Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
During the winter, we have various mochi (餅) dishes with sticky baked or steamed rice cakes. And representatives include Zoni (雑煮), Zenzai (ぜんざい), and Oshiruko (おしるこ) or Shiruko. Zenzai vs. Oshiruko Kansai-Style Zenzai with Round...
When it comes to traditional Japanese food we eat during New Year’s holidays or Oshogatsu (お正月), Osechi (御節) is one of the representatives. Osechi consists of many varieties of small side dishes neatly arranged...
When it comes to Japanese food delicacies “Chinmi (珍味: literally meaning Rare Taste)”, sea urchin, or “Uni (雲丹)” is especially famous and widely enjoyed as a sushi ingredient. Japan’s 3 Best Chinmi In fact,...
Happy New Year! Oshogatsu (お正月) has finally come! Speaking of Oshogatsu, have you ever heard, in Japan, there is a traditional custom of giving children a new year’s gift of money during the first...
As you might already know, there are three Japanese words for confectionery (snacks, sweets, and candies), and they are Wagashi (和菓子), Okashi (お菓子), and Dagashi (駄菓子). As I explained before, Wagashi refers to traditional...
Tempura is a traditional Japanese food made by deep-frying one piece of ingredient covered in a batter of hen’s eggs and wheat flour. The scraps of deep-fried Tempura batter generated in the cooking have...
In Japanese cuisine, some soups sometimes look the same, and many people can’t tell the difference. If I give a representative example of such foods, what comes to my mind right away is Tonjiru (豚汁)...
When it comes to Japanese noodle soup using Udon, Kake Udon (かけうどん) is the easiest dish in the Kanto region around Tokyo, while the counterpart of Kake Udon is called Su Udon (素うどん) in...
