Japan Crate July 2015 Subscription Box Review

Japan Crate is a monthly Japanese candy subscription box. Depending on your box, Japan Crate will send you approximately two pounds of various Japanese snacks, candies, and including one or more DIY kit(s)!

Cost: $12.00 (mini) / $25.00 (original) / $30.00 (premium)

Ships to: All around the world. (Free shipping in the U.S. / $15 shipping fee internationally)

Ships via: USPS. Japan Crate ships on the 5th of every month.

In August's Sugoi Crate:

This month's Care Package: Japan Crate will be giving out Japanese Kit Kats! Visit their Facebook page for their post on how to enter!

July's Contest: Japan Crate is also having a contest. The winner gets a one year premium subscription! You have until July 27th for your submissions!

Let's move along with the box, shall we?

Japan Crate now includes a booklet (which you read from left to right, like a manga).

July 2015 booklet

July 2015 Comic

July 2015 Item List

More info of Adzuki Mizu Yokan (Original) and Kodomo no Nomimono/Kids Beer (Premium)

July 2015 Sugoi Crate

Page 10 is the DIY instruction for the Animal Drawing Sherbet DIY (Original)!

First look 2

Mini Item Contents:

Chameleon Candy (): These are grape covered hard candy. The inside consists one of three flavors: strawberry, orange, and apple (?)

Potekoro Cubes (): Taste like potato chips, with a really strong black pepper taste. But it also reminds me of croutons.

Chu Grape Jelly (): 

Maken Gummy (): I got grape flavored rock and star gummies. It's not bad, but it tastes like medicine... :(

Original Item Content:

Animal Drawing Sherbet DIY (): 

Lifeguard Paste (): Three packets of this, or rather three packets of sugar...

Adzuki Mizu Yokan (Imuraya Oan Mizuyoukan Ogura [Hopefully I got this correct]): ***It's really sweet***This is in a can. It tastes great! I wish I had ice cream to put this on :(. Tastes better when cold imo.

Choco Bar Z Kinako (): Whoa this was soaked in soy flour? It sort of tastes like peanut butter.

Premium Item Content:

Kids Beer ():  It's non alcoholic! For more description of the item, it says to look at page 6.

Kaijiri Chew (): Tastes like cola alright. Take your time or share the taffy.

Sour Lemon Gum ():



Corn Potage Chips (Yaokin Corn Potage) (Bonus Item): On their booklet, they typed Com Potage Chips, haha. You know how most chip bags are half air and half chips? This one has A LOT. This tastes like corn soup with a tint of seaweed.

And here's a picture of everything!

If you've subscribed to Japan Crate, what did you think of this month's crate?

Japan Crate June 2015 Subscription Box Review

Japan Crate is a monthly Japanese candy subscription box. Depending on your box, Japan Crate will send you at least two pounds of various Japanese snacks, candies, and including one or more DIY kit(s)!

Cost: $12.00 (mini) / $25.00 (original) / $30.00 (premium)

Ships to: All around the world. (Free shipping in the U.S. / $15 shipping fee internationally)

Ships via: USPS. Japan Crate ships on the 5th of every month.

For those who are subscribed to Japan Crate are automatically entered to win a Sugoi Crate each month. And for those who subscribed to the Premium Crates, now include a revolving bonus item. There is also a Totoro contest which ends on June 25, 2015. You can win a full set of Totoro toys, a month/three months subscription, and a Totoro bed!

In July 2015 Sugoi Crate:

Let's move along with the box, shall we?

Japan Crate has updated their box design. The top picture is on the back of Japan Crate's box. When you open the crate, you'll see what kind of box you have subscribed to.

And opening the box, you'll see this!

June 2015 First look

June 2015 First look 2

June 2015 Comic

June 2015 Item List

Mini Item Contents:

Ramune Marble: 

White Chocolate Big Bar Z: The first time I saw the chocolate version, I was skeptical about it, but it tasted great! So when I saw a white chocolate version in this box, I was happy. And yes, it tasted great! (: Edit: 8/16/15 I just found this in an Asian market for $1.45.

