Why Japanese People Still Love These Nostalgic Dagashi Snacks

日本にほんには「駄菓子だがし」という安やすくて小ちいさいお菓子かしがあります。駄菓子だがしは、昔むかしから子こどもたちに人気にんきがあります😊 一ひとつ10円えん〜100円えんぐらいのものが多おおいので、子とどもでも自分じぶんのお金かねで買かうことができます！

駄菓子だがしを売うっている小ちいさいお店みせを「駄菓子屋だがしや」と言いいます。昔むかしは、学校がっこうの近ちかくや町まちの中なかにたくさんの駄菓子屋だがしやがありました🙌よく、優やさしいおばあちゃんやおじいちゃんが駄菓子屋だがしやのオーナーでした！

学校がっこうが終おわったあと、子こどもたちは友ともだちと駄菓子屋だがしやに行いって少すこしのお金かねで「何なにを買かう？」と考かんがえるのが楽たのしかったです😁

駄菓子だがしには、いろいろな種類しゅるいがあります。チョコレート、ガム、ラムネ、せんべい、スナックなどがあります🍬 甘あまいものだけではなく、しょっぱいものや少すこし辛からいものもあります。

小ちいさいおもちゃが入はいっているお菓子かしや、くじがついているものもあります。当あたりが出でると、もう一ひとつお菓子かしをもらえることもあります！なつかしい🥹

今いまは昔むかしより駄菓子屋だがしやが少すくなくなりました… でも、スーパーやコンビニでも駄菓子だがしを買かうことができます👍

駄菓子だがしは、友ともだちといっしょに買かった思おもい出でや、子こどものころの楽たのしい時間じかんを思おもい出だすことができる、日本にほんの大切たいせつなお菓子文化かしぶんかです😆子供こどもがお金かねの使つかい方かたも学まなべます😁🙏

English Translation

In Japan, there are cheap and small snacks called “dagashi.” Dagashi have been popular with children for a long time. Many of them cost around 10 to 100 yen each, so even children can buy them with their own money.

A small shop that sells dagashi is called a “dagashiya.” In the past, there were many dagashiya near schools and around town. Often, kind grandmothers and grandfathers were the owners of these shops.

After school, children would go to the dagashiya with their friends. It was fun to think, “What should we buy?” with just a little money.

There are many different kinds of dagashi. There are chocolate, gum, ramune candy, rice crackers, snacks, and more. They are not only sweet. Some are salty, and some are a little spicy.

Some snacks come with small toys, and some have a lottery or prize game. If you get a winning one, you may even receive another snack. It feels nostalgic.

Today, there are fewer dagashiya than in the past. However, you can still buy dagashi at supermarkets and convenience stores.

Dagashi are an important part of Japanese snack culture because they can bring back memories of buying snacks with friends and having fun as a child. Children can also learn how to use and manage money through buying dagashi.

Vocabulary List

駄菓子（だがし）– cheap traditional Japanese snacks
昔（むかし）– long ago / the past
子ども（こども）– child / children
人気（にんき）– popular / popularity
自分（じぶん）– oneself / one’s own
お金（おかね）– money
駄菓子屋（だがしや）– dagashi shop / traditional snack shop
売る（うる）– to sell
近く（ちかく）– nearby / near
町（まち）– town
優しい（やさしい）– kind / gentle
学校（がっこう）– school
終わる（おわる）– to finish / end
少し（すこし）– a little
種類（しゅるい）– kind / type
甘い（あまい）– sweet
辛い（からい）– spicy
おもちゃ – toy
くじ – lottery / prize drawing
当たり（あたり）– winning ticket / winner
もらう – to receive
なつかしい – nostalgic
少なくなる（すくなくなる）– to become fewer / decrease
思い出（おもいで）– memory
思い出す（おもいだす）– to remember / recall
文化（ぶんか）– culture
使い方（つかいかた）– how to use / way of using
学ぶ（まなぶ）– to learn

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