Rosy Valentine

Kurio Shoten is a specialty store that specialises in making sweets using one of the most famous varieties of sweet potatoes in Japan, "Naruto Kintoki". Also known as the "Queen of Sweet Potatoes", it is a popular limited item that is grown in Naruto City, Tokushima.

This is a Japanese-style baked chocolate sweet, also known as "Yaki", that generously uses carefully selected ingredients such as Naruto Kintoki, Sweet Potato Shochu, and Awa Wasanbon sugar. It creates an exquisite harmony of flavours that gives an elegant flavour and aroma; a great concoction for an adult-flavoured chocolate.

This peach-flavoured fermented rice koji drink is made by Horaiya, a maker with a 100-year tradition of blending koji with peaches from Ono Farm in Fukushima Prefecture. It is a soothing drink born from a unique manufacturing method cultivated by making amazake the go-to drink to enjoy after a hard day's work.

Looking for an ideal mix of savoury amidst the sweetness for a balanced taste? Swap your popcorn with this great mix of senbei or shrimp crackers that you can enjoy with your loved one while watching that perfect romantic movie!

This sweet and aromatic jelly uses the fruit juice of "Hakuto" or white peach, giving its luxurious flavour. Japanese white peaches are also known to have a pink and milky white skin, with its white flesh being juicy, tender, and rich in texture.

A pinky apple snack for a rosy valentine! These red chips are made with the "Benidama" variety of apples which are characterised by their outstanding tartness, and are popular limited-edition chips among die-hard fans. Find yourself finishing this bag of chips in no time because it's definitely addicitive!

This month's omiyage highlight is a set of biscuits from Burdigala based in Hiroo, Tokyo, and known for their "snacks for adults". Cranberry and cheese ganache are sandwiched between biscuit baked with a unique blend of cloves, cardamom, nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon. It gives an elegant combination of tastes that would make you fall in love.

The beautiful package also features an original illustration of a woman walking with her dog along the stylish streets of Hiroo. We hope you enjoy Burdigala's biscuit specialty which makes for the perfect gift, especially during this season of love.

Will you be my valentine? Presenting to you this strawberry marble-flavoured rose wrapped in a special bouquet by Belle Rose to brighten up your day! A single rose usually symbolises love at first sight on a first date – who do you have in mind?

You may wonder, why is this snack called "Strawberry Princess Arare"? This slightly sweet and sour arare is made up from the flesh of Echigo-hime strawberries, which is an original brand of strawberries from Niigata Prefecture.

"Echigo" is the old name for Niigata and "hime" means princess; these strawberries are raised in low temperatures of winter with little sunlight and they boast with rich fragrance and juicy sweetness. After being mashed and seasoned with sugar, these strawberries are then coated with glutinous rice. Sounds like a match made in heaven!

A stick cake made by mixing rice flour from Aomori Prefecture's "Tsugaru Roman" rice with chocolate and baking it to a moist texture. A real chocolate cake that makes the most of the rich taste of chocolate.