From Maine to Japan

Among the many things that I enjoy about living in Japan: specialty flavored KitKats. That one is jasmine tea-flavored, and very delicious. They're usually seasonal, and many never appear again.

Sometimes that's okay. See below for examples of powdered soybean KitKat and edamame KitKat.





Most are delicious, though. I'm looking forward once again to the cherry-blossom-flavored KitKat that are timed to come out when the blossoms do, which is also (not coincidentally) the beginning of the new school year. Parents see their children off to a new year of school as cherry blossoms--the ultimate Japanese symbol of ephemerality and the sweet sadness of passing time--float down around them.



Ephemerality in chocolate form. I like it.