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  Beautiful Kouri Island  in Okinawa. Kouri Island, accessible by car, is a popular yet secluded island. Located in northern Okinawa, it is a part of Nakijin Village. Your anticipation rises as the spectacular views stretch over the emerald blue ocean on the two-kilometer Kouri Bridge. This alluring outer island is filled with beautiful natural beaches, cafés, and magnificent views. A TV commercial was filmed in one its scenic spots. Kouri Island is often dubbed as the “Island of Love” since there is an old folklore that tells the tale of a romantic story of the Okinawan version of “Adam and Eve”. We shall introduce you the island’s charms.

Man, if there's one thing I absolutely love in Japan, it's the legendary YUKIMI DAIFUKU 雪見だいふく, a mochi sweet with ice cream filling created by Lotte in Japan. And for those who read the post about the 3 minutes of ramen, they also thought about psychology to promote the product. Check it out. One day in 1980, candy developers from Lotte, when returning from the city of Hakata in Fukuoka, land of Adegão, were enchanted by a traditional sweet from there (I'm a sucker for it). Made with a thin and soft wheat flour shell with a filling made of Azuki and egg yolk. They thought: “What if we put ice cream?”, since no factory could sell ice cream in the Japanese winter. Then they began to study the formats and flavors. The ice cream itself is vanilla. But the shell was the big challenge. In September of the same year, Lotte launched WATABÔSHI, a sweet made with Marshmallow and ice cream inside and became a big hit among Japanese schoolgirls. An ice cream that you could eat with...