The Family Mart chain of convenience stores in Japan has started offering new sweets featuring popular manga/anime series Natsume Yujin-cho since January 8th. They are limited collaboration products with Animax, an anime satellite television network. My nearest Family Mart store carries three of them, Manju, 3-color Dango, and doughnuts. Which do you want to try?


"Nanatsuji Manju" 90 yen (about US$1.03)


A filling of an (red bean paste)

"Sanshoku (3 color) Dango" 105 yen (about US$1,20)




"Sanshoku Dango-like doughnuts" 147 yen (about US$1.68)

Strawberry chocolate, White chocolate, Green tea chocolate

About 5 cm size
© Yuki Midorikawa/Hakusensha/Natsume Yujin-cho Production Committee