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Our sweet-loving reporter falls in love with a delicacy that’s been enjoyed by the people of Gunma for hundreds of years.
The cookies also feature a variety of designs so that you can have fun trying to eat ’em all.
We regret being so quick to judge the Kanjuku Beniharuka, but not being so quick to eat it.
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