In Japan, temaki sushi is a popular family dinner or home party. Temaki literally means hand-roll, and we usually call the sushi style in one word “temaki-zushi,” and refer…

  Are you familiar with the dish called “hamburg steak”? It sounds like a traditional German dish, but this is a good example of a Japan-style western dish^^. I guess…

Alcatraz E.R. is the craziest izakaya (Japanese style bar/pub) restaurant in Shibuya. It is themed prison-hospital, and filled with “psychopathic” atmosphere. Images are from machilog videos in YouTube   In…

　”Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture”Photo by Yasuhiko Ito In this post, I want to share some pictures of northeast Japan taken before the quake and tsunami occurred on March 11, wishing…

  The other day, Ueno Zoo welcomed two pandas from China (^^).  This story takes place just before the arrival. One blogger went to Ueno to witness the panda fever…

On February 26, 2011, Nintendo 3DS, a new handy game featuring 3D effect without special glasses, was released in Japan. The game console sold 371,326 units in the first two…

  Looks yummy (*^_^*). Today’s Japanese recipe from “Cooking With Dog” is buta no shoga-yaki (= pork sauté with ginger sauce). In Japan, buta no shoga-yaki is very popular regardless…

  Miyazaki prefecture-born nikumaki-onigiri, is a rice ball wrapped with thinly sliced meat, and has been very popular since a couple of years ago. It is a delicious fast food…

  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…

I guess many people enjoyed the onigiri recipe from “Cooking with Dog” (^^)! So today, I would like to introduce another simple recipe for a Japanese dish. It’s called “agedashi tofu”….

  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…