Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
Mild cheese is often used as an ingredient for snacks in Japan. Speaking of modern Japanese snacks with cheese, Calbee Pizza Potato Chips (Amazon.com) is one of my most favorites, while as classic ones...
Cheese works well with many foods and is often used for snacks.In fact, there are a bunch of snacks made with cheese in Japan.For example, My favorite Japanese potato chips, Calbee Pizza Potato (Amazon.com)...
Convenience stores handle a wide range of foods effectively, which reflects the food culture of each country, so you could not find your favorite convenient foods unique to your country at convenience stores in...
The summer season for chilled beer is just around the corner here in Japan.When we Japanese think of snack foods for beer, “Otsumami (おつまみ)” comes to mind.The Japanese word, Otsumami (おつまみ) actually refers to...
Summer is nearly upon us.It’s the perfect season for chilled beer.When drinking beer, we Japanese usually prepare “Otsumami (おつまみ)”, which refers to the finger foods and nibbles that are eaten along with alcoholic drinks like...
When it comes to Japanese beer snacks, dried squid snacks, including Surume, Saki-ika, and Noshi-ika, are representatives of the genre. Other than those, there are a bunch of snacks that go well with beer in...
Surume (するめ) is the quintessential Japanese squid snack.It is the dried squid widely enjoyed in Japan as a finger food for alcoholic drinks, or “Otsumami (おつまみ)“. In addition to the name “Surume”, the Japanese...
Have you ever heard of Otsumami?, or do you know the meaning of the Japanese word? We Japanese call the snack foods eaten as accompaniments to alcoholic drinks “Otsumami (おつまみ)”, in other words, the Japanese...
