In some countries, Japanese food is popular as a healthy food, but it tends to be major food consumed all over Japan.  Today, I would like to write about one…

  I enjoy soy milk and when shopping I usually choose an organic unsweetened variety. How about you? If you don’t like the characteristic taste of plain soy milk and…

Miki, the photographer was a bit sad as plum blossoms around this stall were not ready to bloom at all…Taken at Inabuchi, Asuka. Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is OK)   This is…

  Is fruit an ingredient for cooking (aside from sweets) in your country? I guess many counties use various kinds of fruit for cooking, but we usually don’t use them…

    What do you have for breakfast every morning? Personally, I’m not interested in big breakfast; for me its usually just a cereal bar and a cup of coffee….

Franchise restaurants can be very convenient to pop in as they gives you the same quality and taste you expect wherever you go, but I have an impression that they…

  As you may know, Rilakkuma is one of the most popular characters in Japan. Today I would like to share a recipe for kawaii Relakkuma omu-rice (=omelette made w/…

  Do you like Japanese rice crackers, known as “senbei”? If you are indeed a senbei lover, you might have heard about “Soka senbei”,which is one of the most well…

  You might already be familiar with the Japanese version of fried chicken called “karaage”. Karaage itself is an old-fashioned Japanese food, but it is all the rage in the…

Valentine ’s Day is one of the biggest event for Japanese boys and girls in February.  Some boys just look forward to it dreaming of receiving more chocolates from girls…

  Last month, Marukome, one of the most well known Japanese “miso” manufacturers has started selling their new home-use miso soup dispenser named “One Shot Kiwami”. With this new method,…