In the chaos that are "senbei" (煎餅/せんべい) i.e. savoury crackers made of rice flour and can be found all over Japan in countless variations and flavors, the fried "asahi-age" (朝日あげ) by the Harimaya (播磨屋) company are really in a league of their own. I have to admit though that I would enjoy them a little more if the company/s owner didn't have somewhat, ahem, extreme ideas about patriotism which you can surmise from the slogan (which however is only in English) on the packaging (see last picture) but also from his lengthy proclamations in the corporate website (which, however, are only in Japanese.)
(For a bigger version of these pictures both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr)
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