Today’s story-teller is writer Tetsuo Ebato. The story is about ‘how-to’. His story begins with Ebato’s aquaintance who is a business manager saying, “How come there are so many how-tos…

Let me introduce a blog post from one of my favorite entertainment blogs. It is about interior decoration.   First, get a stapler that stretched out 180 degrees (It is…

Today’s story-teller is Shigehiko Toyama, a professor emeritus at Ochanomizu University. Firstly, Toyama says, “When I read Kan Kikuchi* writing, I was impressed with him saying: ‘I write nothing, even…

  Needles to say, pasta is a true Italian original. We Japanese love pasta, and there is a surprisingly large amount  of Italian restaurants in Japan. Today, I would like…

Using low-calorie mayonnaise, you can draw pictures on crepe-style fried egg!     This technique was shared in a Japanese recipe sharing website, COOKPAD.Recipe by みっこぶー   “Mayonnaise Imprint Technique…

This is a series of makeup videos by a Japanese girl from Niconico live broadcasting. Making comical anime voice, she shows how she puts makeup before she goes to work….

  The video below is “how to make eyeball like jelly” from a Japanese video sharing website, Niconico Douga. The eyeballs are made from agar and edible.   How to…

Four weeks to Valentine’s Day! In Japan, it is a day when women give chocolates to men. But in recent years, it is also common that women give chocolate to…

  Convenience stores, supermarkets or kiosks… wherever you go, you always find Frisk mints in Japan. The mints are manufactured by the Perfetti Van Melle company (based in Belgium) and…

  As you can see in the title, “onigiri” means Japanese rice balls. It may sound too simple, but it’ not. We of course have very simple onigiri made only…

Have you ever seen something like this out in front of a noodle shop? I’m not sure if this kind of sign can be seen in your country as well,…