New Year is an important time in Japan, but things are celebrated differently here than back home. You are undoubtedly already clued up on Japan's New Year traditions, its New...[ Click to read more ]
Nagoya has excellent local cuisine, and numerous wonderful options are available at any time of year. However, during the holidays, you may need some hints on where to get your...[ Click to read more ]
Simplicity in itself, the donburi is the go-to dish for those who want a combination of filling food and flexibility. Though donburi literally means bowl, it generally refers to a...[ Click to read more ]
While many people come to Japan due to their deep-seated interest in Japanese culture, I arrived here with absolutely zero knowledge of what was happening around me, popular culture-wise. I...[ Click to read more ]
With Thanksgiving being a North American holiday, we aren't really within our rights to expect Nagoya to celebrate the third Thursday of November the same way it would in the...[ Click to read more ]
Japanese cuisine is well known for its delicate flavors, subtlety, and exquisite fragility. However, here in Aichi, we do things a little differently. Nagoya-meshi is famed for its full flavor,...[ Click to read more ]
Nagoya's cuisine is pretty different from traditional Japanese fare. While most of the best-known Japanese dishes are famed for their subtlety, delicate, and refined tastes, with its spicy red miso...[ Click to read more ]
When you think of music in Japan, it is hard to get past the idea of uber-cute J-Pop idols, adorably non-threatening boy bands, and the bright insanity of gravity-defying-haired Visual...[ Click to read more ]
July 23 is Unagi no hi, or Unagi day! Unagi, or barbecued freshwater eel, is readily available all over Japan. Besides sushi, this is probably my favorite Japanese food. It...[ Click to read more ]
Teppanyaki, the style of cooking famed for its extravagant chefs slicing and dicing meat on a griddle, is believed by many to be a classic Japanese cuisine, but in fact,...[ Click to read more ]