Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
As you know, natto (納豆) is a traditional Japanese food made from soybeans fermented with natto bacteria. It is a superfood packed with nutrients but, due to its unpleasant smell and slimy consistency, divides...
Nagatanien (永谷園) is a Japanese food maker whose main products are Ochazuke Nori and Furikake, which are essential to our meals. Those rice seasonings have been evolving year by year, and the other day,...
Kurozu (黒酢), or black rice vinegar made from brown rice, contains plenty of essential amino acids and citric acid and is popular in Japan for its health benefits, such as lowering blood pressure suppressing...
What is best varies from person to person. For natto, some Japanese would say they love natto-jiru (納豆汁: miso soup using natto), or their favorite may be kimchi natto served as a side dish....
Together with the Bainiku tube, I found this product named Horseradish (ホースラディッシュ)/Seiyo Wasabi (西洋わさび) from S&B on the same shelf in the seasoning section. And I picked it up too because I wanted to...
When I went on errands the other day, I found this Bainiku (梅肉: meaning Ume Flesh) tube in the seasoning section of a supermarket. The product is from S&B, lined with their Shichimi Togarashi,...
Mishima Foods is a Hiroshima-based food company known for its Shiso Furikake Yukari (ゆかり). The perilla rice seasoning debuted in 1970 and afterward gained tremendous popularity. And now, it has become a staple in...
Ajipon (味ぽん) is a citrus seasoned soy sauce from Mizkan that’s become a kitchen staple in many households in Japan. The product debuted in 1964 under the name of Mizkan Ponzu Ajitsuke (味つけ), and...