Little Gang Grape: Okay... the title... I'm not the only one who read it differently, right? The gum package does say Little Gang, and it's grape flavored...

Red Potion/Black Potion: Eat either the red/black gum, and your tongue will be red/black!

Soy Sauce Mochi/Snow Pea Chips (Calbee Sayaendo Sappari Shio Aji): I got the Snow Pea Chips and it's great. Ate the whole bag. :D

Original Item Content:

Choco Kinako Mochi DIY (Coris Choco Kinako Mochi): 

Kirby Blend-Blend Mix Gum (Marukawa Hosahi no Carby Mix Gum): There is a variety of flavored gum (yogurt, soda, orange, and a flavor I don't know...). You can eat two/three flavors of the gum at once to create a new flavor (e.g. orange+the flavor I don't know+soda gives you cola flavored gum). Watch out for the gray ones! They don't really have a taste to it.

Matcha Green Tea Pejoy: Meh. These are alright. These are just wafer rolls filled with green tea flavor.

Talking Puppy Chocolate: This tastes like a Crunch bar, just less sweeter. When you open from the back, there is a dog card (mine was a Pomeranian), with a heat detected bubble. Rub it, and you'll a get a Japanese line (which answers the question on the other side of the card).

Premium Item Content:

Kawaii Ramune (Sangaria Kawaii Ramune): I think I'm done with the ramune drinks and anything with ramune in general.

Magic Bubble Jelly DIY (Meiji Majic Awa Jelly Grape):

Happy Paws Gummy (Senjaku Nikukyu Gummy Peach): If you like gummy peach rings, you'll definitely enjoy this! (It's not sour though)

Choco Banana Pocky: No. Just no. If you like bananas, you'll probably enjoy this.

Matcha Green Tea Kit Kats: It would be nice one day if we can get a full bag, haha. But a bag of Matcha Green Tea Kit Kats (or any other special Kit Kat flavor) is quite expensive (almost $10 a bag!).

Totoro figure (Bonus Item): This time, the bonus item is a figure from the anime, My Neighbor Totoro. This is one of the ten figures you can get (the camera got a sharper view of the plastic instead of Totoro. :(). Japan Crate also has an event for this!

And here's a picture of everything and the bottom of the box!

If you've subscribed to Japan Crate, what Totoro figure did you get?

Japan Crate May 2015 Subscription Box Review

Japan Crate is a monthly Japanese candy subscription box. Depending on your box, Japan Crate will send you at least two pounds of various Japanese snacks, candies, and including one or more DIY kit(s)!

Cost: $12.00 (mini) / $25.00 (original) / $30.00 (premium)

Ships to: All around the world. (Free shipping in the U.S. / $15 shipping fee internationally)

Ships via: USPS. Japan Crate ships on the 5th of every month. May is the last month of their delay!

Let's move onto the box, shall we?

May 2015 first look

May 2015 first look 2

May 2015 Content List

May 2015 Comic

Mini Content

Umashi Oasi Cheetos (Japan FritoLay Cheetos Umashio): CHIPS, CHIPS, CHIPS! YAY. Although there's a bag of chips in this box, it didn't really have much flavor.

Yaokin Maple Hot Cakes (Yaokin Hot Cake Maple Syrup): Definitely tasted like pancakes with syrup!

Ginbisu Chocolate Bar Z (Ginbis Choco Bar Z): Tastes like a chocolate covered wafer. The texture is like the Glico Kapuriko.

Chocolate in Disguise (Chirin Hensou Choco): You can alter the four facec by pulling up or pushing down the tab (shown by the arrow). The chocolate is in a bag, so don't worry about them falling out. The chocolate comes in variety of color. Japan Crate will be posting a guide about each character on their blog. Japan Crate has posted the readings here.

Original Content

Corocoro Animal DIY (Meiji Korokoro Animal):

WakuWaku Zukan Gummy (Kabaya Wakuwaku Zukan Gummy Kaeru): This didn't have enough flavor in my opinion.

