In Hokkaido (Japan’s northernmost island) we have a local dish called “chan chan yaki”. It’s a Hokkaido fisherman’s hot pot full of fish (usually salmon, sometimes trout) and vegetables….

  Making ceramics looks fun. Many people list it as their hobby. However, it might be difficult to enjoy working with ceramics at home, especially in the style using an…

  Actually, we Japanese are not familiar with Thanksgiving customs. We know that people have turkey dishes (usually the whole bird?) for Thanksgiving, but Japanese people don’t eat turkey very…

  “Simroid”, a dental patient android with a realistic appearance, was demonstrated at this month’s Tokyo International Robot Exhibition 2011. Simroid was developed to allow dental students better practice in…

  A few months ago on a popular Japanese TV program called SMAP x SMAP, Nakai-kun (SMAP member) and some others formed “Showa Generation” as a parody of the Korean…

Some of you may have already seen this on TV, but I would like to introduce an article about a very advanced two-legged robot, the revised ASIMO.     It…

  “Manzai” is a style of Japanese stand-up comedy involving two performers; one is called the “boke” (funny man), and the other is the “tsukkomi” (straight man). This is kind…

  Have you ever heard of “Giga Pudding”? It’s a kit for making bucket-sized sweet snacks (about 20 times the size of a normal serving) from Takara Tommy, a Japanese toy…

  Today, I would like to introduce some videos about Japanese dialects, basing on an article on difficult Japanese dialect to speak for people live in Tokyo. This may sound…

  Toilets become entertainment spots!? This month at forty izakaya restaurants, Japanese game Corporation SEGA began trials of their unique new game called “Toylets”. Toylets is an electronic game device…

Wooden chopsticks, plastic chopsticks and metal chopsticks… There are many types of chopsticks available out there, but I found rather more unique ones from news website the other day.  …