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A lot of people prefer the original to the caramel ones though so if you receive order to buy the original Tokyo Banana, go for this box. The price for one gift box depends on how many pieces included inside (8 pieces JPY1,029, 12 pieces JPY1,543, 16 pieces JPY2,057). The expiry dates for Tokyo Banana is pretty fast because the snack only lasts for 7 days. You can probably make it last longer by keeping it in the fridge.

2. Shiroi Koibito

The next favourite item which is usually requested by loved ones back at home is the famous Hokkaido Shiroi Koibito cookies. The cookies are so famous until the brand opens a Shiroi Koibito Park in Hokkaido where visitors can see how the cookies are being made.  I, for one, am very interested in going to the park because Shiroi Koibito cookies are so yummy. There are two varieties offered, white chocolate and dark chocolate. The varieties refer to the filling inside the cookies. Both taste good but I personally prefer the white chocolate.

3. Kitkat

Another favourite item to check out in Haneda Airport is definitely Japanese Kitkat, which is different from Kitkat in the rest of the world. Don't ask me why but Japanese has the best variety of Kitkat. The taste itself range from the normal strawberry to the wacky wasabi. Everyone will surely welcome Japanese Kitkat as a gift. 

The reason of why we chose to go to the Shinjuku Station West Exit is because the ticket counter for the airport limousine is situated right opposite the picking up location. In order to avoid disappointment, we bought our tickets the day before. We did not have to pay when we made our reservation but we need to reserve the pick up timing. The ticket costs JPY 1,230. 

Once the bus has arrived, you need to show the airport limousine ticket to the driver. The driver will then help you to keep your luggage at the luggage compartment under the bus. He will give you a ticket with number for baggage collection. Once he has done keeping all the luggages, he will then collect the payment from you and you can board the bus. The travel time between Shinjuku Station and Haneda Airport is more or less 30 minutes.

Welcome to Haneda Airport. We were pretty much tired and felt a bit sad when we reached Haneda Airport because that means we were leaving Japan in a bit. But nonetheless, we were pretty relieved that we managed to reach the airport and settle the check-in without any hassle.

But wait, don't go pass the immigration just yet because there are chocolates waiting for you to buy. Japanese airports are the best places to buy Japanese chocolates like Royce and Kitkat since there is no GST charged here. Yeah!

The variety of Kitkat sold at Haneda Airport is pretty huge. The rum and raisin taste so yummy. Do note that the flavour offered here may change time to time depends on the season. 

I find that Kitkat Chocolatory sells the fancier-looking Kitkat, which is not the same as the ones that you easily find at convenience stores or supermarkets. The taste and the packaging are so different from the normal Kitkat. I believe it will make such a fine gift to bring back home. For instance, these lovely Kitkat boxes are fruity Kitkat bars and they come in strawberry, blueberry, raspberry, lemon ad apple. If they are not that heavy, I would probably have bought one for myself. LOL.

But if you'd rather buy individual boxes, Kitkat Chocolatory has the special flavour chocolates. This one comes in Ginger. Ginger Kitkat, wow. It tastes not bad, surprisingly, and this remark comes from someone who don't really like to eat ginger. Other than ginger, Kitkat Chocolatory offers other fancy flavour like green tea and kinoko, cream cheese, butter, sweet plum (ume) and strawberry maple. Not sure if the taste will be fixed because it seems that Kitkat Chocolatory is the store which sells experimental flavour for its Kitkat.

I will show you one of the Kitkat small box which I bought to see how it looks like inside the box. One small box of Kitkat contains 4 small pieces of Kitkat. Let's pick the Strawberry Maple flavour. 

This is how the box looks like from the side. By the way, did you know that the Japanese loves Kitkat so much up to the point a whopping of 500 Kitkat boxes (I assume this small baby here) are sold on the first day of the opening? Crazy, eh? Anyway, let's open the box, shall we?

The inside of the Kitkat box is very lovely. It was so nice up to the point I only gave my Kitkat away to those people which I really care. Hahaha.

I did not really remember the price for each box (pardon my ignorance as I came with a mission to just buy whatever flavor I saw). Some reviews on the internet mention that the price for each box (small) starts from 324 Japanese Yen though.