Tag: food

The other day I was watching a show about strange and unique world records people had achieved, and there was ...

Having lived in Japan since the first Bush presidency, I generally feel like I've gotten used to the place..and yet, ...

Before I came to Japan I had many preconceptions about the place. For example, I expected everything to be sleek ...

Yes, I am finally getting around to posting my pictures from my trip to frozen (well, slightly cool) northern Japan. ...

There are certain things the Japanese just seem to really like for reasons that are difficult for foreigners to understand. ...

McDonald's Japan is currently running a bizarre promotion using a caricature of an American named Mr. James, who hails from ...

Everyone knows sake (SAH-kay), the famous rice-brewed beverage that's one of the most famous images of Japan. But another popular ...

Beans and pickles aren't something you often associate with a country's national culture, but I've observed that you can learn ...

Today I'm continuing my series on how Japanese may experience anxiety when traveling to the U.S., feeling the need to ...

When you pass a Subway sandwich shop, do you enthusiastically head inside, happy to be able to eat such a ...

Peter's favorite thing about Japan, #345: izakaya (ee-ZAH-kah-ya), a kind of cozy Japanese pub-restaurant that's filled with exotic food and ...

Because I'm fortunate enough to flit back and forth between the U.S. and Japan several times a year, I get ...

We're done with the first day of Anime Expo, and have spent the day meeting and greetings thousands of J-List ...

Sometimes there are some interesting differences between East and West that can surprise you. I wrote recently that you're actually ...

Japanese TV never fails to entertain, although some shows might seem a little mundane on the surface. The Japanese care ...

This morning I was late for work, so I grabbed a piece of toast and prepared to run out the ...

One of the themes I write about a lot is how people in Japan are sensitive to how they're viewed ...

For some reason, the Japanese love rankingu (ranking), and there are TV shows that go out of their way to ...

Tokyo is the sprawling capital of Japan, so large that it's more like a prefecture than a unified entity, made ...

Although the average Japanese person on the street might think there are a lot of foreigners living and working in ...

Besides promoting world peace through shared popular culture and Hello Kitty bento boxes, I consider it my mission to try ...

The other day I noticed a bag of rice sitting on the table. Something about the way the grains were ...

Since the two great obsessions of my life have been Japan and Star Wars, I enjoy it when they come ...

A friend from Italy came to our prefecture for a visit, so I took him to one of my favorite ...