Things get personal, and sweet, in the latest chapter of the ongoing difference of opinions about a Japanese cultural tradition.
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Message from Belgian confectioner is a bolt from the blue, but the makers of Black Thunder are only too happy to play along.
After taking aim at one aspect of Japanese sweets culture earlier this year, the company is now embracing another.
Defender of Japan’s “obligation chocolate” culture tempts us with another cheap yet awesome dessert.
With Valentine’s Day approaching, the Tokyo-based candy company says “You do you, and we’ll do us.”
Belgian confectioner maker says enough is enough with Japan’s practice of women giving male coworkers “obligation chocolate.”
The premium Belgian chocolatier brings us quality over quantity with their $46 fukubukuro.
New Year in Japan means family time, food with very specific meanings, and of course shopping. And one of our favourite things about this time of year is the opportunity to buy Lucky Bags (fukubukuro). As the name implies, these are bags containing a lucky dip of items from your store of choice – so you don’t know what loot you’ve got until after you’ve parted with your cash.
Sometimes, you can hit the jackpot with fukubukuro – last year, for example, our very own Mr. Sato was ecstatic to get his hands on a MacBook Air. But here at RocketNews24 we like our tech to come with a side order of luxury chocolate, so when we heard that upmarket chocolatier Godiva were selling Lucky Bags for 5,400 yen (US$45), we sent our reporter P.K. Sanjun down to buy one. Here’s what he got!