The "Sakura" or cherry blossom is one of the national symbols of Japan. In spring, cherry trees all over Japan blossom with little, pale, pink flowers. The blossoms are so beautiful but only last for about three or four days. It's kind of the high point of the year and people actually have parties to celebrate the beauty of the blossoms and drink sake under them. You can eat cherry blossoms too and it's not uncommon to find various traditional Japanese sweets flavored with Sakura blossoms. But,... this is a Kit Kat bar which is actually the flavor of cherry blossoms. Stephanie loved it,... but it was too floral for me.
What is like a Nestle Crunch bar but is made with dark chocolate?
"Black CRUNKY!" I love that name. It's so goofy. I guess they get it from "cruchy" and "chunky" because you can break-off chucks of the candy bar. It's pretty good. Dark chocolate is very popular here so we're happy.
Okay, last but not least has to be the best candy bar name yet. "Rummy" is a candy bar filled with white raisins that have been soaked in rum. The candy bar is actually 3.7% alchohol and it's sinfully delicious. I love the name though. I would wager that 99% of Japanese people here wouldn't know that "rummy" is a slang term for a drunk. I think they created the name from "rum" and "yummy" (yummy is actually a word that children use here)
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