Eat in Tokyo: Japanese Snacks

Japanese snacks are know as sunakku kashi(スナック菓子) in Tokyo and Japan. Popular manufacturers include Meiji(明治), Morinaga(森永), Nissin(日清), Mikakuto(味覚糖), Yamasaki(山﨑), Calbee(カルビー,Karubī)...

Japanese snacks are tasty and diversified. Such as KitKat(キットカット, Kitto Katto) in Japan has over 20 different flavours, and with different packaging. Japanese snacks are best known for their taste, Japanese produce real delicacies. Japanese snacks usually come in many forms and flavours.

People in Tokyo usually eat snacks throughout the whole day. Snack shops grow everywhere in Tokyo. Popular snacks include:

Live in Tokyo: Mobile Phones

In Tokyo, mobile phone culture is common. Mobile phones are called keitai denwa(携帯電話), or simply keitai. In May 2008, according to a media company in Tokyo, 31.3% of primary school students and 57.6% of secondary students in Tokyo own a mobile phone, most of which use their mobile phone to access the Internet, this contribute to the mobile phone culture in Tokyo.

Japanese manufacturers produce the most hi-tech and the most good-looking phones in the world, with leading technology that we can't find anywhere else in the world. Three of the most well-known phone retailers (often also as manufacturers) are Softbank, NTT, and au, which settle in Tokyo.

The new product of Softbank is Softbank 932SH, which is from Sharp. It features a 8.1-megapixel camera and a adjustable 3.3-inch LCD screen, and extended Internet browsing experience. Softbank 930CA is also another new product from Casio, which features a 8.1-megapixel camera and a 0.99sec capturing engine. The new product of NTT is NTT docomo SH-03A, which features mobile TV, GPS, and a 8-megapixel camera. It is one of the Japanese phones, so it looks good, with a rotating screen. The new product of au is the Sony Ericsson Premier³, it features a 3.2-megapixel camera and a nice look.

Softbank 932SH



Sony Ericsson Premier³

Eat in Tokyo: Japanese Desserts

Japanese desserts are called wagashi(和菓子) in Japanese. the most common ones are taifuku(大福), sakura mochi(桜餅, cherry blossom cakes), dorayaki(どら焼き, red bean pancake), warabi mochi(蕨餅, a jelly-like cake covered with flour).

Western confections are also gaining its popularity in Tokyo. Desserts succh as monburan(モンブラン, Mont Blanc), shōtokōki(ショートケーキ, shortcake), taruto(タルト, tart), aisukurīmu(アイスクリーム, ice-cream), kasutādo pudeingu(カスタードプディング, custard pudding), zerī(ゼリー, jelly), sufure(スフレ, Soufflé).