There are many green tea flavoured sweets in Japan. Probably green tea ice cream and green tea pudding will be the major items, but I would like to write about…

Hot, hot and hot…  That’s all I can say being in Japan at the moment (><;).  I know it’s the heat I experience every year, but it’s the season you…

Shirokuma shaved ice dessert is one of my favourites from ice cream corner of Japanese supermarket.  I’m sure it wasn’t available when I was a child, but it’s been seen at…

  These days, internationally popular items such as pancakes and doughnuts are very popular in Japan. Nevertheless, we still love those traditional Japanese sweets called “wagashi”. Wagashi are not only…

  Do you like Japanese rice crackers, known as “senbei”? If you are indeed a senbei lover, you might have heard about “Soka senbei”,which is one of the most well…

Valentine ’s Day is one of the biggest event for Japanese boys and girls in February.  Some boys just look forward to it dreaming of receiving more chocolates from girls…

  Do you know a Hokkaido island called ‘Okushiri Island’?     The island is famous for beautiful sea and a wide variety of fresh seafood such as sea urchin…

As the fact that Japan is well-known for its longevity record proves, people are generally very conscious about their health and exercising as important as healthy eating.  As a part…

Recently lots of pancake shops are popping up in Japan. During the busier times at some of the most popular shops, customers form looong queues, sometimes waiting an hour for…

Perfection of food samples can sometimes be stunningly good, which almost make you want to smell, and kids in Japan sometimes dream of making one by themselves every time they walk…

Rainy season this year has been pretty dry and hot in Japan, and I am feeling that people will start craving for kakigori or shaved ice a lot earlier this summer! …