Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
“Wagashi (和菓子)” is the Japanese word that mainly refers to traditional Japanese confections.It seems that nowadays various types of wagashi sweets are available in many overseas countries and some of them are becoming popular....
Today, I went on a day trip to “Matsunoyama Onsen (松之山温泉)” to enjoy its hot spring.Matsunoyama Onsen is the nationally famous hot spring known as one of “the Japan’s 3 best medicinal Onsen (日本三大薬湯)”,...
Dagashi (駄菓子) is the Japanese word that refers to cheap and relatively small snacks and candies especially for children.Those snacks and candies are generally being sold for 10 to 100 yen mainly at supermarkets,...
One of the most famous, long-serialized Japanese manga, Doraemon is on the air around the world and widely enjoyed.The main character, or the gadget cat from the future, Doraemon is well-known for loving yummy buns....
When it comes to the hard candy that represents Japan, Sakuma Drops is famous as the Japanese fruit candy appears in the hit anime movie released in 1988 by Studio Ghibli “Grave of the...
Unlike many other countries, Japan has a culture of using seaweed as a main ingredient for dishes and snacks. Typical examples of such edible seaweed that we Japanese commonly have in daily life include...
The other day, my family got a sushi pack from our neighbor, so I tried a piece in the pack and savored the taste of the sushi. Actually, I had this type of sushi...
When you think of Japanese noodle dishes, what comes to mind? Many overseas people will probably be reminded of ramen, udon, buckwheat soba, yakisoba, or somen. Indeed, there 5 noodle dishes are most commonly...
There are various types of pickles unique to Japan. In fact, I wrote an article about 3 easy one seasoning Japanese pickles recipes before, but the most famous Japanese pickle is probably “Umeboshi (梅干し)”...
During the winter season, we Japanese often have various dishes made with “Mochi (餅)” (Amazon.com), or sticky plain glutinous rice cakes.Typical examples of such Japanese mochi dishes include these 3 easy dishes whose recipes I...
When it comes to traditional Japanese cuisine we Japanese have during the New Year’s holidays, “Osechi (御節)” is the quintessential dish.As you may know, the traditional Japanese New Year’s dish, Osechi generally consists of...
Like other countries, Japan has a wide range of traditional Japanese foods as well.Hence, there exist some foods many Japanese don’t know which are made from what ingredients.Typical examples of such traditional Japanese foods...
When it comes to traditional Japanese rice crackers, the 3 types, Senbei, Okaki and Arare are the most famous.In addition, have you ever heard that there exists one more famous traditional rice snack in...
