Atrion Pachi Pachi Panic Popping Candy Lemon Squash

Lemon Squash is the rarest member of the Pachi Pachi Panic family — added in November 2025 alongside Melon Soda, but released only through limited sales channels rather than nationwide, which makes it the flavor even Japanese fans have to hunt for.

The candy itself follows the formula that has made this series a dagashi shop fixture since 2006: crystals of hard candy with carbonated gas sealed inside under pressure, crackling and snapping audibly as they dissolve, mixed with small soda-flavored ramune tablets that offer a quiet, gently tart interlude.

Atrion is the only confectioner in Japan with the manufacturing technology to produce carbonated candy, which is why the popping here is the real, vigorous article rather than an imitation.

Lemon squash, the flavor, is a piece of Japanese nostalgia in its own right.

It is the drink of the old-fashioned kissaten — fresh lemon and syrup lengthened with soda water, served in a tall glass with a striped straw — a fixture of Showa-era coffee shop culture that has enjoyed a full-blown retro revival in recent years.

Compared with the plain Soda flavor’s sweet ramune character, Lemon Squash brings a brighter citrus tartness that plays naturally with the fizzing sensation: sour, sparkling, and refreshing in the way the drink itself is on a hot afternoon.

The bag wears the series’ “Pachi Pachi alien” characters in six designs, with the hidden rock-paper-scissors game in the artwork shared across the renewed lineup.

As the brand approaches its 20th anniversary in 2026, this channel-limited flavor is both the newest and the hardest to find — a small piece of dagashi culture that most visitors to Japan would never encounter on a convenience store shelf.

About this item
Item Name : Pachi Pachi Panic Lemon Squash
Brand : Atrion Seika
Item Form : Candy
Number of Items : 5g (Pack of 1)