- To hand out at work or to a group<\/strong>: small bagged peanut sweets (from \u00a5367 (tax included) for a 65 g bag). Flavors such as cheese and strawberry milk, easy to buy in the number you need<\/li>
- For family and friends<\/strong>: peanut snacks such as miso-glazed or sugar-coated peanuts (from \u00a5648 (tax included) for 120 g). For bread lovers, peanut butter made from Chiba peanuts (160 g, \u00a51,521 (tax included))<\/li>
- For someone you want to honor, or as a year-end gift<\/strong>: a gift-boxed peanut assortment (such as \u00a55,035 (tax included)), or a three-flavor peanut butter tasting gift (\u00a54,280 (tax included))<\/li><\/ul>\n\n
*All prices include tax and are as of November 2026.<\/p>\n\n
Why Peanuts from Chiba, Japan Make a Good Souvenir<\/h2>\n\n
About 90% of the peanuts sold in Japan are said to be imported. Snacks made with peanuts grown in Chiba Prefecture, Japan are a gift that says “Chiba” all on their own.<\/p>\n\n
Even among Chiba peanuts, the flavor depends on the variety: rich Chiba Handachi (\u5343\u8449\u534a\u7acb), large and lightly sweet Nakateyutaka (\u4e2d\u624b\u8c4a), and distinctly sweet Q-Nuts (Q\u306a\u3063\u3064). We explain the differences in detail in Best Japanese Peanuts? 5 Varieties from Chiba, Japan Compared<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
Each year, Nakateyutaka switches to new-crop peanuts (this season’s harvest) around mid-October, and Chiba Handachi around early November. That means year-end trips home and year-end gifts fall right in new-crop season (When Is Peanut Season in Japan?<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n
To Hand Out at Work or to a Group<\/h2>\n\n
When you are handing out souvenirs, two things matter most: how easy it is to buy the right number, and how long they keep.<\/p>\n\n
Peanuts Time (65 g, \u00a5367 \/ Three-Flavor Assortment, \u00a51,318)<\/h3>\n\n
Peanuts from Chiba, Japan coated in skim milk and cheese, strawberry, or cocoa powder. Soft on the outside and crunchy inside. Each 65 g bag is small, so you can match the number of bags to the number of people. The three-flavor assortment keeps for 90 days from the date of manufacture (unopened).<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/a>Peanuts Time three-flavor assortment (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n For Family and Friends<\/h2>\n\n
For family and friends, peanuts from Chiba turned into snacks with a little extra care go over well. Choose by taste: something sweet to go with tea, something salty to go with drinks, or a peanut paste to spread on bread.<\/p>\n\n
Miso Shigure (Miso-Glazed Peanuts) (120 g, \u00a5648)<\/h3>\n\n
A dry, easy-to-eat version of Miso Peanuts, a sweet miso-coated peanut snack and a classic school-lunch dish in Chiba, Japan. Roasted peanuts from Chiba are finished with country-style miso and sugar for a sweet-and-salty taste. Good with tea or with drinks. Keeps for 90 days from the date of manufacture (unopened).<\/p>\n\n\n
\n![\"Miso](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/misoshijure_120_030.jpeg\")
<\/a>Miso Shigure (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n Rakkato (Sugar-Coated Peanuts) and Kohi-to (Coffee-Sugar Peanuts) (120 g each, \u00a5648 each)<\/h3>\n\n
Rakkato is butter peanuts from Chiba coated in sugar, with a pinch of salt for a refined sweetness. Kohi-to is coated in coffee and sugar, so the richness of the peanuts, the bitterness of the coffee, and the sweetness of the sugar all come through at once. Both keep for 90 days from the date of manufacture (unopened).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n![\"Rakkato\"\/](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/satoukake120g_030.jpeg\")
<\/a>Rakkato (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n![\"Kohi-to\"\/](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/ko-hi-_020.jpeg\")
<\/a>Kohi-to (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Butter Peanuts and Salted Peanuts (120 g each, \u00a5788 each)<\/h3>\n\n
For someone who enjoys a drink, try these two salty snacks. Both are made with peanuts from Chiba. The salted peanuts are soaked in salt water before roasting, so they can feel a little softer than plain roasted peanuts. Keeps for 90 days from the date of manufacture (unopened).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n![\"Butter](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/batapi120g_040.jpeg\")
<\/a>Butter peanuts (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n![\"Salted](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/sioajitsuki120g_040.jpeg\")
<\/a>Salted peanuts (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Peanut Paste Tsubu, Fuka, and Shibu (160 g each, \u00a51,521 each)<\/h3>\n\n
