Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
When it comes to Japanese vinegared dishes or “Sunomono (酢の物)”, I sometimes eat Sanbaizu sauce dressed Mozuku seaweed called “Mozukusu (もずく酢)” at home. “Mozuku (もずく)” is one of the edible seaweeds that has been...
Donburi (どんぶり/丼), whose literal meaning is a bowl, is the Japanese word for rice bowl dish, usually abbreviated to Don (丼) when used in the dish’s name. When I think of Japanese seafood donburi...
In Japanese food culture, Ikura (いくら) is an orange caviar made of mature salmon roe or trout roe, typically pickled in soy sauce. It comes in individual-shaped spherical balls, well-known as a Sushi or...
As you know, natto is a fermented soy food of Japanese origin. It is slimy in consistency and has a characteristic smell, and many people can’t eat it. However, natto is packed with plenty of...
Ramen is a quintessential Japanese noodle dish, together with udon and soba. In recent years, many Japanese ramen chains have been opening branches overseas so you could taste their noodle soups near where you...
When I think of seasonings of Japanese origin widely used in many countries, what comes to my mind right away is “Shoyu (醤油)”, known as soy sauce in English. Many people probably have used...
Kani Miso (蟹味噌: meaning Crab Miso) is a popular sushi topping looking like miso (fermented soybean seasoning) paste, which is my favorite food. Every time I go to a conveyor belt sushi bar or Kaiten...
If you plan to stroll around a city in Japan, you will probably see two types of sacred spots there. One is the Otera (お寺) temple, and the other is the Jinja (神社) shrine,...
