Tag: food

It's now been a week since the the earthquake that devastated much of northern Japan and shifted the Earth's axis ...

Japan continues reeling from the aftermath of the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake -- actually a series of concurrent quakes in ...

You never appreciate something as much as when it's gone, and as an American living in Japan I've learned to ...

Do you have a cat's tongue? If so, it means that you can't eat hot food or drink hot drinks, ...

I recently saw a news article about U.S.-based Auntie Anne's Pretzels, which had opened its first location in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. ...

One of the more unique snacks in Japan is taiyaki, essentially a fish-shaped cake made with pancake batter and containing ...

Over the weekend we went to our favorite Indian restaurant for curry, tandoori chicken and that heavenly naan bread that ...

One impression of the Japanese language I got soon after arriving here was one of "duality," and it seemed that ...

Tuesday is an auspicious day for the Web: the 10th anniversary of the "All Your Base are Belong To Us" ...

Today is an adventure for my son: his juken, or high school entrance exam, which he's prepared for all year. ...

Over the weekend I went down to Tokyo to meet with a friend I hadn't seen in a while. My ...

In the Mazda MPV we use as a family car we've got a navi (er, GPS car navigation thing, whatever ...

The other day I went through the McDonald's drive-thru with my son, and I noticed they were giving out SpongeBob ...

Like many, I'm a big fan of bento, the Japanese tradition of convenient and delicious portable lunches in a box. ...

The other day I called the hotel I usually stay at whenever I go to Tokyo -- Hotel Mets Shibuya, ...

Last time I wrote about ways that U.S. companies use the imagery of America to sell products in Japan, sometimes ...

It's common for U.S. companies doing business in Japan to make use of their American-ness as a marketing tool, and ...

One aspect of the Japanese is that they don't show their emotions as freely or in the same ways that ...

I love all manner of Japanese food, from sushi and sashimi to katsu curry, which is thick Japanese curry rice ...

We all have fond memories of childhood which make us natsukashii, a word that roughly means "that makes me so ...

Christmas is upon us, and soon the children will be nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugar-plums ...

It's funny the way the names of food influences our perception of them. I am big fan of tofu, and ...

We've entered that hectic period near the end of the year the Japanese call "Shiwasu," and it seems no one ...

"I hate it when someone smorks in my face." For whatever reason, the English word "smoke" is often rendered as ...