The Japanese Market does more than bring attention to Japanese culture. It raises awareness for the SeiboldHuis Museum. Vendor tents line the canals outside of the museum. These sellers have all sorts of goodies on display. We saw samurai armor, delicious Japanese treats and even household goods. There were also a lot of booths that had literature. Titles included everything from the history of Japan to how to be a tourist on a dime.

There was also an entire row of food booths to enjoy. Sander and I ended up going for yakisoba (fried buckwheat noodles with veggies) and yakitori (chicken with a special sauce).

We then toured the current exhibit of the SeiboldHuis Museum. Along with the common rooms that house Seibold’s work there was another exhibit hosted. Currently it’s Japans naakt (link is NSFW). This exhibit showcases the beginning, rise to fame and the current state of nude photography in Japan. What started as a documentary of Eastern lifestyle turned into something much more profound and exploitative of the human figure. It’s a beautiful collection of thought provoking and intense photography that can only be experienced until September. The exhibit revolves about nudity and may not be family friendly.

We browsed through over 50 vendor stalls and came away with some good finds. I picked up this beautiful incense holder and Japanese incense at one of the stalls. Sander found me In Ghostly Japan in the museum store and I had to have it. I’m excited to visit this market again next year. We had a great time and there was so much to see!

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For now these treats will be in two lists. The treats that we have tried and the ones we still need to eat!

What we ate:

Caramel Pudding Kitkat
These are so tasty! It’s white chocolate flavored a bit with caramel. While it’s a bit too sweet for Sander’s taste, I loved it. It’s one of those must try KitKat flavors that you shouldn’t pass up.

Takoyaki Ramune
I will admit this one is a bit odd. This drink was the trick that was included in the box. For those who don’t know, Takoyaki are little dough balls that have different meats cooked into them. The most popular meat used is octopus and I love the way they taste! The texture of the drink is the same as any carbonated soda but the flavor was something else. It was a bit smoky and spicy but otherwise there was no real taste to it.

Tongari Corn Salted Caramel

This was like eating a super sweet churro! It’s all sugar coated and crunchy. They’re shaped like Bugle chips but this sweet variant is packed a lot of flavor! I couldn’t really make out anything other than a lot of sugar though so the salted caramel taste was lost to me.

Winnie the Pooh Honey & Chocolate Chip Cookies

These were simple and delicious chocolate chip cookies! I couldn’t taste the honey though.

Butter Cream Roll Cake

This was so soft and delicious! I wish that more than one was included. It was a soft sponge cake with a creamy butter cream filling.

Sanrio Halloween Papiro

These were little chocolate rolls. While they were hard cookies, they were still pretty damn tasty.

Halloween Shrimp Crackers

I’m a huge fan of shrimp crackers so I was excited to see these included. Sander skipped out on them but these were savory to eat.

Halloween Poteko Pumpkin Gratin

These were simple cookies that melted in my mouth! They didn’t taste like anything but sugar though.

Pumpkin Wheat Puffs

These were crunchy bite size pieces that reminded me of chips. They were sweet though.

Balance Mini Cake Bar

I can’t tell you what this was but it reminded me of those shortbread biscuits. I would eat this one again if I could!

What we still have to eat

Halloween Chupa Chups Lollipop

Mochitaro Salt Rice Puffs

Candy Apple DIY Kit

Halloween Umaibo Corn Potage

I’ll come back and update this post once we’ve finished all the items in the box. We’ve had it for three weeks now and still haven’t finished it. The October Tokyo Treat Box was worth the €35 but it was a one time thing. If we do order it again then it would be for next Halloween. All in all it was a great box filled with delicious items that we enjoyed.

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When I was in high school, I attended a few conventions. But this phase ended when I went to college. In college I took several Japanese appreciation and culture classes. For my language I choose Japanese. Although if they had provided Dutch, I would have taken that instead.

What’s more, is this is an interest that I can share with Sander. He hasn’t invested the amount of time that I have with films and television. But he knows a great deal more of the language, both written and spoke, than I do. Together we make a fantastic team, we discuss shows, the language and more.

Since moving to the Netherlands, we’ve looked for exciting things to do on the weekends. We decided to attend a convention (our second since I moved out). We don’t go out of our way to attending things. But since the Hague is pretty close to where we live, we decided to check out the last day of AnimeCon.

Looking at the previous days, we missed out on lots of interesting panels. But Sander worked on Friday and we celebrated his father’s birthday on Saturday. Attending Sunday was the only option. I’ll be honest, we spent most of our time ogling at the merchandise, and we ended up with a few small, but well worth, items. There were lots of competitions and one lucky girl received a ticket to Japan, courtesy of the convention.

The panels we wanted to attend but decided to skip out on, involved bento making and onigiri tutorials. There was an extra fee to attend the events so skipping them wasn’t a big deal. Our lunch was Karaage and it was quite delicious, so we didn’t feel like we missed out on a Japanese meal. Besides, we have Ramen Ya in Amsterdam, which is a hop, skip, and a jump away from home. I actually can’t believe I don’t have a post about them yet!

Other events we could have attended, were movie screenings, show screenings, hobby demonstrations, workshops or how to dance like idols. Sander and I are collectors by nature, so we spent more of our time in the main dealership hall. We were content with doing a double walk though, there was so much to see.

What was so pleasing for me to see, was that the sigma of being an Anime fan seems to be disappearing. Of course you’ll get those people who shame anyone for doing anything… But these types of events are safe havens for fans. Sander and I had a fantastic time and he wants to attend next year as well, which is fine by me!

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