Who spends a good deal of time here, but who is originally from Japan, often brings back little treats when he returns from visitng his home office or his family.

Often, they are little spongy cakes shaped like domo-kun, or hard candies that taste like green tea, which are both amusing and nice.

This last trip, he brought back some red ginseng gummy candies, which are supposed to be very nice and extremely healthy. Apparently they are very popular in Japan Korea and China.

Not so much among Americans, of course, because they smell like moldy dirt, and taste pretty much like you’d expect moldy dirt tastes.

The bag is still mostly untouched after two weeks.