Spring is right around the corner. Within a few weeks, we can view some cherry blossoms while having nice Japanese sweets with green tea outside. Today, I want to share…

  If you are a tofu lover living in Tokyo area, there is a place for you to go this weekend. National Tofu Aburaage Commerce Association and other five tofu…

Have you ever heard of “age-manju”?  Age (pronounced like [∧ge] ) means “fried”,  and manju is a “bun with sweet bean-paste filling”. Sometimes it’s sold at tourist places and people…

Let me introduce a blog post from a familiar Japanese entertainment blog. First of all, let me explain about the title. Oden is a Japanese pot dish and tram is…

  Last week, a very rare egg was laid at Ariakeyama chicken farm in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is tremendously big, 192 gram (regular sized egg of this breed is…

  The Japanese word that means packed lunch, bento is gradually known in other countries, but do you know there is a song about bento in Japan? It is a…

Calpis is one of the long-run Japan’s favorite beverages, and also known as Calpico in other countries. It has white color and tastes like sweet yogurt.     Although the…

  Looks yummy (*^_^*). Today’s Japanese recipe from “Cooking With Dog” is buta no shoga-yaki (= pork sauté with ginger sauce). In Japan, buta no shoga-yaki is very popular regardless…

“Depa-chika”, the underground floor of department stores, is like a wonderland full of interesting food. It’s fun even just to look around! Today, a family visits the depa-chika wonderland to…

  Miyazaki prefecture-born nikumaki-onigiri, is a rice ball wrapped with thinly sliced meat, and has been very popular since a couple of years ago. It is a delicious fast food…

Look at these beautiful sushi! Can you believe they are actually candies?     They are made of a candy sushi making kit for children, “Poppin’Cookin’Tanoshii Osushi-ya san (Fun Sushi…