the Puyo Puyo Manju revival continues: the new matcha flavour has launched at various in-store venues over the last couple days, and will be available online from tomorrow:
I wrote about this on twxttxr as it was happening but I guess I didn't touch on it here, so here's the basic story behind this strangely-popular snack, which goes beyond "thing in the shape of another thing":
btw, the online store of choice for this bakery just so happens to have kicked off a 15th-anniversary promo that'll give you a 50%-off coupon code for virtually any order, active from September 26~28 Japan time: https://www.47club.jp/collections/hangakucp2023 🇯🇵
they're also selling select not-Puyoman bulk lots with free shipping: there's a 6-pack with 3 boxes of each variety, and a 3-pack with one box of each manju plus a generic Heiando Umetsubo snack pack: https://www.47club.jp/search?q=%E3%81%B7%E3%82%88%E3%81%B7%E3%82%88%E3%81%BE%E3%82%93%E3%81%98%E3%82%85%E3%81%86&collection=284766961870 🇯🇵