Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
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...
When it comes to Japanese pancakes filled with sweet red bean paste called “Anko (あんこ)”, Dorayaki (どら焼き) is probably the most famous in the world because it is Doraemon’s “yummy buns”.In addition, there are...
Unlike many other countries, Japanese people use edible seaweed as ingredients for various types of dishes.Especially, wakame and kombu are 2 representatives of such seaweed.Wakame is typically used as a main ingredient for miso...
There exist similar soups in Japan, which sometimes look just like the same kind, so even many of us Japanese can’t clearly tell the difference.Typical examples of such Japanese soups include Tonjiru and Kenchin...
Umaibo (うまい棒) is the Japanese corn puff snack bar with a light and slightly hard texture that some Japanese snack lovers call “The King of Dagashi“, whose price of 10 yen hasn’t been changed...
These days, I often see newly released Nissin’s instant soup with rice cups lined up on the shelf of the instant cup ramen section of a 7 eleven convenience store that I stop by...
When it comes to Japanese udon noodles, Kake Udon (かけうどん) is the most basic dish in the Kanto region around Tokyo, while Su Udon (素うどん) is the simplest udon dish familiar to those who...
Sake (酒) is the quintessential Japanese alcoholic drink that is widely enjoyed around the world.It is said that there are over 1,400 sake breweries and more than 10,000 sake brands in Japan. Speaking of...
Nissin is the top instant cup ramen manufacturer with the largest share in the Japan’s market.The most famous series, or brand, of the Japanese company is “Nissin Cup Noodles”, whose instant cup ramen is...
Nissin Cup Noodles (Soy Sauce flavor) is known as the world’s first instant cup ramen and enjoyed around the world.The first product (Amazon.com) went on the market in 1971 and now the series comes...
