Category Archives: know-how

From the Japanese Kitchen: How to Cook Rice in a Pot

  As you may know, rice is a an essential element of Japanese meals. Deliciously steamed rice itself is a real treat! This being the case, rice cookers are common…

How to Get Rid of Large Item of Refuse Reasonably?? Answer is Swap or Giveaway!

Spring is typically a season for big change in Japan. Students start going to new school or next grade while people with job often receive new assignment in this season….

From the Japanese Kitchen: Saikyo Yaki

  Today’s Japanese recipe from my favorite Youtube channel, “Ochikeron” is grilled miso-marinated fish, saikyo yaki. A special white miso called Saikyo miso originating in Kyoto, is used. If you don’t have…

Fun Calculator Trick!

  I’d like to share a fun command hidden in most CASIO calculators. This might not be supremely exciting, but you surely grin when you see the result. So, go…

Typical Stress Relieving Method for Japanese People

Have you made your new year’s resolution for 2014?  Be healthier?  Spend more time with you family or quit smoking?  Mine is to do more exercise on a daily basis…

Versatile Japanese Seasoning: Sushi Vinegar

Today I would like to tell you about a very handy Japanese seasoning that you can easily find at stores nearby. That is sushi vinegar.   Sushi vinegar bottle from my…

Sometimes the Old Ways are the Best! Rekindling of Moxibustion in Japan

O-kyu or Moxibustion is one of traditional medical treatment in Asia, and Japanese have traditionally been taking advantages of the treatment for a very long time.  As it involves a certain…

How to escape when a disaster occurs

  With the ongoing minor tremors, it is reported that Japanese islands have already shown signs of becoming seismic active. It is also said that another huge earthquake will hit…

Magic Food to Kill Heavy Alcoholic Smell of the Drunk!! Pickled Plum and Seaweed

Japanese people are globally known as not very strong drinkers, but people still love drinking, and sometimes even non-drinkers enjoy stress-free drinking environment.  It is not so difficult to find…

Wasabi Stories vol.263: Try to make a change in something little and the path will open up for you

Jun Ikeido has a unique background that he became a writer after his career in a bank. He won the 145th Naoki Award for “Shitamachi Rocket” in 2011. Despite his…

Unique Japanese Way of Thinking: How to Feel Cooler in Hot and Humid Summer

Those who have been to Japan in summer must know how hot and humid Japanese summer is; it sometimes feels as if you were in a sauna room, and you…

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