This tool is called “Ramen Fork”, invented by “Sugakiya”, a food chain company in Nagoya. It is sold at MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) store, and it is said to…

Nissin Chikin Ramen is a noodle brand and the first marketed brand of Japanese instant noodles produced by Nissin Foods since 1958. It has been one of the most popular instant noodles in Japan,…

The pizza shown in the pictures is half & half pizza from Pizza-LA. It’s medium sized and about 2,300 yen (US$29). The left half is Teriyaki Chicken and the right…

I have covered several Japanese marriage-related stories in the past, but I would like to introduce another article about Japanese marriage from a different aspect.     Nowadays, more Japanese…

Here is another prefecture-specific article; today, I’d like to introduce an article about Akita, a prefecture in the Tohoku region of Japan! According to a study of Tsukuba University in 2000,…

Tofu is one of the most well-known Asian food around world, and I assume some of you have tried some before.  Today, I would like to introduce an article about tofu…

Natto can be the most hated Japanese food overseas, but believe me, it goes well with almost everything such as rice, soba, miso soup and omelette!  According to an article…

  Eel is known as a luxury food item, but in these days, the price of eel has been going up more and more in Japan for various reasons. People…

Gyoza is widely consumed in Japan, typically with ramen noodle at ramen restaurant.  But it seems a restaurant, which is famous for their creative gyoza, is offering ‘deza-gyo’ (abbreviation of dessert gyoza)….

Nowadays, Wagyu is pretty famous even in other countries, but among all luxury wagyu, a specific type of wagyu seems to be catching people’s attention in Japan. This special wagyu, called…

“Garigari-kun” soda flavour is one of the most popular and well-loved ice lollies in Japan regardless of gender and generation.  But it seems Garigari-kun ice lolly will be introducing new…