There is particular type of food which is deemed not very ideal for your health if you eat every day, but you can never stop loving it. I believe, for…

When hot days continue days after days, we need more variety of food which can be served cold (or be able to prepared without heat). And human started to think…

  Savory aromas wafting out of restaurants often make a passerby feel hungry. For Japanese people, the smell of “yakiniku” (=grilled meat) is special, stimulating empty stomachs and arousing appetites….

Hot, hot and hot…  That’s all I can say being in Japan at the moment (><;).  I know it’s the heat I experience every year, but it’s the season you…

I don’t know how many of you are interested in Sumo, but there are several sumo wrestlers from overseas in Japan, and we have had 6 Yokozuna, the grand sumo…

Japanese curry is loved by people regardless of ages in Japan, and it’s easy to make if you have Japanese curry roux and vegetables, meat, seafood or whatever you like,…

Have you ever made gyoza dumpling by yourself? If so, I trust how it feels when you fail to use the last few gyoza papers… but we don’t have to…

  In April, one of Japan’s most prominent department store chains, PARCO, opened their new style shop named “OMISE PARCO” at Narita airport. Here is the shop introduction from Narita…

Summer is here!! It’s a full of adventure and fun; barbeque, firework, summer festival, beach and top roof beer garden… Some of you may think there is one thing associated…

One of the best known Japanese airlines, All Nippon Airways, recently made public the sales ranking (4/25-5/6) of souvenirs carried at their airport gift shops, “ANA FESTA”. Small regional airports…

  A Nissin Cup Noodles’ TV spot titled “Samurai in Brazil” is rapidly gaining popularity since its June 8 debut. This is a World Cup year,  the creative minds at…