The exact illustration in your pic doesn’t exist anymore, they stopped production in Jan 2023 due to low sales from Covid. They do have another tin of the same drops in a hello kitty design for sale on their site still https://sakumaseika.jp/view/item/000000000091?category_page_id=002
MaybePerhapsLetsSee
I’ve seen the Hello Kitty version make a hard comeback the past year.
Ok_Instruction_4717
Same even just the tin would be cool
GoBigRed07
I have certainly purchased it before in Japan. The tin has that image on one side and on the other side it’s combined with an image of the sister from Grave of the Fireflies holding the tin.
Icy-Glass-9324
😭
TheS00thSayer
One of the luckiest and weirdest coincidences that ever happened to me was watching Grave of the Fireflies for the first time and buying a pack of 3 of these off Amazon. The *very next week* the company making these announced it was closing and then the price of them skyrocketed and people were scalping them. I’ve got the Amazon receipts to prove it.
I ate two of my tins of them and saved the other one.
Not trying to rub it in, just was really weird and got really lucky.
yumeryuu
I have one left that is not opened.
Sorry-Ad-1169
I got mine from a store in China. Had a tear up and then put it in water.
Kimchi_Rice196
i found it at a teso not too long ago
XAEA-17
yeah they’ve ceased production like what others have said. but there’s alternatives though by Morinaga co. you can get called Mixed Drops.
Goochenhaumeister
Hey so it’s called “sakuma’s drops” which was discontinued but “sakuma drops” are still in production some of there flavors are different but the concept of a Japanese tin filled with drop candies is still there though the logo is even similar
I bought a bunch not knowing this distinction until recently and I think you can still get them on eBay
But don’t think that this color/designed tin has a different taste it’s all the same
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I believe the company went out of business
The exact illustration in your pic doesn’t exist anymore, they stopped production in Jan 2023 due to low sales from Covid. They do have another tin of the same drops in a hello kitty design for sale on their site still https://sakumaseika.jp/view/item/000000000091?category_page_id=002
I’ve seen the Hello Kitty version make a hard comeback the past year.
Same even just the tin would be cool
I have certainly purchased it before in Japan. The tin has that image on one side and on the other side it’s combined with an image of the sister from Grave of the Fireflies holding the tin.
😭
One of the luckiest and weirdest coincidences that ever happened to me was watching Grave of the Fireflies for the first time and buying a pack of 3 of these off Amazon. The *very next week* the company making these announced it was closing and then the price of them skyrocketed and people were scalping them. I’ve got the Amazon receipts to prove it.
I ate two of my tins of them and saved the other one.
Not trying to rub it in, just was really weird and got really lucky.
I have one left that is not opened.
I got mine from a store in China. Had a tear up and then put it in water.
i found it at a teso not too long ago
yeah they’ve ceased production like what others have said. but there’s alternatives though by Morinaga co. you can get called Mixed Drops.
Hey so it’s called “sakuma’s drops” which was discontinued but “sakuma drops” are still in production some of there flavors are different but the concept of a Japanese tin filled with drop candies is still there though the logo is even similar
I bought a bunch not knowing this distinction until recently and I think you can still get them on eBay
But don’t think that this color/designed tin has a different taste it’s all the same