Tag: food

Japan is home to many interesting foods, only a small number of which are generally known to the outside world. ...

The Japanese, as I've often written, are a group-oriented people, and it's interesting to observe the subtle body language that ...

I've been fascinated with the women of Japan ever since I arrived here, and over the years I've managed to ...

Before I came to Japan, I fancied myself a bit of a dessert aficionado. Pumpkin pie with vanilla ice cream ...

There are many things that American houses have which their Japanese counterparts lack, and vice-versa. A Japanese home will generally ...

My wife bought me a great present the other day: a book featuring all the places to buy yaki-manju in ...

Another good option if you're trying to eat in a hurry is to hit a konbini, or convenience store, where ...

May 5 is Children's Day, a special time for celebrating boy children that's part of the Golden Week holidays. On ...

The Japanese, of course, love to make meals into something that's beautiful to look at, a concept known as shoku ...

I finally got a chance to visit the new American-style shopping mall that opened recently, called SMARK. Inside was a ...

One interesting way to compare Japan's more structured society with the U.S. and Europe is to look at the standardized ...

Yesterday was my daughter's graduation ceremony from elementary school, and my wife and I watched proudly as our little girl ...

Over the weekend I went with my son to get him a new keitai, or cell phone. Portable phones are ...

One of the skills you need to acquire when you come to live in Japan is the ability to deal ...

Rice is the staple food of Japan, eaten two or three times a day by most people, and it's so ...

It can be easy to get the wrong idea about other countries, and it's not uncommon for people to carry ...

Although Japanese foods like sushi, sashimi and sukiyaki are famous all over the world, the Japanese have an incredibly varied ...

When you live in a place like Japan for long enough, it inevitably starts to change you. First it's the ...

As a person from a relatively young nation, at least compared to Japan's long history, I'm often floored by how ...

J-List is based in Gunma Prefecture, a crane-shaped piece of land that's located right in the center of Japan -- ...

Japan started its history more or less as a blank slate, with most of its architecture, religion and even written ...

Japanese is a complex language, with a lot of information that's not openly stated since Japanese people are usually good ...

One of the small benefits of the Japanese language is its syllabic nature, which eliminates some of the nuance of ...

Japanese films (houga) are a unique genre of cinema that I'm fascinated with, and whenever I watch one I'm captivated ...