This is a list of Japanesesnacks (お菓子, okashi) and finger foods. It includes both brand name and generic snacks.
Types
Anko, or sweet bean paste
Anko is a kind of sweet bean paste.[1]
Anko is mainly eaten during the afternoon green tea time in Japan. School students eat it after school, at home.
Onigiri, or rice ball can be eaten both as a snack and as a meal, by modern Japanese people. In Sengoku period, samurai ate large rice balls as a field ration during the war.
In Sengoku period and Edo period, onigiris were often wrapped in bamboo skin when they were carried. Bamboo skin has an antibacterial effect and keeps rice balls longer.
Modern onigiris wrapped in a small, transparent plastic bag