Spring Pickings – Strawberry Picking around Tokyo
Feb 13, 2015 By Bert Wishart
Japan has a wonderful association with fruit. While it tends to be a little expensive (at least to the eyes of foreigners used to supermarkets crammed with the stuff for next to nothing), it is revered in status: apples are grown to extraordinary sizes and famed for the ‘honey’ within, mangoes are...[ Click to read more ]
Ebi Furai – Famous Nagoya Meibutsu
Oct 30, 2014 By Bert Wishart
When it comes to meibutsu, food associated with a particular region of Japan, Nagoya is probably best known for miso katsu, tebasaki and hitsumabushi. Perhaps one dish that is closely connected to Nagoya yet has a further reaching popularity, is ebi furai. Developed at the turn of the 20th century as a...[ Click to read more ]
Gyudon at Yoshinoya – Beef Bowls for Everybody!
Sep 02, 2014 By Ray Proper
“Gyudon,” a (beef bowl) belongs in the Japanese category of a donburi, or bowl dish. It is made with beef and onion ladled over a bowl of rice. The beef and onion are prepared with soy sauce, mirin, sugar and sake. This actually tells you very little about the flavor,...[ Click to read more ]
Tebasaki – Famous Nagoya Meibutsu
Aug 05, 2014 By First Admin
Famous foods for any given area in Japan are called meibutsu. Osaka meibutsu is okonomiyaki (as is Hiroshima's meibutsu, but they have their own famous style of the same dish), and in the mountains of Nagano it is Shinshu Soba. My favourite meibutsu of all is one of the meibutsu of...[ Click to read more ]
Ossu Brasil – Great Rotisserie Chicken in Osu, Nagoya
Jul 28, 2014 By Ray Proper
Since 1994, Osso Brasil has been serving up great Brazilian food in Osu. Long a popular spot amongst the foreign population, it is most famous as “that place with the really good rotisserie chicken in Osu.” For about 1600 yen, you get the whole roasted bird; don’t bother asking about half orders; you...[ Click to read more ]
Sushi Dokoro Shiki in Tokyo’s Ginza District
Jun 16, 2014 By Ray Proper
Sushi Dokoro Shiki - すし処 志喜 in Tokyo's Ginza District is a surprisingly good and affordable treasure. They specialize in "course menu" sushi set at JPY 10,500 , or you can order off the menu; which is quite reasonable for being located in Ginza. The set menu selections are extremely fresh and well chosen, and...[ Click to read more ]
Japanese Recipes in English
Jun 10, 2014 By Ray Proper
Cookpad This app features the best Japanese recipes from the largest cooking community in Japan. Long popular in its native Japanese language, Cookpad is now offering many of its recipes on a new English version of its website. Currently the site provides translations of 4,500 recipes, a pittance compared to the...[ Click to read more ]
Experience the Tea Ceremony in Tokyo or Nagoya Japan
Jan 19, 2014 By Ray Proper
Tea; from the ever present green varieties that line shelves in the convenience stores here, to the black varieties that my English and Australian room-mates preferred when I first arrived, living in Japan has been an learning experience. As an American, and especially one from Seattle, it is hard to...[ Click to read more ]
Shibuya Cona Standing Pizzeria and Wine Bar
Nov 14, 2013 By Ray Proper
Watching a show called "World business Satellite ワールドビジネスサテライト" the other night and it mentioned a "One coin pizza" chain restaurant in Shibuya! Cona Standing Pizzeria offers a good pizza for "one coin." That is correct, A pizza for 500 yen in exactly where you might expect to want such a thing,...[ Click to read more ]
Mt Togoku Fruits Park in Nagoya – Fruit Picking
Oct 28, 2013 By Ray Proper
Fruit picking is a popular family activity in Japan, and farms across the country offer the opportunity to pick fruit directly from the tree from their orchards. Typically farms will charge visitors a set amount for a set period of time; fees range from 800 to 3000 yen or more,...[ Click to read more ]
