Marukawa Bubble Gum
This Marukawa Bubble Gum is the kind of thing Olivia would have her little nose all over. The pack above includes seven different flavors; clockwise starting from the top right are green apple, peach, mixed fruits, melon, grape, strawberry, and orange. The green apple, peach, and mixed fruits gums are single rectangular pieces, while the melon, grape, strawberry, and orange ones have four gumballs each inside.
Grape-flavored gumballs. (I usually pop all four pieces into my mouth because I like to blow bubbles. It’s part of the fun of chewing this gum, okay?)
The green apple one unwrapped.
The gums are soft, juicy, and not too sugary. Unfortunately, the pleasing fruit flavor doesn’t last long, maybe about five minutes.
Now I have a bonus picture for you after the jump, one that shows how much of a skilled photographer I am.
I took this photo as I was making a header image for the site. (Please excuse its darkness and the small size of the objects.) Do you see why I didn’t use it? Hint: citrus fruit.
i like those gums!!! where could i buy them? i’m terribly jealous
nice shots btw 
Mariaclara: Try looking for the gum at Asian stores, especially Japanese ones. It’s also available on Amazon.com.
- Cindy
Haha @ hint:citrus fruit.
I loved those when I was little. I think Peach was probably my favorite. Or possibly green apple? I can’t remember. No wait, Strawberry. I loved Strawberry anything. I loved strawberry Pocky, strawberry gum, ice cream, and candies, anything strawberry-flavored EXCEPT for actual strawberries themselves.
The packaging is so cute and dear for this product.
Oh yeah! I have another idea for an entry. You could do Grass Jelly! (Sehn-tzau). I went to Hong Kong Supermarket yesterday night and bought banana flavored and lichee flavored grass jelly. I liked the banana flavored one but the lichee one was disappointing.
Lian: I love the colorful and cute packaging, too. And I also love strawberry-flavored food. (I love fresh strawberries, but only when they’re sweet.) It’s been interesting reading your comments here and those of others on LJ. Many people have said that the things I’ve featured are things they had when they were little. Do people stop having these things as adults? Kind of interesting (and sad).
Thanks for the grass jelly post suggestion. I actually have two cans of grass jelly drinks in my refrigerator. One is the Hong Van brand banana flavor with honey, the other is the Yeo’s brand regular flavor. They’ll probably appear on the site sooner or later.
- Cindy
I guess when we’re little kids, relatives bring candies more often and that’s how we get them. Now that I’m older though, I’ve become kind of disinterested in sweets. I don’t really go out to stores but when I do, I usually spend a lot of time in the snack aisles, ogling all the goodies there.
There’s this kind of sweet jelly-like candy that’s cut into squares or rectangles and has several fruit flavors (orange, strawberry, grape, melon, pineapple). It’s one of those things that have a clear edible wrapper. I loved those things.
Oh! And there’s a Japanese hard candy called Flower’s Kiss Candy. I really liked that too. The wrapping is beautiful. All sorts of pictures of different flowers on the wrappers.
(Yeah, I went to Mitsuwa recently.)
Lian: I think I’ve had that sweet jelly-like candy before. But it’s been years, so I don’t remember it too well. I’ve never tried Flower’s Kiss Candy, though. But I’ve seen it at stores. I adore the packaging on Japanese candies.
- Cindy
These little things look too good to eat!
Jimbo: They are pretty cute! It seems like the packaging on Japanese candies/gums are generally cute and colorful.
- Cindy
I found your site by reading one of Pioneer Woman’s entries a little while ago.
Being half-Japanese I recognize quite a few of the items here and just decided to post on this one. I loved the gum as a kid and occasionally will buy it from one of the area Asian markets when I stop in to stock up on other Asian necessities.
Love your site!!
Bianca-san