Pocky Pop Culture

Pocky! A fan favourite for everyone. Regular pocky is a thin biscuit stick that is coated wtih chocolate for 2/3 of its length.  First sold in 1966, it was named after the Japanese onomatopoetic word for the sound Pocky makes when bitten, pokkin (ポッキン). The original was followed by "Almond Pocky" in 1971, with an almond coating, and "Strawberry Pocky" in 1977.

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Other varieties of regular Pocky include:

• milk
• green tea
• honey
• banana
• coconut flavored coatings
• black sesame, and many more

There are other varieties of Pocky targeted at specific audiences such as Men's Pocky, and regional Pockies for the based on the specialties of the local areas of Japan.  Other variations of Pocky include Decorer Pockey (with extra icing) and Mouse Pocky with thicker mousse-like coatings.  There are even Giant Pockies - and they are BIG.  Anyhow, to advertise this product, Glico has produced tons of commercials over the years for their products.

Other Tokyo Excess Japanese Pop Culture Links

• Cup Noodles - Nissin Pop Culture
• Kaiju (Monster-sized) Burgers
• Pocky Pop Culture
• Coffee Please, Not Tea - Tokyo Coffee Shops, Hario & Canned Coffee
• Gyudon From Yoshinoya and Sukiya and JAL Air Beef Bowl
• JAL Inflight Food (they even did Air MOS Burgers)
• The Konbini Song and Lawson Evangelion Tie-ins 
• Giant Robot Toys - Macross, Godzilla, Gundam 
• Alien Art - Haniwa & Dogu Figures (Jomon & Yayoi Periods)
• Japan's Amazing Love of All Things Cat 
• Kowloon Walled City and Gunkanjima Island. Even showed up in the James Bond movie Skyfall.
• Emoticons and Densha Otoko
• Hello Kitty and Pokemon Airliners
• Japanese Super Science