The Big List of Japanese Candy Boxes

Here's a list of every Japanese candy subscription box I've heard of. These are services that for a monthly fee send you candy from Japan periodically.

Japanese candy boxes timeline

Here you can see when each Japanese candy box company launched. In case they are no longer around you can also see when each shut down. Created with Preceden Timeline Maker.

(The above timeline is still missing Tokyo Snack Box)

Full list of Japanese candy subscription boxes

24/7 Japanese Candy (first spotted July 2015)

Bokksu  (first spotted February 2017)

Candy Japan (the website you are on, service started 9th of July 2011)

Freedom Japanese Market japanese snack subscription (subscription service spotted August 2014, existed prior to that as an online store and shopping service)

Japan Candy Box (first spotted August 2015)

Japan Centre Snack Box (first spotted April 2016)

Japan Crate (first spotted July 2014)

Japanese Candy Ninja  (first spotted May 2017)

Kizuna Box (first spotted June 2017)

Manga Spice Cafe (first spotted April 2017)

Oyatsubox (first spotted March 2014)

Oyatsu Cha Cha Cha (first spotted October 2015)

Snakku (first spotted October 2014)

Tokyo Snack Box (launched October 2020)

Tokyo Treat (launched June 2015)

UmaiBox  (at least since 2015, originally operated from France as nihonbox.fr)

WOWBOX (launched August 2015)

ZenPop Japanese Sweets Pack (launched October 2016)

Status unknown

Japanfunbox (Since November 2015, had delivered over 2,878 boxes according to page as it was in January 2020, but website no longer works, possibly temporarily down?)

Dead

Forget Sushi KyotoBox (since November 2016, around March 2018 stopped subscriptions, but still offers single boxes)

Sushi Candy (first spotted March 2016, somewhere after May 11 2017 stopped subscription and turned into a store)

Sweets of Japan  (since November 2017, but now a wagashi and matcha online store instead of a subscription site)

Taste Japan! (first spotted August 2014, sometime after March 2020 turned into an "under construction" domain parking page)

Popuka - Just Snacks  (first spotted September 2016, last confirmed operating August 2019)

Kuubox (first spotted November 2015, last confirmed to exist August 2018)

Japan Life Box  (since late 2017, seems to have gone on permanent hiatus within 6 months)

Crave Japan  (first spotted November 2018, seems to have closed within months)

Box From Japan (first spotted April 2015, seems to have shut down around April 2019)

http://okashiconnection.com/  (first spotted June 2014, shut down December 2017)

http://skoshbox.com/  (first spotted June 2013, shut down April 25, 2018)

http://www.jlist.com/product/SNACKSUB1  (first spotted March 2015, down at least since February 13th 2017)

http://www.japanesetreats.com/  (first spotted June 2014, down at least since February 1st 2017)

http://oishiibox.com/ (first spotted December 2014, last seen August 2015)

http://www.shikibox.com/ (first spotted November 2014, last seen October 2016)

http://www.omnombox.com/  (first spotted January 2015, seems to have disappeared around December 2015)

http://www.nandemobox.com/  (first spotted November 2014, down at least since February 1st 2017)

http://www.otakyou.com/en/otakyou-box (only seen ever mentioned August 2014)

http://www.desubox.com/  (first spotted April 2015, down at least since February 1st 2017)

https://japanyum.com/  (first spotted July 2015, down at least since February 1st 2017)

http://www.yumecrate.com  (founded by ‎Danny Ta, first spotted July 2016, down at least since February 1st 2017)

https://www.japancandymonthly.com/pages/subscribe-now  AKA http://japancandymonthly.tk/ (founded mid-2016, down at least since June 2018)

http://www.okashda.com (first spotted November 2015, last seen February 2016)

https://dokidokiboxie.com/ (first spotted October 2016, down at least since June 2018)

http://www.tokyosweetbox.com/ (first spotted August 2015, seems to have disappeared after May 2016)

http://marimomarshmallowstore.com/collections/marimo-candy-club (first spotted April 2015, at least since June 2018 they seem to have shut down their subscriptions and become a store only, which later also shut down)

Thanks for reading

Is your box is missing from the list? Drop me a line. Please note this is only for Japanese candy subscriptions — this list does not include stores offering only one-time purchases.