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Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
Delicacies / Product introduction / Traditional Japanese foods
by Tomo · Published May 2, 2021 · Last modified May 4, 2021
Sashimi is a traditional Japanese dish usually consisting of thinly sliced fresh raw fish, but it is actually also made from other ingredients, and the representative example includes “Sashimi Konnyaku (刺身こんにゃく)”. Sashimi Konnyaku Sashimi...
The culture of eating raw fish, say in the form of sashimi and sushi, is quite unique to Japan. Now, those traditional Japanese dishes are loved by foodies around the world, so I think...
Delicacies / Rice bowl dishes / Soups / Traditional Japanese foods
by Tomo · Published March 23, 2021 · Last modified May 11, 2021
Seen in Washoku, or Japanese cuisine, “Tororo (とろろ)” is a food familiar to every Japanese person. Tororo is actually the word for grated yam, and the Japanese yams I introduced the other day, Yamaimo (Yamato Imo), Nagaimo,...
“Otsumami (おつまみ)” is the Japanese generic name for snacks and simple dishes eaten with alcoholic drinks, and what can be called Otsumami includes not only traditional Japanese foods such as Surume, Saki Ika, and...
Delicacies / Product introduction / Traditional Japanese foods / Trivia
by Tomo · Published December 25, 2020
Known as sea urchin in English, “Uni (雲丹, うに)” is one of the representative Japanese food delicacies or “Chinmi (珍味)” that has been a favorite in Japan for a long time. In sushi restaurants,...
“Otsumami (おつまみ)” is the Japanese word for snacks eaten with alcoholic drinks and the representative examples include Kamaboko fish cake, Surume dried squid, Kaki no Tane crackers, and Cheese Tara (Chiitara) snacks. Actually, the...
Delicacies / Product introduction / Rice bowl dishes / Seasoning and Condiment
by Tomo · Published December 20, 2020
“Marumiya (丸美屋)” is the leading Japanese food company with the largest share in Furikake rice seasoning. For people who don’t know “Furikake (ふりかけ)”, it is a traditional Japanese condiment for rice consisting of dry...
Have you ever heard of “Karashi Mentaiko (辛子明太子)”? Karashi Mentaiko is originally a traditional Korean food but now it has become a specialty of Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan. Karashi Mentaiko is made out of the...
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I'm Tomo, a Japanese blogger living in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. For the purpose of enriching your life, I would like to introduce things about Japan on this blog, especially unique Japanese products, cooking recipes, cultures, and facts and trivia.
