To check train times and routes in Japan, use the excellent Hyperdia website, which makes getting around Japan’s rail network simple. Japan Rai ...
Ozouni is a Japanese New Year traditional soup. Each family or prefecture have their own style of ozouni, suited to their particular tastes. We ...
Homemade Shiro Dashi is a light-colored broth base that allows you to season food without altering its original colors. Ideal for dishes like chawanm ...
Learn about the different Japanese herbs and spices and how to incorporate them into your dish to elevate cooking! READ: Unique Japanese Herbs and Sp ...
Lake Hamana in Hamamatsu has been the largest producer of eel in Japan for over 100 years. It?s not a surprise the best known food in Hamamatsu is un ...
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The large city of Tokyo is divided into a number of special wards or municipalities. Tokyo?s Shibuya ward is home to the neighborhood of Ebisu, which ...
??????These excellent photos and video of this year\'s Cherry Blossom Festival at Okazaki Castle in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture were kindly sent by Okaz ...
People routinely ask, ?Why are you still in Japan"? and I guess the answer depends upon which phase of Japanese life we?re talking about. Because firs ...
?????????I went to the bank today - one of the banks I have an account with - to withdraw a sizeable sum of money. This account was with the Mitsui-Su ...
January 7 is the day of the Nanakusa or Seven Herb Festival. This day, many Japanese eat rice gruel (kayu) that contains the seven medicinal herbs of ...
One of the most common Japan travel questions we hear around here is, ?When is the best time of year to visit Japan"? The easy answer is of course tha ...
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If you’ve ever taken a train from Tokyo to Kamakura you might have passed by a large white Kannon statue, wondering what exactly it might be. A ...
Pan-fried to perfection and seasoned with just soy sauce and butter, these Butter Soy Sauce Scallops are unbeatable in my book. Each morsel is so ten ...
Okara (Unohana) is a Japanese home-style simmered dish made of soy pulp, vegetables, shiitake mushroom, and hijiki seaweed. It makes a tasty and sat ...
The model is talking about booking her latest gig, modeling WordPress underwear in the brand latest Perfectly Fit campaign, which was shot by Lachian ...
Ground chicken sauteed with soy sauce, mirin, sake, complemented with eggs and green peas over rice. Classic Yakitori restaurant dish. READ: Soboro ...
???Ikuokaya has been doing business in the world-famous Gion district (home to maiko and geiko and high-culture nightlife) for more than 150 years. T ...
Even if you’re not interested in ninja, I still highly recommend checking out Iga Ueno. It’s a day trip from Kyoto or Osaka and thereâ� ...
???Raigo-in Temple is one of several Tendai-sect temples in the pretty, farming village of Ohara in the hills north east of Kyoto.Raigo-in like its mo ...
??As the number of foreign tourists increases in Kyoto, quite a few residents of the ancient capital are developing their traditional machiya properti ...
????????Telecom Center, in Odaiba, Tokyo, is the headquarters of Tokyo Metropolitan Television (Tokyo MX). The glass and steel building was completed ...
Although the annual production of Japanese films scales new heights (408 in 2010, rising to 615 in 2014), unfortunately the quality of Japanese cinema ...
