{"id":6828,"date":"2013-01-06T18:58:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T04:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/?p=6828"},"modified":"2013-01-06T18:58:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T04:58:29","slug":"white-no-black-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/01\/06\/white-no-black-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"White&#8230; No, Black&#8230;Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Shiroi_black_thunder.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6830\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/01\/06\/white-no-black-wait\/shiroi_black_thunder\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Shiroi_black_thunder.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1357238734&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shiroi_black_thunder\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Shiroi_black_thunder-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Shiroi_black_thunder.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-6830\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px;\" title=\"Shiroi_black_thunder\" src=\"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Shiroi_black_thunder-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Shiroi_black_thunder-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Shiroi_black_thunder.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>As a special edition for sale in Hokkaido as <em>omiyage<\/em> to take back to the rest of Japan, Yuraku confectionery introduced the <em>Shiroi Burakku Sandaa<\/em> (White Black Thunder) chocolate bar.\u00c2\u00a0 Since the introduction of\u00c2\u00a0Ishiya&#8217;s <em>Shiroi Koibito<\/em> white chocolate coated butter cookies, Hokkaido has been inexplicably tied to white chocolate.\u00c2\u00a0 This is of course in tune with the image of Hokkaido as a snowy, white realm.\u00c2\u00a0 Thus, the substitution of a white chocolate overlay on the normal dark, milk chocolate automatically makes the <em>Shiroi Burakku Sandaa<\/em> &#8220;Hokkaido-ish&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t seen the white version as a single bar for sale in grocery or convenience stores, but I&#8217;m generally not looking for candy bars.\u00c2\u00a0 This gift pack is available at various shops at the Shin-Chitose airport, and according to the packaging is in fact made in Hokkaido.\u00c2\u00a0 I have eaten the normal version, but I can&#8217;t recall what it was like, beyond being not &#8220;premium&#8221; chocolate.\u00c2\u00a0 The white version essentially tastes like an inside-out Oreo cookie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a special edition for sale in Hokkaido as omiyage to take back to the rest of Japan, Yuraku confectionery introduced the Shiroi Burakku Sandaa (White Black Thunder) chocolate bar.\u00c2\u00a0 Since the introduction of\u00c2\u00a0Ishiya&#8217;s Shiroi Koibito white chocolate coated butter cookies, Hokkaido has been inexplicably tied to white chocolate.\u00c2\u00a0 This is of course in tune [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[7,8,12,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paJYlx-1M8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6828"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6828"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6831,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6828\/revisions\/6831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}