Purchase Location : Life Supermarket When your stomach hurts, or you have a cold, many Japanese people will suggest eating okayu.
Okayu is a type of rice porridge. It can be made in most rice cookers and can also be purchased at most supermarkets and convenience stores in Japan.
There are different pre-made flavors of okayu such as ume, salmon and egg. The one pictured above is shirogayu (plain.)
Purchase Location : Suriiefu (Three F)The name of this drink in Romaji is “Burugaria Nomu Youguruto .” The flavor is “Blueberry Mix.”
I’m a diehard Diet Coke fan who doesn’t drink much else. Yes, I know Cola is not the most healthy drink in the world. My friends who drink beer like a fish love to tell me how bad cola is all the time.
Every once in a while I get the urge to drink something other than cola, and this drink is one of my favorites. It has a surprisingly thin taste. It is slightly sweet, but not overbearing.
This drinkable yogurt is a great drink to smooth your stomach after eating too many snacks!
Purchase Location : FamilyMartUme is a variety of plum, but is often called a Japanese apricot. It is used to make umeboshi, an extremely popular type of pickled food here in Japan.
The candy shown above is just one type of the many ume products sold as snacks.
This particular ume candy is actually “honey neri-ume.” It is sweet, but tartish and very chewy.
After eating the 324 calorie mochi donut I posted about yesterday, I thought it might be a good idea to pick something a little more healthy for today.
SOYJOY energy bars have become quite popular here in Japan lately. I have even seen dedicated vending machines for these healthy bars.
When I was looking up some information for this posting I noticed that these energy bars are sold in other countries too. It appears SOYJOY bars were originally produced here in Japan by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company.
The bar above is Cacao & Orange flavor. Many other flavors can be found here in Japan. At 133 calories a bar they are rather healthy, and actually quite tasty too!
