Candy in Japan vs. Sweden

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2009/07/26
175 words
by Fredrik Olsen

So there was actually one thing that I missed from Sweden, and that thing was candy.
The Japanese had quite a lot of candy, it’s not really that. But almost all their candy tasted very unnatural, it was all chemical tastes and the chocolate wasn’t really to my taste either, and of course you can’t really find real liquorice (you can’t find that in most of the world).

But the one thing I missed the most about Swedish candy was this:

Buying candy by the weight is something I rarely see outside of Sweden, but I love this! You can choose to buy as many pieces as you want from as many different kinds as you want and you only pay for how much all of the candy weighs. This is something I’m having a hard time seeing Japan take on because of their “fear” of unpackaged things and need for sterile cleanliness. But it’s really awesome because you can customize what you buy and you don’t need to buy a whole lot of packages of different things.

2 comments

Dxe

Ah yeah, love those!

It’s just so hard to choose cuz there is so much good shit ;P
Maho

Oh, I love them too! We have those weight-scale-candy-shop here in Japan, but the place are limited and don’t have varieties as much as that pic!!! I envy you… ;_;

About the taste, I think it’s more about which was the one you’ve got used to…?
Because I got the same impression as you about Europe’s candy. (Not sure it was Swedish candy or not, though…)
Probably the preference of flavor is not the same between us, I think…

Oh, and liquorice? That black thing?? Of course you can’t find them in here, unfortunately… ^^;