Things in life don’t always go as planned. I had hoped to do proper reviews of everything in this box, but two people who were important to me died suddenly and unexpectedly shortly after I received it. One of them was my best friend in high school and her husband…
Recently, I took a trip to Seattle and shopped at no less than four Japanese markets. The experience reminded me of something which I’d started to forget and that is that, even if you live close to Asian markets of any sort, the selection is often limited and the price…
When I was a child, I remember a commercial which showed a gorilla tossing around Samsonite luggage as a way of demonstrating how tough it was. Though I doubt gorillas tossed my ZenPop box around, it did encounter some sort of trauma in shipping. The boxes themselves are quite sturdy…
It may seem these days that the only Japanese snacks that I review come from ZenPop. Well, that’s because that’s the case. They provide the best value box for the money and they also send me free boxes. If I had to pay, I’d buy from them, but I’m just…
I didn’t expect to be doing two Zenpop “unboxing” posts in a row. In fact, I expected to review the items in the previous box. I have a good excuse. No, really, I do. If you don’t think what I have to say is a sufficient reason, then you haven’t…
In the first few years after I returned to the U.S., I took my sister-in-law to the “Daiso Japan” shops in the Bay Area. The Daiso is a hundred yen (dollar) store in Japan and other parts of Asia, but most things are a $1.50 in the U.S. When my…
I have to admit that I’ve been away longer than anticipated and part of the reason for that was that I bought another Japan box from a particular entity and it was so disappointing that I lost my mojo for talking about Japanese snacks. Yes, I am quite the delicate…
