Mmm, delightful slime
- by Kate Grey
Japan has a amount of regional delicacies — Tokyo Banana, as an example — and it is dilapidated to pick out fantastically-wrapped containers of those tasty treats to judge dwelling to family and traffic as souvenirs.
In Fukuoka, one in all those delicacies is Niwaka Senpei, a thin, crunchy biscuit with eyes on it and a dinky bit gash to your nostril, so that you just might maybe maybe wear it as a shroud — it is according to the Hakata Niwaka masks from Japanese comedic plays.
The biscuit is 115 years old (neatly, the firm is; the biscuits are presumably freshly-made) and in that time, they’ve collaborated with Hiya Kitty, Rilakkuma, and Doraemon, nonetheless their most modern collaboration with Square Enix is the first time that they’ve essentially modified the form of the biscuit itself.
The biscuits, within the form of Dragon Quest’s iconic slimes, will almost definitely be offered in a impartial true looking out slime-themed commemorative field, containing three crackers for ¥756 (£5 / $7).
The tasty slimes are a part of Square Enix’s promotion for “Dragon Quest Stroll“, a Japan-most efficient AR cellular recreation within the vein of Pokémon GO, which has been downloaded five million instances all via Android and iOS since its 2019 originate.
This will almost definitely be on hand most efficient at three retail outlets in Fukuoka from the 18th of June to the 30th of September, nonetheless you might maybe maybe also take them on-line must you salvage no longer mind exorbitant import costs for the sake of having some supreme biccies.
[source dragonquest.jp, via moshimoshi-nippon.jp]