Category Archives: Food & Drink

HI-CHEW; What Flavor Do You Like the Best?

  HI-CHEW is a well-established Japanese candy series produced by Morinaga. There are a variety of flavors, and in Japan the most popular one is grape. But what about in…

Let’s Improve Starbucks New Siren!

  As you may know, the Starbucks logo was updated last year. The new mark looks much more simple. Kind of too simple. The ring around Siren was removed, so in…

From the Japanese Kitchen: Omu-rice

  Today I would like to share a Japanese dish called ‘omu-rice’. Omu-rice is an omelet with a filling of seasoned fried rice w/tomato ketchup sauce. It is categorized as ‘yoshoku’, a Western-influenced Japanese cooking…

Let’s Make Taiyaki at Home – Part 2

  [Check the Previous Story!]  Our blogger Mr. B purchased a ‘taiyaki’ iron, and his first mission (baking a regular taiyaki beautifully) was completed successfully. Now Mr. B comes up…

[Photoblog] Photo Opp? Somen Dancer and Somen Restaurant

  Miki, the photographer found a somen dancer reflected on the glass in front of a somen restaurant♪♪ Taken in a town of Miwa. Copyright(C) Miki →Miki’s twitter← (English is…

Let’s Make Taiyaki at Home – Part 1

Have you ever heard of ‘taiyaki’ (literary means tai=sea bream/ yaki=baked)? Taiyaki is fish shaped Japanese casual cake with sweet red bean paste filling. We usually buy taiyaki at sweets…

The Reason Why Finding Tea Stalk Floating Straight Up in a Cup is Lucky

It’s almost the end of February, but it is still so cold here in Japan, and hot tea is a vital item in my office now.  So, I chose a…

Shirataki : Miracle Noodles?

  Have you ever heard of “shirataki”? You may not be familiar with it, but shirataki is a very common food in Japan. It’s a type of “konyaku / konjac” cut into noodle-like strips….

Special Event to Enjoy 140 Ekibens

Today, I would like to introduce an article about delicious ekiben-related event held in Kanagawa prefecture. According to the article, an exhibition of popular ekiben and local specialty food exhibition…

From the Japanese Kitchen: Dorayaki

  Today I would like to share a recipe for dorayaki from the popular Japanese culinary YouTube program, “Cooking with Dog”. As you may know, dorayaki is the absolute favorite sweet of…

Compliment Café of Akihabara!

Today, I would like to introduce an article about one of unique café in Akihabara. JapanStyle has previously introduced unique café such as ‘maid café’ and ‘cup noodle café’ so…

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