with a chocolate filling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20130109-chocolate-filled-cookies-taste-test-koalas-march-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20130109-chocolate-filled-cookies-taste-test-koalas-march-box.jpg?w=186\" alt=\"Koalas Marches\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/koala_room_img02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/koala_room_img02.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Koalas Marches\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/koala_room_img02.jpg 586w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/koala_room_img02-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/koala_room_img02-390x353.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If staying in a chocolate hotel is not enough for you, how about taking a bath in it?<\/p>\n<p>As well as green tea baths and red wine hot springs, Hakone&#8217;s Yunessun &#8216;onsen theme park&#8217; has a bath full of hot chocolate! You literally wallow in chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2x8AOKHfCSk]<\/p>\n<p>Japanese chocolate is a lot more imaginative when it comes to shapes &#8211; one of the most popular snacks are Mushroom Mountains, followed by Every Burger, Pucca (fish shaped chocolate snacks) and even chocolate monkey poo drops..<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4837679085_f7c3a3934a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4837679085_f7c3a3934a.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Mushroom Mountains\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4837679085_f7c3a3934a.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4837679085_f7c3a3934a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4837679085_f7c3a3934a-390x293.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/17196-mini-choco-burger03-lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/17196-mini-choco-burger03-lg.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Every Burger\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/17196-mini-choco-burger03-lg.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/17196-mini-choco-burger03-lg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/17196-mini-choco-burger03-lg-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/meiji-pucca-chocolate-pretzel-50g-500x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/meiji-pucca-chocolate-pretzel-50g-500x500.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Pucca Chocolate\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/meiji-pucca-chocolate-pretzel-50g-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/meiji-pucca-chocolate-pretzel-50g-500x500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/meiji-pucca-chocolate-pretzel-50g-500x500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/meiji-pucca-chocolate-pretzel-50g-500x500-390x390.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6a00d8341bfd2253ef014e8ac38e8e970d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5763\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6a00d8341bfd2253ef014e8ac38e8e970d.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Monkey Poo Chocolate Drops\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6a00d8341bfd2253ef014e8ac38e8e970d.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6a00d8341bfd2253ef014e8ac38e8e970d-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6a00d8341bfd2253ef014e8ac38e8e970d-390x291.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So Japan is not just about sushi and <a title=\"Umami\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/wordofmouth\/2013\/apr\/09\/umami-fifth-taste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">umami<\/a> falvours.. if Easter was celebrated I wonder what they&#8217;d come up with?!<\/p>\n<h4>Like this post? 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