These delectable, sweet-tasting Sea Otter Boogers (rakko no hana-kuso) are available at zoo and aquarium gift shops across Japan. The ones shown here are from Kamogawa Sea World in Chiba prefecture.
The protein-packed booger snacks are actually made of amanatt?, or candied black beans, and they are quite tasty if you can get over the name.
Priced at 525 yen (under $6) per 110-gram package, Sea Otter Boogers can also be purchased online via the Hanakuso web shop (shipping in Japan only), which also sells the ever-popular Gorilla Boogers.
Rico
Tell me those are raisins, right?! Raisins!
[]otakugirl
Don't worry, these are beans
[]Alice L
Which part of the Candied black beans was difficult to understand?
[]Timothy
I would have never even thought about candied black beans. The idea is strange, but I would love to try it.
At first, when I opened this page, I really thought they were sea otter boogers. I was honestly quite shocked. But then I read the rest and had a sigh of relief.
[]ets
uhmm... isn't there an english version of the page? i'd like to order some boogers, but dont speak japanese :/
[]Lynn
A more apt name would be.. Dried sea otter pellets (or shit!)
[]A Reader
That remembers me to the movie "Monty Python’s Life of Brian"
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