Are Japanese snacks cool or just weird?

According to N-H-K Cool Japan, it seems there are wide variety of snacks and confectioneries available at supermarkets in Japan.
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With snacks like “Takoyaki yasan” for example, we can even enjoy the process of making it.
I remember “Nerunerunerune” as similar kind when I was a kid, but to be honest I felt it was sick and gross. Even though I was a kid, I felt something artificial about a snack like that. It was a lot healthier and better to help with my mom’s cooking if I wanted to experience the process of making foods.
Salty snacks mixed with sweet taste or the vice versa just like “ramen candy” or “takoyaki caramel” may sound funny and interesting enough to bring back as a souvenir but I wonder if they taste any good.
Contributor Bio: Kirin is a Japanese woman spending her life so far somewhere around Tokyo. She now works from home and is also spreading Japanese kawaii culture and etc. through her popular blog, Tokyo Kawaii,etc.
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