Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture
Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
Toyama is a prefecture adjacent to Niigata, where I live. Toyama has Toyama Bay known for its deep water and variety of fish, and the prefecture prides itself on its delicious seafood dishes. Especially,...
Traditionally, we Japanese like snack foods made with squid. Especially there are many variations of dried squid snacks in Japan, which include these 3 varieties. Meanwhile, when it comes to Japanese fried squid snacks, “Ika...
Japan has a culinary culture of using seaweed. We often eat seaweed in daily life which includes wakame, kombu (kelp), nori (laver), mozuku, and mekabu. These edible seaweeds are not only used in Japanese...
Tempura is a traditional Japanese food made by deep-frying one piece of ingredient covered in the batter of hen’s eggs and wheat flour. It seems that the scraps of leftover deep-fried Tempura batter generated...
“Agemono (揚げ物)” is the generic name for Japanese deep-fried foods, such as “Tempura (天ぷら)”, “Karaage (唐揚げ)”, “Kakiage (かき揚げ)”, “Katsu (カツ)”, and “Furai (フライ)”. Many overseas people may have heard of these popular Japanese dishes,...
As you know, Tempura is a traditional Japanese food made from one piece of ingredient coated with flour batter and deep-fried in plenty of oil. But have you ever heard that Tempura also comes in...
When it comes to traditional dishes that represent Japanese cuisine, many people will be reminded of “Tempura (天ぷら)”. As you know, the Japanese food is a deep-fried thing covered in a batter which is...
As you may know, “Otsumami (おつまみ)” is the Japanese word for the finger foods and nibbles eaten with alcoholic drinks, and the representative example includes Edamame, cold tofu “Hiyayakko (冷奴)”, “Chiitara (チータラ)“, and Kaki...