Gyogyogyogamu Gum (Marukawa Gyo Gyo Gyo Gum):

Strawberry Chocolate (Shoei Delicy Ichigo Choco): Take your time eating this chocolate. It's good, but it's a spoonful of sugar in your mouth. The color spoon I got was green, with a three-leaf clover on it. Japan Crate will be posting a fortune translation post soon on their site. Japan Crate has posted the readings here.

Premium Content

Hajikete Cider: This is basically a ramune drink.

Kabaya Tukuttemiyo Ju-C (Kabaya Tsukettemiyo Ju C): I've received this in September 2014 Japan Crate (not in box form).

Beware the Sour Grapes: I've received the Cola flavor in October 2014 Japan Crate.

Bread Keychain (Bonus Item): It really does smell like bread. Not really interested in this key chain though.

Overall: Nice to see that there was chips here this time! Two of the items were repeats.

If you've subscribed to Japan Crate, what do you think of the snacks this month?

Japan Crate April 2015 Subscription Box Review

Japan Crate is a monthly Japanese candy subscription box. Depending on your box, Japan Crate will send you at least two pounds of various Japanese snacks, candies, and including one or more DIY kit(s)!

Cost: $12.00 (mini) / $25.00 (original) / $30.00 (premium)

Ships to: All around the world. (Free shipping in the U.S. / $15 shipping fee internationally)

Ships via: USPS. Japan Crate ships on the 5th of every month.

Japan Crate forgot to ship my box... But, here it is!

Let's move onto the box, shall we?

April 2015 First look

April 2015 Second look

April 2015 Comic

April 2015 Item Content
(There is a typo on the card. It is April, not March)

Mini content

Konpeito: Do not think if these are flavored. They are all just sugar candy. (I've received this item in September 2014's Japan Crate.)

Hi-Chew Minis (Morinaga Hi-Chew Mini): I never knew there was this kind of Hi-Chews! This sort of reminds me of Skittles. On the item content list, there is a mention of pineapple as one of the flavors. I believe it's lemon.

Fujiya Fruit Drops: First glance, I thought it was sour candy. I found a green candy in the bag! Hm... that's probably apple flavor (I hope) (It wasn't). Meh... you can hardly taste the flavors.

Kantorimaamu Crispy: Yay, cookie... but I didn't enjoy it. You can just find this type of cookie in any markets.

Original contents

Meiji White Chocolate: I enjoyed the regular chocolate flavor in January's Japan Crate, so I know I'll like this!

On Shokora Houjun Berry (Lotte On Chocolat Hojun Berry): Raspberry and strawberry bits are on the chocolate. And... it wasn't that good.

Animal Cake DIY (Kracie Puchitto Doubutsu Pancake): This was fun to make. The animal I got was a monkey. Make sure you don't microwave it too long or the pancake will be hard to bite into.

Kami Bikkuriman Wafer (Lotte Kami Bikkuriman): Three pieces of wafers with chocolate in between. I liked it. It also contained a trading card.

Premium contents

Ramune Grape Soda: Yay for another ramune drink! But ever since I tried the strawberry one, I'm not sure if I want to drink this...

NeruNeru Ichigo DIY (Otanoshimi Neruneru Ichigo Cake): This DIY reminds me of Nerunerunerune from November's Japan Crate. Really simple DIY.

Glico Kapuriko: Basically a miniture version of Calpico Strawberry, which I received in September's Japan Crate. I prefer the mini version than the giant. It's really sweet.

Bonus Item

Koume Chan Plum Gummy (Lotte Koume Chan Gummy): Out of all the snacks, this and the Meiji White Chocolate caught my eyes. I think it's just me, but it tasted like I was eating purfume.

Overall: I don't know how I feel about this month's Japan Crate... Most of the snacks aren't appealing to me.

Honestly, if you want to get a mini crate, subscribe to Skoshbox. They provide more items and variety.

If you've subscribed to Japan Crate, what do you think of the snacks this month?