This is a TV commercial of Tokyo Gas.     Mother speaks: “I have fewer conversations with my son than I would like, so have decided to cook nice…

  “Tokyo Banana Mitsuketa (I found Tokyo Banana)” is one of the most popular souvenirs from Tokyo. It is a sponge cake filled with banana flavored custard cream. It tastes…

  Dandelions grow everywhere in Japan. Just like many other countries, they are used as remedy or for food. Flower, stem, leaf, and root… all parts of dandelion are edible….

Look at these photos below. People are wearing something strange on their chins (@_@)! Are they cosplayers copying some kind of manga characters? No, actually those beard-ish things are made…

  More we get closer to summer, more we crave for this ice popsicle called Gari Gari Kun, which has been popular among children and adults as a reasonable refreshment…

  Yatsuhashi is one of Kyoto’s traditional wagashi (Japanese sweets). It is made from glutinous rice flour, sugar and cinnamon. There are two types of yatsuhashi, baked and unbaked. Baked…

  After the “chunky Chinese red chile oil (taberu raayu)” boom, various kinds of chunky seasonings got popular including “chunky soy sauce” called “shoyu no mi,” which translates “soy sauce…

  Titled “Way Too Cool Bento,” a Niconicodouga user made some slideshow videos of charaben, which refers bento, boxed food, decorated to look like characters from anime, manga, and so…

  The TV commercials of a popular Japanese sushi delivery chain Gin no Sara always make viewers laugh. Their CM videos are so hilarious! Some of them won awards. The…

“SWITL” is an amazing handy machine that picks and puts semi-liquid mixture and gel without losing its shape.     According to Furukawakikou Co., Ltd, the company that invented the…

We Japanese eat rice almost every day. And sometimes we carelessly fail to notice rice grains when they get stuck to our clothes. That’s really embarrassing (=_=)…  A blogger found…