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Looking for that perfectly wacky Japanese souvenir? Want to taste something you’ve never even seen before? Hoping for a unique Japanese cultural experience? This line of canned food offers 70 different options, so add a few to your shopping list and enter canned heaven.
Canned Food, on a Whole New Level
Kokubu’s Top Canned Creations
#1 | Oysters
#2 | Sardines
#3 | Scallops
#4 | Bacon in Honey Mustard Sauce
#5 | Buri (ぶり, AKA Japanese Amberjack, AKA Yellowtail)
Luxury, High-End Canned Food!? Kantsuma Kiwami
The cans in the standard line of Kantsuma products sell for around 300 to 1,000 yen: not so cheap you start to doubt the quality, but still a reasonable price for a tasty, protein-filled snack. The "Kiwami" (極, meaning peak or extreme) line of canned goods, on the other hand, retails at prices between 5,000 (!?) and 10,000 (!?) yen. A truly high-end price for some truly high-end cans of food.
Well, the JAPANKURU team decided to pick up and sample a few of these very fancy cans, and give them a taste. We could tell that Kokubu doesn't really expect these to fly off the shelves, and they were really sort of in on the joke here, but the prices aren't just made-up numbers. These cans are expensive because they contain some really luxe foodstuffs.
The Smoke Series
While some of the standard Kantsuma cans also contain smoked foods, the idea behind this special line of smoked canned products was that Kokubu really wanted to focus on that smokey flavor. If you're the kind of person who dumps liquid smoke into every pot of food you make, Kokubu is here to deliver a line of canned food you will love. Each of the ingredients is carefully smoked over some especially fragrant and aromatic sakura (cherry tree) chips, giving it all a whole lot of flavor.
Want to Buy Some Japanese Canned Goods for Yourself?
As we already mentioned, the Kantsuma cans are found pretty often in convenience stores and groceries around Japan, so they're not really too hard to find (especially the top 5 items we talked about)! If you're feeling a little intrigued by the luxury Kiwami products, though, or you want to see the huge variety of canned goods they offer standard, you can always head over to ROJI, a gourmet market in Nihonbashi, Tokyo.
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