Matchstick Cookies

Matchboxes used to be given out free in any cafe, bar or restaurant in Japan and many customers became collectors of the tiny boxes. Earlier this year Nittosha, Japan’s largest manufacturer of matchboxes, announced that they were shutting down their business line after fulfilling existing orders. Kanon, a confectioner in Hokkaido, Japan decided to keep their tradition alive by making matchstick cookies in tiny boxes that are replicas of those created by the Kobe match company.

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