One of Japan’s rarest sweets is a sell-out hit that looks and tastes like frost

One of Japan’s rarest sweets is a sell-out hit that looks and tastes like frost

You have to be very lucky to try this can of ice needles. In Japan, some sweets are so difficult to obtain they’ve been dubbed “phantom sweets“. The rarity of these confections only make them even more sought after, and that’s certainly the case with a candy called Shimobashira, produced by Kokonoe Honpo Tamazawa in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Sold only in winter, these sweets are so delicate it’s impossible for them to be mass produced, leadin…