Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
Summer is upon us.Now here in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, the temperature has reached over 30 degrees Celsius.The hotter it gets, the more cold things or the ones that give pleasant cooling sensation attract me. When it comes...
When we Japanese think of the noodle dish that is perfect for summer, that reminds many of us of Somen noodles.Somen (そうめん) is a fine white noodle made from wheat flour and generally served chilled....
When I think of luxury, expensive ingredients for Sushi (寿司), what comes to my mind is Uni (雲丹), or sea urchin eggs, because the Sushi topping is one of my favorite delicacy foods. Though we...
Tofu (豆腐) is one of the well-known Japanese delicacies, which is also known as bean curd. Some Japanese, including me, don’t like the food very much since it has an unique, plain taste that...
The summer season is just around the corner. The hotter it gets, the more I will want something cold to eat and drink, such as ice-cream and chilled beer. In addition to ice-cream and...
As I wrote in this article, Japanese instant noodles manufacturers have been producing various flavors of instant noodles in recent years. Some of them have new flavors copied from the signature dishes of the...
I think Surume (するめ) is one of the most famous Japanese squid snacks in the world.Surume is a dried squid that is commonly eaten in Japan as a finger food for alcoholic drinks. In...
We Japanese call the finger food eaten along with alcoholic drinks ‘Otsumami (おつまみ)’. If I give examples of such Otsumami, Edamame (Amazon.com), Cold Tofu called Hiyayakko (冷奴), and snacks like Chiitara (チータラ) and Kaki...
