Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
“Horumon (ホルモン)” is a Japanese word meaning “internal organs” and refers to beef and pork offal, especially intestines. Those variety meats are commonly eaten in the Yakiniku grill, and in recent years, they are...
When it comes to Japanese delicacies or “Chinmi (珍味)“, the first thing that comes to many people’s minds would be “Shiokara (塩辛)“. Shiokara is a Chinmi made from seafood (squid, fish, or their guts)...
When it comes to Japanese green tea, the most consumed in Japan is “Sencha (煎茶)”. Sencha generally uses first flush tea leaves from the same tree as the “Bancha (番茶)” grade. On the other hand,...
Japanese people seem to generally like domestic automobiles, and the share of foreign cars in Japan is small. Based on the statics of JAIA (Japan Automobile Importers Association), the number of newly registered imported...
Bourbon is a Japanese company that makes snacks whose headquarters are in Kashiwazaki, Niigata. It is a long-established company founded in 1924 and has many hit products, including Cheese Okaki, Fettuccine Gummy, and Petit Series....
When we Japanese hear the word “Chanko (ちゃんこ)”, the first thing that comes to most people’s mind would be the staple hot pot dish of sumo wrestlers “Chanko Nabe (ちゃんこ鍋)”. Although the term Chanko...
“Asazuke (浅漬け)” is a type of Tsukemono or Japanese pickle made of vegetables marinated in salt or a seasoning liquid. As the making doesn’t involve the fermentation process, the vegetable pickles can be ready...
Around the end of November of last year (2021), I came across Ichiran instant ramen cup noodles by chance at a Welcia drugstore. That was a rare joyful discovery because, until then, I only...
