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Featured graphic for an article on hard water and Japanese DIY candy kits: a cloudy glass of hard water and a poorly set candy tray on the left, a bottle of soft water and a bright, properly set sushi candy kit on the right.
DIY candy kitsDoes Hard Water Ruin Your Japanese Candy Kit? What to Pour Instead

Japanese candy kits are formulated for Tokyo's soft tap water. Here's the one step that genuinely cares about hardness, why New York and Seattle drinkers can relax, how to test your tap with a bottle of soap — and the 50ml rule that means you never need to buy bottled water for a whole kit.

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