What do Japanese people eat between meals?
I’m a Japanese woman, so I can only tell you about the people around me, but we LOVE sweets more than salty snacks. Western sweets such as chocolate, candy, cookies, of course. Some major companies within Japan are Glico, Meiji, Fujiya, Morinaga, Kanebo, etc. There is also a very big market for cakes. The US fad of cupcakes is starting to slowly creep into mainstream snacking, but the “hip” sweet right now is macaroons. http://www.pierreherme.co.jp/item/ We also like to eat traditional Japanese sweets as well, such as red bean paste buns, known as Wagashi. http://japanesefood.about.com/cs/dessert… Also, fruits. Japanese people love exotic fruits and it seems like a new fruit is the fad every year. This year, it was mangos. Hope this helps!
I think fruit, but I also think it’s not rare to have a pastry with an afternoon tea or cup of coffee. I like this site (http://www.nsknet.or.jp/~tomi-yasu/index… for finding Japanese home cooking recipes. What you’ll be interested in about this site is that the author posts what she eats every day. She has posted daily menus for the past few years. You can find that here: http://www.nsknet.or.jp/~tomi-yasu/menu/… I had bought and read the book “Japanese women don’t get fat or old”. It has a few cool recipes but in general I think you’re better off finding an eating philosophy that works for you personally. I know that the idea of “grazing” eating many small meals a day is popular now for weight loss, but it just doesn’t work for me, for example. I stick to 4 scheduled meals a day. If I really NEED a snack, I grab a couple of cle
