According to the recent survey (2013), Ibaraki was selected as the least attractive prefecture in Japan. People seem to think that Ibaraki has next to nothing attractive. This survey…

When I say ‘Japanese food’, what comes into your mind? Sushi, tempura and ramen…  there must some depend on people, but how about ‘natto’? Nattoo is a fermented soy product,…

  I have introduced Japanese fermented soybeans called natto on my blog before.  Natto is a very healthy food, but it seems to hard for foreigners to love natto. How about…

Natto is fermented soybeans. It’s very very sticky and has strong smell, typically eaten for breakfast in Japan. It’s a Japanese traditional food; it’s said that the history dates back…