“NARUTO” is one of the most popular manga in the world and the books have been sold more than 90 millions in the world.   It’s been 10 years…

Today is the Autumn Equinox Day and it’s a national holiday in Japan! During both the Spring and Autumnal Equinox, Higan, Buddhist memorial services are held in Japan. This year,…

Japanese people take their home made box-lunch, bentō, to school, work and picnics. A bentō consists of rice, fish, meat, and vegetables as a side dish; therefore, it is nutritiously…

  Japanese people love ramen (Japanese noodle); therefore, ramen restaurants are every corner in Japan. They love ramen so much that they even try out the ramen at one restaurant…

Matsutake is a popular autumn mushroom. It is hard to cultivate matsutake and cannot be in mass production, so they are considered as rich food. Especially Japanese matsutake are expensive;…

  The other day, I introduced kaiten-zushi but that is not the only moving food in Japan!   In summer, we occasionally do nagashi-somen, which means flowing noodle. It’s like…

Onigiri is a rice ball filled with salty or sour ingredient and mostly wrapped with nori-seaweed sheet, and shaped triangular or round. Onigiri is also called omusubi, nigiri-meshi or simply…

Wagashi (Japanese traditional sweets) are beautiful, healthy and delicious! You can enjoy wagashi with all the five senses; they look beautiful, smell good, feel smooth, tastes delicious, some of them…

モスバーガー 菊水店 Originally uploaded by tsukacyi Every Japanese burger shop has teriyaki burger in its menu, and it is one of the most popular burgers. Teriyaki burgers have chicken or…

くら寿司・回転寿司 revolving sushi Originally uploaded by pict_u_re As you know already, we Japanese love sushi very very much! Usually, sushi is expensive at traditional restaurants but Kaiten-zushi (sushi-go-round) restaurants serve…