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Japan’s favorite popsicles add multilingual packaging to better connect with foreign tourists
- Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2026 - Tweet
Garigari-kun wants to make friends with/be eaten by people from all over the world.
- Japan
- (Akagi Nyugyo • food • Garigari-kun • internationalism • Japam travel • popsicles • shaved ice • sweets • tourism • travel)
Japanese popsicle experiment says eating one before going outside in summer helps keep you cool
- Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2026
Maker of Garigari-kun explores whether one of Japan’s favorite frozen treats can work as a pre-cooling agent.
- Japan
- (Akagi Nyugyo • experiment • food • Garigari-kun • heat • popsicles • shaved ice • sweets)
Japan’s Nikka Whiskey recommends serving with a frozen sweet-bean bar inside [Taste test]
- Master Blaster
Sep 11, 2024
Just because you can…
- Japan
- (azuki bar • Azuki Bar highball • Black Nikka • frozen snacks • Garigari-kun • highball • Nikka • recipes • SNO)
Free ice popsicle factory tour in Japan comes with all-you-can-eat Garigari-kun
- Oona McGee
Jul 29, 2024
Japan’s largest ice cream factory is so popular it holds a Willy Wonka-esque lottery to get in.
- Japan
- (Akagi Nyugyo • COK • factories • factory tours • Garigari-kun • ice cream • ice pop • Japanese factories • Masanuki Sunakoma • popsicles • review • SNJO • taste test • tours)
Family Mart holds its first-ever Mint Chocolate Fair with 9 intriguing types of snacks
- Master Blaster
May 25, 2024
Great balls of chocolate-covered mint gummy!
- Japan
- (baked goods • choco mint • Choco Mint Fair • Family mart • food • Garigari-kun • ice cream • mint chocolate • snacks)
Japanese survey reveals the top 10 most popular ice creams in Japan
- Shannon
Dec 27, 2023
There’s a lot of vanilla, but chocolate takes the top spots.
- Japan
- (food • Garigari-kun • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • ice cream • ice cream monaka • Japanese ice cream • sweets • top 10 • Yukimi Daifuku)
Japan’s favorite popsicle raises price for third time in 43 years
- Casey Baseel
Dec 22, 2023
Super-affordable Garigari-kun will become a little less so.
- Japan
- (Akagi Nyugyo • food • Garigari-kun • popsicles • sweets)
Nettori Peanuts: New Garigari-kun popsicle tastes like a peanut butter sandwich
- Oona McGee
Oct 14, 2023
If you don’t know what “nettori” means in Japanese, you definitely will after eating this ice cream.
- Japan
- (Akagi Nyugyo • COK • cool • food • Garigari-kun • ice candy • nuts • peanut butter • Peanuts • popsicles • rice • sandwich • shaved ice • sweets • weird • weird flavors)
Rice-flavor popsicles from Garigari-kun are Japan’s newest head-scratching sweet treats
- Casey Baseel
Apr 7, 2023
Will rice be nice as ice?
- Japan
- (Akagi Nyugyo • COK • food • Garigari-kun • ice candy • popsicles • rice • shaved ice • sweets • weird)
Japan’s favorite popsicle is changing the way it tastes and feels for first time in over 20 years
- Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2023
Garigari-kun apparently believes you can improve on perfection.
- Japan
- (Akagi Nyugyo • COK • food • Gari-Gari Kun • Garigari-kun • ice cream • popsicles • shaved ice • soda flavor • sweets)
Real-life Team Rocket? Pokémon popsicle fraud gets man arrested in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jan 7, 2021
Saitama Prefectural Police foil underhanded method to catch ‘em all.
- Japan
- (anime • crime • food • Garigari-kun • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Coco • popsicles • sweets • video games • weird)
Garigari-kun ice pops accepting new flavor suggestions, could “cheese beef” and “ramen” win?
- Master Blaster
Sep 16, 2020
One things is for certain, nothing is too bold for this company.
- Japan
- (anniversary • contest • flavors • Garigari-kun • ice candy • popsicles)
Garigari-kun popsicle teams up with new Pokémon film for a refreshing summertime treat
- Krista Rogers
May 23, 2020
Lucky buyers will also score the chance to win a limited-edition collectible Pokémon trading card.
- Japan
- (anime • food • Garigari-kun • ice cream • Pokemon • popsicles • sweets • video games)
Garigari-kun releases new tamagoyaki Japanese egg omelette flavoured popsicle
- Oona McGee
Sep 28, 2019
Designed to be enjoyed with a dollop of soy sauce or tomato ketchup.
- Japan
- (egg • Gari-Gari Kun • Garigari-kun • ice cream • ketchup • popsicle • soy suce • tamagoyaki • weird)
Japan’s greatest papercraft artist tackles popsicle boxes, makes an icy cool superhero
- Katy Kelly
Sep 2, 2019
Garigari-kun, engage!
- Japan
- (art • awesome • cool • crafts • Gari-Gari Kun • Garigari-kun • packaging • papercraft)
Japanese man eats Garigari-kun popsicle in one bite, gets immediate, explosive brain freeze【Video】
- Scott Wilson
Aug 11, 2019
Don’t try this trick at home!
- Japan
- (Gari-Gari Kun • Garigari-kun • popsicle • video • YouTube)
Pokémon ice creams appear in Japan ahead of Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution movie
- Oona McGee
May 25, 2019
Gari Gari kun now comes in a special Pikachu variety for a limited time.
- Japan
- (anime • food • Gari-Gari Kun • Garigari-kun • ice cream • lemon • Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution • Pikachu • Pokemon • popsicle • sweets)
Japanese Twitter comes up with ingenious new way to eat popsicles, so we tried it out!
- Scott Wilson
Jul 12, 2017
No more sticky hands or melted puddles necessary.
Makers of frozen snack sincerely apologize for a 9-cent price increase
- Master Blaster
Apr 4, 2016
The maker’s of Japan’s famous ice candy Garigari-kun released an ad apologizing for a 9-cent price increase, and I still haven’t heard jack from my insurance company.
Here are Japan’s favorite ice creams from last month! Vanilla wins by a mile…
- Preston Phro
Jul 7, 2014
Like any other country, Japan loves ice cream. Especially in the summer months, the delicious treat just flies out of the freezers. And thankfully this year, no reports of errant freezer divers have appeared online! Maybe they finally got it out of their system–or at least learned not to post photos on Twitter…
So, which flavor of ice cream is the most popular in Japan? While that’s certainly a question with an amorphous answer, there is one way to come up with a satisfying conclusion: Take a look at ice cream sales!
- Japan
- (Garigari-kun • Giant Cone • ice cream • Morinaga • summer)
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