Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
When I was an elementary schoolboy, I used to look forward to a small packaged fish snack sometimes served in school lunch. In recent years, the treat that brings back memories of my childhood...
When Japanese people think of wagashi peanut snacks, I think many will bring to mind Denroku Mame (でん六豆). In its name, Mame (豆) means bean in Japanese, while Denroku (でん六) is the name of...
Although I recently haven’t visited Hokkaido, the northernmost prefecture of Japan, when I go on a trip to Sapporo, the prefectural capital of Hokkaido, I often buy Ishiya-Seika’s Shiroi Koibito (白い恋人: meaning white lover) at...
When I think of Meiji Choco Baby, the product I wrote about in the previous post, another item comes to mind. It is also from Meiji with a shape similar to the chocolate Choco Baby,...
When I was a schoolboy, a chocolate treat was popular among us. Especially, when we went on an excursion somewhere as a school event, some liked to take the candy because it was not...
With its main shop (Google Map) located in Shin-Koiwa, Tokyo, “Menya Itto (麺屋 一燈)” is a popular ramen chain even with several overseas branches in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Bangkok. In recent years, the ramen restaurant...
“Castella (カステラ)” is a traditional Japanese sponge cake or wagashi made with hen’s egg, wheat flour, sugar, and starch syrup whose name derives from the Portuguese pronunciation for the Kingdom of Castile, “Castella”. As for...
Sausage is made typically using pork and beef. But in Japan, there is one whose main ingredient is fish. Gyoniku Sausage (魚肉ソーセージ) The Japanese sausage is generally called “Gyoniku Sausage (魚肉ソーセージ)” or literally “Fish Sausage” as the...
