New Shimamura Kirby Pouches Contain Chocolate

Shimamura stores in Japan will sell pouches and dolls containing chocolate, with the items shaped like iconic characters such as Kirby. You’ll be able to get designs featuring popular anime and game characters, or mascots in January and February 2025. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

The chocolate dolls and pouches from Shimamura are available for pre-order from January 8-18, 2025. They’ll ship out some time between late January and early February 2025. Shimamura doesn’t offer international shipping, so people who live overseas may need to use a proxy service. There are only limited amounts in stock for each item, so if you’re interested in purchasing one, you may need to act fast.

Prices range between 350 JPY ($2.20) and 1490 JPY ($9.45). Aside from pouches and plushes, you can also get a more normal tin or jar full of chocolates. Franchises you can get goods for include Haikyuu, Cardcaptor Sakura, Kirby, and Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel. You can also get pouches of Kuromi, My Melody, and Cinnamoroll. The only plush dolls with chocolate are Kirby and Tsuburana Hitomi no Namagaki.

Since these chocolates come inside cute tins or pouches, you can purchase them for yourself as a collector’s item. However, the timing of when they’ll ship out means you can also buy them as a Valentine’s gift. Other character-focused Valentine’s chocolates from Japan include Pikmin and Animal Crossing chocolates from Godiva.

The chocolate pouches and dolls from Shimamura will be available for pre-order from January 8 until January 18, 2025.