Category Archives: Food & Drink

Fun food UMIBUDO aka Sea Grapes, Green Caviar

Following to the Okinawan specialty, Goya, I want to introduce another Okinawan specialty. First, look at this picture and guess what it is!    

A Product That Allows You to Eat Potato Chips Without Getting Your Hands Greasy: Part 2

    I have introduced how to eat potato chips without getting your hands greasy before. I have found an item at a convenience store since I have posted the…

Free Rice Cracker Cafe Hariyamaya -7 locations in Japan

Can you believe that there is a FREE cafe chain in Japan? It’s called Hariyamaya Station and they serve rice cracker and drinks for free. The original rice cracker store,…

Goya -Bitter Melon- Okinawa’s Local Specialty

  [W:Okinawa] is one of the best summer resort destinations in Japan. Beautiful blue ocean and white sand beach… the sound of sanshin (three string musical instrument). In the islands,…

Rhythmical Candy Cutting

  There is an old Japanese candy store where the candy craftsmen cut freshly made candy with knives rhythmically.       The candy store, Matsuya Souhonten, is on the…

Supergiant Melon Bread From Okinawa

  I have introduced a high-calorie melon bread the other day. Today, it is about a supergiant melon bread. Another Japanese blogger is introducing the melon bread which he found…

Chili Oil Boom in Japan

Chili oil is eaten in many countries including Japan, where it has been used for especially Chinese cuisine. You may be surprised but the condiment is the rage among the…

Fun Beverages in Japan

When you go to a Japanese convenience store, you find strange drinks in the refrigerators.   For example; “Slime Heal Drink” “Slime” is a character from a video game series…

Welcome Back ! 1/1 Scale Gundam in Shizuoka

  IMGP7696s posted by (C)タスカのY田   Do you remember him? The 1/1 scale Gundam that attracted more than four million people in Tokyo last year? If this is the first…

Fancy Japanese Somen Noodle Appatizer

During summer, Japanese people often eat somen, cold served noodle. The noodle is cooled with ice, and served separately from cold, soy sauce based sauce, and garnished with green onion,…

Rice Dishes in a Vending Machine: Even Sushi too!?

  I have introduced some unique vending machines including “canned food in vending machines” and “fresh banana vending machine.” This one I am going to show you today is “rice-dishes…

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