What is "arare"

Arare may refer to:

• Norimaki Arare or Arale Norimaki, the main character in Dr. Slump media
• Arare (food), a bite-sized Japanese rice cracker
• Japanese destroyer Arare, a warship sunk in 1942

is a type of bite-sized Japanese cracker made from glutinous rice and flavored with soy sauce. The size and shapes are what distinguish arare from senbei. The name is chosen to evoke snow pellets – smaller arare are similar in size and shape to snow pellets, though others can vary significantly in size, flavor and shape. Arare is also called kakimochi or mochi crunch in Hawaii where it was introduced in the 1900s.