“Great value for the price! All the snacks are delicious as is the tea. Be warned some of the more delicate snacks may not be picture perfect upon arrival. Other than that I would say this box is near perfect!”
“This box was absolutely wonderful!! The only problem was that the Fukuruko Shiruko was in pieces, and there was water damage on the bottom right side that has turned into a small hole. I hope they find solutions to these, otherwise it was great!!”
“I enjoy this service a lot! It’s fun seeing new treats and trying new things - some I didn’t even knew existed - every month. However, all three of my boxes have been delivered with broken food items 😔 Crepes and fukuruko shiruko aren’t as fun to experience as crumbs. I’m sure the items don’t leave them that way, but I hope they can find a solution!
Overall, this is definitely something I look forward to every month. The treats have been delicious. The postcards are beautiful and the booklets are cute and informative. I really appreciate the added culture/history sections too!”
“Love the little snacks and little story booklet that explains where in Japan the treats come from and the holidays in the month. There are some damages with the more fragile treats. But they are still very delicious. No major complaints from me. Can wait for the next box. 😄🌸”
“We've subscribed for the 3 months box to give this a try. It is our first ever subscription box and we found it quite fun. We love the Japanese culture and since during these pandemic period, it was refreshing to be able to try out new themed Japanese snacks when we can't travel. The first box came and it was the May Box - Mochi & Sakura Tasting Tour.
I thought the items were not bad, there were some hit and misses definitely. But overall quite fun to unpack. Another downside is that it is rather pricey per box because of the delivery. I live in Singapore and the box costs SGD63.80 after factoring in the delivery. Let's see the next box but I think it is unlikely that I would constantly purchase this apart from special seasonal items.
I was also very surprise to receive the May box in April, I thought I was getting the April box - Matcha. So I do hope that in May I will NOT get the same box! Fingers crossed!”
“I am signed up for a 3 month subscription currently, with my first box being the April box: Matcha Moments. I came with a good variety of Matcha snacks as well as some Sakura snacks. When I signed up I got the two extra bonus items for life, however these items weren't described in the booklet but when I looked they were from the last box. It kind of felt like I was just getting leftovers instead of actual bonus items.
So far the sizes of everything is pretty good, with some of the smaller items coming in pairs. Once it shipped, the shipping was pretty quick. So far, it lives up to its price of around $35 per box.”
“Tl;dr: Do you already love japanese flavors/snacks? Redbean, matcha, and sakura your go-to everyday flavors? Does the added shipping not bother you? This box is for you!
I tried three boxes and all of them were OKAY. Each box had at least one thing I really loved and one thing I had to spit out. Most items are good, with a decent variety.
For the Sakura and Mochi box the fish wafer came broken, as did my friend who was also getting the box (super disappointing since it was a really odd and new sort of item to try).
The three boxes I got had a sort of same-y issue, where there were starting be some staple items and flavors like monokas (the wafers taste gross and the filling can be good or bad. The sweet soysauce one was disgusting, some of them the wafers fall to pieces and others can be (enjoyably) eaten like an oreo)
Three boxes in a row really pushed sakura as a flavor (to which I can say typically tasted like literally nothing but smelled nice) As well as red bean paste. Let me tell you, I don't hate red bean paste. It's. . .fine, in moderation. But I can't eat it by the spoonful and there was so much of it in these boxes. I know it's a Japanese dessert staple but I would have liked some more variation on flavor. Everything fish flavored was not my cup of tea, though. Fortunately only the first box seemed to push it.
Now for the best part of these boxes. The creme de la creme, the top of the top; it's kinako. It basically tastes like unsweet peanut butter and these boxes encouraged me to purchase an entire bag of the stuff. I can now have kinako for everything. Put it on ice cream. Put it on mochi. Consume it sprinkled on PB&J, put it into your chocolate chip cookie batter. Go ham, the stuff is amazing.
Now price. The price is fine. . .before shipping. Once you include shipping the price becomes a little steep. Almost 50$ per a box (in my case) with about 30$-40$ worth of product inside. So yeah, not great, but not awful.
Lets talk about non food. The plate was super cute, and I use it as a nice trinket dish. The cup was equally cute, matched the plate and is not good for hot liquids at all. I burned my hands trying to drink tea out of this cup, and it sweated bullets when I put juice and some ice in it later. Still adorable. Then there's the bowl. The bowl is plastic, and small. It's a decent ice cream bowl or rice bowl. It's also apparently edible and contains wheat, milk, soy, and egg allergens according to the booklet. I haven't attempted to consume my bowl. Someone please tell me if the plastic bowl is tasty.
Tea. Box 1: Salt water. Box 2: Soup broth. Box 3: Normal?? I haven't tried the third tea yet, I'm almost afraid. The first two boxes seemed to prioritize pretty tea over drinkable tea. The soup broth one was fine, but I wish someone would have warned me.
