Umai-bou

Umai-bou(うまい棒) is one of the most popular junk foods in Japan. The name umai-bou means delicious-bar. This junk food is popular because the price is very cheap. It is only 10 cent per one bar. Japanese government impose 5% excise to people so if some one buy only one Umai-bou, he or she can avoid to pay excise since 5% of 10 cent is less than 1 cent and in this case, excise is not imposed. Other than that, you can enjoy variety of tastes such as cheese, BBQ, teriyaki, chili and so on. Tens of thousands of Umai-bous are sold every day in Japan. However, it seems to be quite hard for a manufacturing company to maintain cheaper price because a size of Umai-bou is getting smaller and smaller every year. I think it was 1.3 times bigger in the past than what it is now. Some one says it is because you grown up and became bigger and so you feel Umai-bars became smaller. Other one says it is true that Umai-bar is smaller than before. Whatever.