Japanese Snack (Candy, Chocolate, Chewing Gum)

Dagashi:
junk sweets that were, and have been, typically sold at old fashioned mom-and-pop sweet shops
Although the word itself implies something negative ("da" is "poor" or "cheap", and "gashi (kashi)" "confection"), you can't sniff at Dagashi. Actually, they are snacks of extremely low price and high quality. They taste super. And more than anything else, they have given great childhood memories to people in Japan. This kind of sweet belongs to the type of Dagashi, cheap sweets, which originated in the Northern areas of Japan. During the winter season, the womenfolk would take rounds to prepare some homemade sweets for the neighbours. White sugar was not availabel during the Edo period, and the sweet taste was produced from rice decoctions (mizuame ), red been paste and others. Nowadays, also rice cakes and other snacks in little bags are sold as dagashi, a cheap snack for kids.

Sweet candy