Dagashi

During the Bubble Economy period (1986–1991), the amount of spending money schoolchildren had access to rapidly increased.

During the post-war Showa period, children often stopped by a dagashiya after school to purchase the cheap snacks and socialize with each other and the shop owners.

[2] It is located on the grounds of Kishibojin Shrine and served as the model for the dagashiya in the Studio Ghibli film Only Yesterday.

With the proliferation of convenience stores and the falling Japanese birthrate, traditional dagashiyas have been declining rapidly.

Examples such as Umaibo and cheese arare are featured in the ninth episode of the drinking anime, Takunomi.