Peanut butter made with peanuts from Chiba, in three types: Tsubu, sweetened with crunchy bits; Fuka, deep-roasted and lightly sweet; and Shibu, unsweetened and made with the thin inner skin. A nice souvenir for anyone who loves bread in the morning. Unopened, it keeps for 150 days, longer than the other products here.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n![\"Peanut](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/rakkasei_paste_tsubu010.jpg\")
<\/a>Peanut Paste Tsubu (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n For Peanut Lovers, In-Shell Peanuts Too<\/h3>\n\n
For someone who loves the taste of peanuts themselves, there are also roasted in-shell peanuts, Chiba Handachi (130 g, \u00a5929), roasted right in the shell. Keeps for 90 days from the date of manufacture (unopened).<\/p>\n\n\n
\n![\"Roasted](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/saya_handachi130g_050.jpeg\")
<\/a>Roasted in-shell Chiba Handachi, 130 g (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n For Someone Special, or as a Year-End Gift<\/h2>\n\n
For a proper gift, choose a gift-boxed set. They cost a little more, but they look the part. Gift wrapping, noshi paper, and a shopping bag come free, so you can put the box in the bag and hand it over just as it is.<\/p>\n\n
Peanut Gift Set NAGOMI (\u00a55,035)<\/h3>\n\n
A set of five: butter peanuts and salted peanuts (120 g each), peanut sabl\u00e9 cookies and peanut crackers (5 pieces each), and in-shell Chiba Handachi (130 g). The sabl\u00e9 cookies and crackers won the Grand Prize of Honor at the 25th National Confectionery Exposition in Japan in 2008. With a variety of peanut snacks in one box, it is an easy gift even when you do not know the recipient’s tastes. The three peanut items keep for 90 days from the date of manufacture (unopened), and the sabl\u00e9 cookies and crackers for 60 days.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n![\"Peanut](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/gift_B_030.jpeg\")
<\/a>Peanut Gift Set NAGOMI (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n Peanut Paste Three-Flavor Gift Set (\u00a54,280, free shipping)<\/h3>\n\n
Three jars of peanut paste, Tsubu, Fuka, and Shibu (160 g each), in a foil-stamped gift box. It keeps for 150 days from the date of manufacture (unopened), so it also works for year-end gifts you will give later.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n![\"Peanut](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/gift_paste_OT200_010.jpg\")
<\/a>Peanut Paste Three-Flavor Gift Set (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n Peanut Gift Set AKANE (\u00a55,227)<\/h3>\n\n
A set of four: in-shell Chiba Handachi and Nakateyutaka (130 g each), plus butter peanuts and salted peanuts. It comes in a gift box decorated with a peanut illustration and wrapped in gift paper. Keeps for 90 days from the date of manufacture (unopened).<\/p>\n\n\n
\n![\"Peanut](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/gift_A_030.jpeg\")
<\/a>Peanut Gift Set AKANE (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n If you would like to give in-shell peanuts only, there is also gift-boxed Chiba Handachi (340 g, \u00a52,646) and a three-variety tasting set (130 g \u00d7 3 bags, \u00a52,851).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n![\"Gift-boxed](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/gift_saya_handachi_340g_1fukuro_040.jpeg\")
<\/a>Gift-boxed Chiba Handachi, 340 g (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n![\"Three-variety](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/gift_saya_130g_3fukuro_020.jpeg\")
<\/a>Three-variety tasting set (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n For Older Recipients, Something Soft<\/h3>\n\n
Roasted peanuts are firm to the bite. For someone who prefers softer foods, we recommend Omasari Ama-natto (peanuts simmered in sugar) made with large Omasari peanuts from Chiba (120 g, \u00a5756), or Chiba no Kaori retort-boiled peanuts (100 g, \u00a5486). Chiba no Kaori keeps at room temperature for 120 days from the date of manufacture. The Ama-natto keeps for a shorter time, 30 days from manufacture from October to April (20 days from May to September), so choose it when you can give it soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n![\"Omasari](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/oomasarinoamanattou120g_080.jpeg\")
<\/a>Omasari Ama-natto (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n \n![\"Chiba](\"https:\/\/image1.shopserve.jp\/suzuichi-s.co.jp\/pic-labo\/limg\/chibanokahori_mail_100g_040.jpeg\")
<\/a>Chiba no Kaori (shop page \u203a)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Shelf Life and Price Comparison<\/h2>\n\n
- For family and friends<\/strong>: peanut snacks such as miso-glazed or sugar-coated peanuts (from \u00a5648 (tax included) for 120 g). For bread lovers, peanut butter made from Chiba peanuts (160 g, \u00a51,521 (tax included))<\/li>