The trends among teenagers -sweets-

What is the latest trands among Japanese teenagers??

When you start to work as ALTs at school,You will increase the opportunity to communicate with Japanese teenagers. If you follow the trends, it will lead to good communication at school !

So today I will introduce about the Trendy sweets in Japan in 2022

1 maritozzo

When you walk down the streets of downtown Tokyo, and you hear local salarymen talking about maritozzo, you know that maritozzo is big in Japan. This cream-filled sweet bun first originated in Rome, Italy. But today, if you walk into a café or a pastry shop in Tokyo, there is a good chance that you will find it.

2 earth jelly

The earth gummy is popular especially on SNS. Eating/Biting with a crisp sound, the blue gummy is very fluffy and sweet and sour jam filling appears from the inside .

3 　Fruit Daihuku Mochi

Daifuku is a traditional Japanese confectionary consisting of mochi (rice cake) filled with anko (sweet  bean paste) made from azuki beans. It is also known as daifuku-mochi. Smooth mochi is used, and the amount of anko is often equal to or more than that of mochi. Daifuku are often coated with edible powder. There are also many variations, such as those whose mochi contains yomogi (mugwort) or beans and those which are filled with strawberry or custard cream instead of anko

If you see students having these sweets at school, Recall this article, and enjoy talking with them !