Pretty Japanese Candies

I don't know what it is about the Japanese, but they somehow manage to come up with the cutest things!  These are some cute little sugar candies that my coworker brought back from Japan.  I think they look like little viruses! (I guess it's just the biologist in me.)  And they come in this cute little rice paper package that is flecked with little gold foil bits, I love it!

Meanwhile, I've been traveling, so I'm hoping to share some photos from that soon!