In January, a bar themed “Luida’s Bar” from a popular RPG game series, Dragon Quest, was opened in [W:Roppongi], Tokyo.   You can feel the world of the game in…

    In Japan, varieties of cup sized sake called “kappu-zake” are sold at liquor stores, supermarkets, convenience stores and vending machines. A glass container is made of glass and…

  One of the most popular diet methods among women in Japan, the Morning Banana Diet. The method is very simple; just eating bananas in the morning and you can…

  Different towns of Japan serve their unique soft served ice creams flavored with something that the town features. For example, the Kurihama Hana no Kuni Park in Yokosuka, [W:Kanagawa…

    As you may already know, we have “sushi go round restaurants” in Japan. (You can read about developed sushi go round HERE.) For those who want to enjoy…

Have you ever wanted to eat what Samurai ate? In Asakusa (read about Asakusa Senso-ji Temple and Sumida area, Tokyo, 12 restaurants started serving the food that were eaten in…

Have you ever experienced when you eat two different foods together and taste like another food? In Japan there are some popular combinations to make different food. 1. Cucumber +…

When you stay at upscale hotel in Japan, you find a mini-bar (small refrigerator) in a room. It’s no difference from hotels in your countries but what interesting is the…

As you can see some articles on ramen in this blog, I love ramen. I probably eat three times a week (eating out costs much so I eat instant ones…

The classic Japanese winter sweet, Taiyaki. It’s a fish shaped cake made from waffle batter and has filling inside, usually sweet red bean paste.  

It may be the same in your country, there are a lot of canned foods sold in Japan. They keep for long time and so convenient. I especially like canned…