Category Archives: Food & Drink

Japanese Habanero Chili Snacks — Addictive Heat!!

Have you had habanero chili?? It’s one of the hottest chili peppers in the world. Besides the extreme heat, it has citrus-like aroma and flavor, and often used as hot…

Eat in Trailer SUSHI Restaurant – Never Seen Before!?

    Countless sushi restaurants are in the world, but this sushi restraint “travels” in Japan is special. It must be only one in the world. Japan’s first mobile sushi…

How to Order Super Complicated Coffee at STURBUCKS in Japan

    I am not good at ordering at STARBUCKS COFFEE because there are so many ways to customize, and it bothers me. So, whenever I go there, I just…

Nissin CUP NOODLE Games

    The king of snack food, Nissin Cup Noodle. In the home country Japan, people enjoy not only the taste but also Cup Noodle games.

Gundam + Monk + Kyoto = Okonomiyaki Restaurant !?

Do you know okonomiyaki?   It’s a popular Japanese food that has been loved over 400 years. It’s simply described as a pizza-like pancake. Wide varieties of ingredients and toppings…

Let’s Make Traditional Japanese New Year’s Food, Osechi!!

      In Japan, we eat traditional Japanese New Year foods called osechi, during the first three days of the new year. The foods are beautifully dished in special…

Japanese Sushi Roll Maker “Futomakimakki” — Easy and Fun!!

    It seems many Japanese children got cooking toys from Santa for Christmas. In the recent toy market, there are wide varieties of cooking toys are sold. From sweets…

HEALSIO — Japanese SHARP brand Water Oven

    Sharp’s water oven Healsio (“reducing salt” in Japanese, also refers “Healthy”) series is enable to cook healthy meal by reducing salt and oil at home.  

Japanese Soba Stand in Train Station

  A soba stand is often seen at a platform in a Japanese train station, especially in a busy town. It’s kind of a fast food, and called “tachigui soba…

YAKIIMO — Baked Sweet Potato Vender in Japan

  During winter, simply baked sweet potato, yakiimo is eaten as snack in Japan. Home baked yakiimo are good but it’s easy to get from a yakiimo vender who drives…

Extra Bonus Gift Comes with Merchandise in Japan

    In Japan, merchandise with extra bonus like small toys, figures or key chains are often seen at stores. Because the gifts are usually exclusive, many people buy those…

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