Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
The other day, I got a Shichimi Togarashi (七味唐辛子) that the historical city Kyoto boasts. Shichimi Togarashi or Shichimi (七味) is a traditional Japanese condiment consisting of ground red chili pepper and six other...
As you may know, Senbei, Okaki, and Arare are the three major types of rice crackers most familiar to us Japanese. Although these snacks traditionally have a crunchy tough bite, in modern times, they come...
As with the pork cutlet Tonkatsu (豚カツ), Tempura (天ぷら) can be the main ingredient in the Japanese rice bowl dish Donburi (丼). You may know the bowl of rice topped with Tempura has the...
In the previous post, I talked about how the Japanese soup dish suimono (osuimono) differs from miso soup. As I wrote in the article, the primary difference between miso soup and suimono is; miso...
Miso soup and plain white rice make up the essential parts of Japanese cuisine. As many instant soups are available online nowadays, you might have tried such authentic Japanese soups as miso soup and...
Yesterday I went on a day trip with my friends to Shirakawa-Go (白川郷), a remote mountainous village in Gifu Prefecture famous for its Gassho-style houses. Shirakawa-Go (白川郷) More precisely, Shirakawago is an area centering...
When it comes to Japanese fruit candy, Sakuma Drops is probably one of the best-recognized, as it appears in Studio Ghibli’s hit film Hotaru no Haka (火垂るの墓), also known as Grave of the Fireflies....
“Kombu (昆布)” is the Japanese word that refers to edible kelp, from which we often make “dashi (出汁)” soup stock, the base for many Japanese dishes. The seaweed is an essential ingredient in Washoku, and...
