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The Snackpacker’s Guide: 10 Japanese snacks under 500 yen worth buying to take home

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Good-value snacks from Japan include a cream cheese dessert, a soy-based jerky that tastes like bak kwa and an instant corn soup.

Good-value snacks from Japan include a cream cheese dessert, a soya-based jerky that tastes like bak kwa and an instant corn soup.

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SINGAPORE – If there is one thing Singapore travellers love more than going to Japan, it is lugging home bags stuffed with Japanese snacks.

From supermarkets to convenience stores to megamarts like Don Don Donki, Japanese snacks fill shelves in such variety that fitting them into a single shopping basket feels like a game of Tetris. 

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