There are many green tea flavoured sweets in Japan. Probably green tea ice cream and green tea pudding will be the major items, but I would like to write about…

  Have you ever had “matcha beer”? Lately it’s been all the rage in Japan, but frankly I had even never heard of it. As we can easily imagine, it…

Like other countries, each region of Japan has unique specialty food, and of course, so does Nagoya! Today, I would like to write about Nagoya food exhibition 2014 being held…

  As you might know, kyara-ben (character bento) are elaborately arranged lunch boxes for small children, featuring manga/anime characters they love. Kyara-ben started becoming popular around 2007, and now in…

There were so many unfamiliar vegetables, fruits and nuts for children here. It seems they were wondering what each item is made of～?(*´∀`*) Taken in a room preparing offerings to…

Have you ever been to Izakaya or Japanese pub? Most of places have got small, tapas-style plates available for drinkers, which uses meat, fish and seasonable vegetables. There are many…

  Japan’s “bento” has become wildly popular worldwide. Beautifully arranged bento boxes with a variety of foods seem to appeal to food lovers from every continent, and the word “bento”…

(Picture source: http://www.nagomivisit.com/)   Homestay is quite a common way for foreigners (especially students) to get an authentic look at day to day life in Japan. People might not always have…

  One of the Japan’s biggest ramen festivals, the Tokyo Ramen Show – 2014, will be held from October 24th through November 3rd. This highly anticipated event features a vast…

Thanks to advanced logistic network, we are living in a very convenient society; you don’t have to make things from a scratch, but you can buy pre-made/cooked stuff. But then,…

Summer is coming to the end and we are feeling autumn is on its way. We may have to wait for sun bathing and outdoor swimming till next year, but…