If you’re looking for a way to make your colleagues mean it when they say, “Oh, no need to bring me any local specialties when you come back from Gunma,” this is it.
I understand it’s not easy to come up with sweets or snacks that immediately say, “Our prefecture is famous for silk production!” but I hope whoever thought anatomically correct chocolate silkworms were the answer is hitting their LinkedIn hard.
And if you think the ones on the sign look squicky, wait ’til you see them in real life…
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Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly e-magazine Japanagram, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had
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oh no! lol. it’s okay if i won’t get any haha