Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
Bourbon is a Japanese company that makes snacks whose headquarters are in Kashiwazaki, Niigata. It is a long-established company founded in 1924 and has many hit products, including Cheese Okaki, Fettuccine Gummy, and Petit Series....
When it comes to mochi dishes, in addition to Oshiruko and Ozoni, Kinako Mochi, Isobe Yaki Mochi, and Sato Shoyu Mochi are classics often enjoyed during the wintertime in Japan. As I talked about...
The other day, an online news article on a traditional Japanese winter dish called “O-shiruko (お汁粉)” caught my attention because the recipe introduced there sounded interesting. The Azuki red bean soup used black coffee...
Bourbon is a leading Japanese company headquartered in Kashiwazaki, Niigata, making snacks and sweets. The maker was founded in 1924 and until now has been creating many hit products, which include these Every Burger...
“Wagashi (和菓子)” is the word that mainly refers to traditional Japanese sweets, and “Manju (饅頭)” is one of the representative confections in the category. Cheese Manju & Choco-Man Manju is a small round fluffy...
“Horumon (ホルモン)” is a Japanese word meaning “internal organs” and refers to beef and pork offal, especially intestines. Those variety meats are commonly eaten in the Yakiniku grill, and in recent years, they are...
When it comes to Japanese delicacies or “Chinmi (珍味)“, the first thing that comes to many people’s minds would be “Shiokara (塩辛)“. Shiokara is a Chinmi made from seafood (squid, fish, or their guts)...
When it comes to Japanese green tea, the most consumed in Japan is “Sencha (煎茶)”. Sencha generally uses first flush tea leaves from the same tree as the “Bancha (番茶)” grade. On the other hand,...
Japanese people seem to generally like domestic automobiles, and the share of foreign cars in Japan is small. Based on the statics of JAIA (Japan Automobile Importers Association), the number of newly registered imported...
When we Japanese hear the word “Chanko (ちゃんこ)”, the first thing that comes to most people’s mind would be the staple hot pot dish of sumo wrestlers “Chanko Nabe (ちゃんこ鍋)”. Although the term Chanko...
“Asazuke (浅漬け)” is a type of Tsukemono or Japanese pickle made of vegetables marinated in salt or a seasoning liquid. As the making doesn’t involve the fermentation process, the vegetable pickles can be ready...
Around the end of November of last year (2021), I came across Ichiran instant ramen cup noodles by chance at a Welcia drugstore. That was a rare joyful discovery because, until then, I only...
“Nabe ryori (鍋料理: hot pot dish)”, also called “nabe (鍋: pot)” or “nabemono (鍋物: pot thing)”, is a variety of Japanese hot pot dishes typically enjoyed during the winter. There are numerous hot pots...
