Shigekix

Our Japanese neighbors are just back from holidays in Japan and brought my kid these weird excellent super sharp candy -- purple gumdrops with very sour sugar fur -- and there is not on word of English on the package except:

http://shigekix.com

and so ... you guess ... what the heck is this stuff? Whatever it is, it corresponds to this graphic link on their home page. It tastes good -- but maybe we'll be tripping in another 15 minutes or so. Sigh-oh-nara!