- Baumkuchen - which is German for tree cake. I've never understood why, but it is a massive favourite in Japan and something we always eat when we're there. The box contained a mixture of vanilla and chocolate slices. The cake is known as tree cake as it looks like a cross section of a tree trunk as it is make up of thin layers which represent the rings in the trunk.
- Kibidango - these are like mochi, but instead of being made of rice they are made from millet. They are soft, squishy and a little sweet too. They are popularly linked to a folk-tale, Momotaro, Peach Boy, who uses the little dumplings to recruit help on an adventure.
- New Year's Tea - in the colourful tin I found special elderflower flavoured tea, as based on the Zodiac calendar 2015 will be the year of the sheep (as of February - Chinese New Year).
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