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Product Introduction through My Daily Life in Japan
Daily necessaries / Product introduction / Traditional Japanese foods / Trivia
by Tomo · Published March 30, 2021 · Last modified June 21, 2021
Recently, I have learned from English Wikipedia that in North America, “Hibachi (火鉢)” refers to a small cooking stove heated by charcoal or to an iron hot plate used in Teppanyaki restaurants. I don’t...
Foods / Traditional Japanese foods / Trivia
by Tomo · Published September 16, 2020 · Last modified June 21, 2021
“Yakiniku (焼肉)” is one of the most popular dishes in Japan, together with ramen, and the barbecue restaurants are scattered throughout the city because of the popularity of the dish. In fact, while it...
Foods / Traditional Japanese foods / Trivia
by Tomo · Published August 23, 2020 · Last modified June 21, 2021
If you have dined at restaurants in Japan before, you may have noticed that the name of some dishes on the menu has such prefixes as “Tokujo (特上)”, “Jo (上)”, and “Nami (並)”, like...
When you think of grilled food that represents Japan, what comes to your mind? Many Japanese people will probably think of “Yakiniku (焼肉)” and “Yakitori (焼き鳥)” as 2 representative Japanese grills. You may have...
Junk foods / Product introduction / Snacks
by Tomo · Published August 13, 2018 · Last modified June 21, 2021
As I wrote before, in Japan, there are roughly 3 classifications of snacks. One of them, “Dagashi (駄菓子)” is comprised of cheap, relatively small Japanese snacks and candies and has been a long-time favorite...
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I'm Tomo, a Japanese blogger living in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. For the purpose of enriching your life, I would like to introduce things about Japan on this blog, especially unique Japanese products, cooking recipes, cultures, and facts and trivia.
