Actually, we Japanese are not familiar with Thanksgiving customs. We know that people have turkey dishes (usually the whole bird?) for Thanksgiving, but Japanese people don’t eat turkey very…

If you feel fatigue or have cold, try these homemade vital drinks!   Amazake & Milk Amazake is a sweet drink made from fermented rice and rich in amino and…

The three videos below show “funny foods” that are on COOKPAD, the largest recipe sharing site in Japan having 10.7million monthly active members. They can share their recipes and also…

Nikujaga is a Japanese classic home dish of meat and potato stewed in sweetened soy sauce. “Nikujaga” literally means “meat and potato.” Often served with onion, carrots and snap peas,…

Japanese popular soft drink, Calpis. In your country, you may be able to find it as Calpico at oriental markets. Or you may have heard of the odd named drink…

  Yatsuhashi is one of Kyoto’s traditional wagashi (Japanese sweets). It is made from glutinous rice flour, sugar and cinnamon. There are two types of yatsuhashi, baked and unbaked. Baked…

Boiled corn is simple but delicious! What if there is a way to make it even more delicious? Do you want to know? Well, this Japanese blogger found the way…

  Are you familiar with sukiyaki? It is a Japanese dish consisting of thin slices of beef cooked with various vegetables and soy sauce based mixture in a table-top cast-iron…

  Today’s menu from the Japanese kitchen is “daigaku-imo” which literary means “university potatoes “. It sounds strange, doesn’t it ^^?  There are many stories about this name. “Tokyo university…

This is a tofu cream sauce recipe for those who watch their weights.     Ingredients 1 Block Soft Tofu 1/2 Onion 1 Clove Garlic 1/2 tsp Consommé 1 tbs…

Zunda-mochi is a traditional dessert of Northeast Japan. It is mochi covered with zunda, which is sweet edamame (green soybeans) paste. Mochi is sticky and chewy rice cake made of…