Japanese sweets
Turns out you don’t have to look very far to collect all seven dragon balls – just go to your local Family Mart.
This is a one-of-a-kind sweet that you’ll never be able to get anywhere else, for a limited time only!
We try eight of the new Omusubi sweets that people in Japan are going crazy for right now.
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