Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
A traditional festival for girls called Hina Matsuri (ひな祭り) is just around the corner here in Japan. The event, also known as Momo no Sekku (桃の節句: literally, Peach Festival), annually falls on March 3. Hinamatsuri often...
Here in Japan, there is a traditional custom of visiting an Otera (お寺: Buddhist temple) or Jinja (神社: Shinto shrine) at the beginning of the New Year. As you may know, we generally call the first...
Last night, I enjoyed soba with my family, as we Japanese have a tradition of eating buckwheat noodles on New Year’s Eve. The soba eaten as a New Year’s Eve late-night meal is called Toshikoshi Soba...
Annually on November 15, a traditional festival for children takes place in Japan. The Japanese tradition is called Shichi Go San (七五三: meaning Seven Five Three), where parents celebrate the growth of their seven, five,...
Have you ever heard of bento boxed lunch being sold mainly at large train stations in Japan? It’s called “Ekiben (駅弁)“, and a large variety of Ekiben bento boxes, over a thousand! can be...
Have you ever heard of Nagoya Meshi (名古屋めし)? Nagoya Meshi is actually food that originated and developed in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. Representative examples of Nagoya Meshi include Taiwan Ramen, Hitsumabushi (ひつまぶし) grilled eel,...
When it comes to Japanese winter traditions, annually on the winter solstice, we have a custom of soaking in a bath floating lots of citrus fruit in the warm water. Yuzuyu (柚子湯) On the...
Have you ever heard of “Bento (弁当)” boxed lunches called “Ekiben (駅弁)” sold at train stations in Japan? The name Ekiben is actually a compound word composed of “Eki (駅)” meaning “station” in Japanese...
