How are the peanut hard candy? Never seen anything like those before and I'm very curious

Wow. It all looks good. I especially want to try number 6. You are so lucky. I will try to find number 6 on Amazon.

They all looks good would love to try.

the goldfish and the pretzels look BOMB

both their cantaloupe & their honeydew flavoured kitkats are phenomenal 🥹

They have these things called “Crunky” that I got addicted to over there. They’re like Nestle Crunch bar nuggets but taste a thousand times better.

Royce chocolate.

Hazelnut Kit Kats

gummy choco!!! (muscat)

Oh, I remember these as a kid. What are they called? Couldn't find anything while searching for the generic "Lovely Candy" name.

I might have them here in Sweden... but I only recognize the one with a blackberry... otherwise we have other fruit motives... I’ll take a picture next time I stop by that store

This exact brand or something like Papabubble?

I wish you luck on your venture! They sure are cute

They're called miniraburi candy (ミニラブリーキャンディ). They have a few variations on japanese amazon. Could also keep an eye open around town if you'd like

Poiful seems to always be a hit when I bring it back home for people. Super sugary, chewy jelly beanish things.

Taiyaki, any flavor (but I prefer custard).

Also, those barbecue スコーン snacks are criminally addictive.

Wasabi Kaki no Tane

Yeah it's alright. I much prefer the texture and shape of the takenoko chocolates though.

+1 for Alfort cookies, them little shits are dangerous

Tempted to skip down to the conbini to try this Black Thunder...

+1 for Alfort. Definitely agree with murasakipotato. They are dangerous. Lawson has those...I dunno what to call them. Basically chocolate mousse in a hot dog bun. Love those to bits.

The only ones I ever saw had a cow on the package, so I assumed yogurt tang. Nope, milk flavour. Haha

Hoping one day to find colourful plain ones or fruit flavours.

Idk why but I can only find these in the bigger shape, and they hurt to eat :(

I forgot about those! Used to get them in Japanese toy stores and markets

Candy kidney stones?

From China. I would say the peach flavored one and the ginger one are well-liked flavors when it comes to East Asian candies but there are other candies that are a lot more popular than these.

These are just commonly found candies made from commonly liked flavors. They're well-liked everywhere. But not super popular in modern day China.

In winter, people might buy more of the ginger candies because ginger is believed to warm up your internal system. Some of my friends and family do that. But not all of us though.

I dont know if they’re famous, but these types of hard candy are found literally EVERYWHERE (hair salons, malls, spas)

I don’t immediately recognise this brand, but it’s possibly because I dont live in china

These are popular candies for old farts

The guava candies are fire

For some reason, I couldn't reply to a comment of yours so here it is as a separate reply.

Yes you are right that these candies are like strawberry candies in the US.

The candies in your pic are just very commonly found candies. Well-liked throughout the years. But not popular. Just like your strawberry candies. They're commonly found. It's a well-liked flavor throughout the years. But not super popular.

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Those are Kuma Kyara (Kumachara…could be romanized with or without the space and with ky or with ch) candies, made by Lion, but I don’t see them on the Lion website anymore, and they’re out of stock on amazon.co.jp and Yodobashi. Try this Y! seller though:

https://store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/lafee-store/20220628223348-00288.html?sc_i=shp_sp_search_itemlist_shsrg_img

Does Japan use tons of high fructose corn syrup?

How many taste or look like products found in your home country?

Aside from the tea green chocolate, that trio of boxes look like stuff I can buy in the UK.

Our pockey are just regular safe flavours like milk chocolate and the home version the sticks taste more like rich tea biscuits.

I've forgotten the name of our off brand, not matchsticks, though they are long and thin, but this forgotten name come packed similar to pockey.

Might be mikado trying to sound Japanese but far from it, like the Dixon own brand TV that had a fake Japanese branding (matsui or similar)

The Japanese writing on the bottom literally says "handmade candy"

As it seems that there is not a lot of information available in the package, this is likely a private label manufacturer on contract with Bokksu

As it seems to be a hard candy, maybe Kasugai Hard Melon Candy or Asahi Mitsuya Melon Cider would be good substitutes?

These are packaged specifically for Bokksu and won't be sold anywhere else using this specific label. You'll probably need to show us a pic of the back of the bag to find the manufacturer. However there's a chance that it could be an exclusive flavor made for Bokksu.

Edit: You can buy these directly from Bokksu. It came up simply by googling "bokksu melon champagne cider candy" in English.

Edit 2: Removed the link I used above in case it's not legitimate, but can't tell if it is or not.

https://daimonji.co.jp/item-detail/554279

Bokksu had a hello kitty themed subscription box, which these came from. The nice thing about bokksu is that their boxes come with a little booklet describing each item. We didn’t save ours so I have no idea, but if bokksu has a Reddit you can ask if anyone has theirs. It probably had information about the producer that you could use to buy a non hello kitty (less expensive) version by the same company.

After noticing what OP mentioned about the website, I looked into it and I actually can't tell if the website is legitimate or not. I'd be careful buying from there as opposed to bokksu.com

If you’re looking for a similar candy, here are some brands that make high-quality melon-flavored hard candy:

Kasugai – Known for their individually wrapped fruit-flavored hard candies, including a delicious melon flavor.

Pine (Pineapple Company) – Makes a variety of fruit-flavored hard candies, often found in Japan.

Nobel – Offers rich fruit-flavored hard candies, including musk melon flavors.

Fujiya – Sometimes produces melon-flavored candies under their “Milky” or fruit candy lines.

You can find these brands at Japanese supermarkets like Mitsuwa, online retailers like Amazon, or specialty snack stores. If you want something very close to what Bokksu provided, you might check their website to see if they sell the candy individually.