Misc grievances: The booklet didn't tell me the rice paper was edible in box 2. Would have been nice to know, the mochi was delicious but I didn't realize the rice paper it was stuck to could be eaten.
Overall: The experience was fun, I enjoyed it. Sure there's a lot of complaining here but at the end of the day only one or two items went uneaten from most of the three boxes I got. 50$ is just a bit too much for me (After shipping) though, especially if some boxes will have a third or more of the content be a miss. I don't like monokas, or fish flavored things, and I prefer my red bean paste in moderation which at the end of the day means I'd personally rather save my money. I do think this box is for some people though, and those people will adore it. Overall I'll continue following what comes out of these boxes to (hopefully) see a larger variety of flavor as the seasons change and likely only subscribe here or there for one time purchases.”
“There is a nice variety of desserts and I felt like it was worth the money. I was a little disappointed that the blowfish wafers came completely destroyed since it was like a centerpiece of the box (you're supposed to punch a little hole in it and submerge it in the tea that came with it). I know it's inevitable to have some delicate things get broken in transit, but maybe they could've packed it better.
The booklet is nice quality and explains everything in detail.”
“I like having adult themed treats. I like most treats except for the monaka wafers. The wafers taste like something burnt. I would give it a 5 stars, but those wafers were put in the first 3 boxes. I hope that does not continue. More variety would help as well. But over all, I like it.”
“Everything about this box is cute, fun and yummy. I enjoy so many of the treats I used to have while I lived in japan and it makes me so happy to get to see some of them every month. My only *not even* complaint about the box is that I wish they would change from monaka’s in every box! Either way I’m happy to receive these treats (even when the poor blowfish is a little smashed);)”
“Just started receiving this delightful new subscription box, having had Yume Twins now for over a year, the treats are delicious as is the tea, mostly vegetarian-friendly as well, with a mixture of salty and sweet (though mostly sweet!) snacks - I get bonus items each month for subscribing for the whole year, definitely worth it and something we look forward to! Only reason four stars instead of five, the second box didn't have much tea, and some of the snacks have a coating that my child describes as being like styrofoam (I don't mind it as much, but she is a little bit correct).”
“A nice alternative to TokyoTreat if you want a more mature snack monthly box. Each box comes with an assortment of snacks following a different theme each month, two portion of tea and a houseware made for Japanese market. The only reason I am not giving five stars is because of their broken ticket system, which makes it so that you can't report missing items until they fix it.”
“I’ve had two boxes come in so far, April and May, and my experiences have been phenomenal for both! Boxes shipped very quickly relative to other subscription boxes I’ve tried (Bokksu), with much more thorough tracking, and the packaging for both the box and all the snacks is absolutely beautiful! My only gripe is that some of the more delicate snacks, mainly the monaka, have come broken to bits. It’s an understandable issue considering it shipped all the way from Japan to California, but an issue I would like to see resolved in the future nonetheless. I was a bit skeptical about the pricing (particularly the shipping since Bokksu had free shipping), but seeing just how much time and effort was put into the curation and aesthetics of not only the snacks themselves, but also the informative booklet and the website, I have to say it’s worth it! (Especially since there is one non-snack item in every box!)
Personally I enjoyed all the snacks I’ve tried so far with the exception of the golden plum tea. While beautiful, it wasn’t sweet/sour like the booklet led me to believe. It tasted rather like soup! Not a terrible experience, but I definitely would have enjoyed it more had I not been expecting something sweet :)”
“I just tried my first box. I really liked how the box came super fast. I really liked all the snacks. They made me feel like I was in Japan. The only downside to this box was I did not like the golden plum tea. Everything else was delicious. Definitely will get another box.”
“The box was great. I love the matcha theme and how the allergen and liquor information is clearly labeled. 4 stars just because the paper for the matcha mochi snack was sticking to the machine so much that we couldn't get it off and weren't able to try it other than a bite in the corner which makes me sad because that bite was really good! Otherwise everything in the box was delicious and amazing. Thank you!”
“The products included in the box (and the amazingly fast shipping) were great. I got to try a lot of things I never would have thought to pick out for myself (I loved the plum tea) and they were all neatly packaged, with a handy little booklet to describe not only the treats, but suggested pairings and how best to enjoy them, as well as cultural history. There was enough of each product to let you really get a taste for it, and honestly the value for the cost of the actual box seemed great. I'm wasn't happy with the way they more or less seem to slip the very high shipping cost into the subscription almost too late to notice. Honestly, if they just included that in the box pricing and said shipping was 'free' it would still feel like a good value and wouldn't feel quite so much like a trap.”
