Tag: food

It's well known that the Japanese eat with chopsticks, and any dish featuring rice, noodles, fish etc. will generally be ...

It's funny the way language can influence our perceptions of the seasons. Yesterday there was an annoying fly buzzing around ...

The other day I took my family out for sushi because it was Kodomo no Hi or "Children's Day," one ...

There's no way around it: alcohol is often an important part of social life in Japan, and there's even a ...

Part of Peter's Unified Theory of Japan is that to really understand a culture, you have to learn to love ...

I happened to see a news article that said the president of Nippon Sheet Glass, an American, was leaving the ...

One of the first impressions foreigners living in Japan may get is that everything is "about death." This is likely ...

J-List takes our mission of bringing delightful Japanese products to you very seriously, and whether it's rare and unique flavors ...

There are a few things I've learned about Japan over the years. The Japanese love to pay homage to other ...

There are many differences between Japan and the U.S. For example, America has way more lawyers -- 1 for every ...

My son and I had a blast up in northern Japan. Our first stop was the city of Sapporo, the ...

J-List is based in Gunma, a prefecture said to be shaped like a crane in flight, located in the exact ...

Like many Japanese young people my son is into Japan's ubiquitous BBS 2ch (pronounced ni-channeru in Japanese), where all manner ...

One reason I'm a fan of Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus is, it's easy to talk with customers and exchange ...

One of the biggest challenges Japan faces in the decades ahead is shoshika, or the reduced number of children due ...

Being from a warm place like San Diego, winter definitely isn't my favorite season, and part of getting used to ...

Yesterday I went to Akihabara on business, which is always more fun than sitting behind a computer screen at the ...

Today is the 17th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which destroyed the city of Kobe and greatly damaged nearby ...

One thing that's good about living in a foreign country is the way you come to understand the people around ...

While I certainly love sushi, sashimi, sukiyaki and other types of exotic Japanese cuisine, I often find my favorite foods ...

It's no surprise that the Japanese eat a lot of sushi, having invented it and all, and even in J-List's ...

One of the best aspects of living in Japan is the honesty and integrity of Japanese people, and as a ...

A few weeks ago I took some time off to go up to an onsen resort in the mountains with ...

The other day I got a treat when I went home for dinner: masu no sushi, delicious trout sushi on ...