Posted in Daily Life, Food, Trivia on April 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yakitori(焼き鳥), which is literally grilled bird, is Japanese chicken barbecue on skewers. Over the last few weekends, I’ve been subsisting on a diet of Yakitori and Ramune. Festival stalls often sell Yakitori and other Kushiyaki (串焼き, skewered food). Every time I think of Yakitori, though, I remember this one time when I went to a [...]
Posted in Events, Festivals, Food, Travel, Trivia, tagged forecast, hanami, hanami bento, japan, sakura senzen on March 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One thing I love about Cherry Blossom Viewing is Hanami Bento. Sure it’s just regular bento stuff decorated with sakura-shaped carrots and pink and green dumplings called dango, but it’s really nice to look at. While I have been to a couple of the big parties where karaoke and nama beer are involved, I sometimes [...]
Posted in Events, Festivals, Food, Traditional Culture, tagged girls day, hina doll, hina matsuri, japan, momo no sekku on March 4, 2008 | 12 Comments »
On March 3rd, most families with daughters will be celebrating Hina Matsuri, which is also known as Momo-no-sekku or Girls’ Day in English. Hina Matsuri is my favorite Japanese holiday, or maybe Tanabata is, but I like them both a lot. Hina Matsuri is unlike many foreign holidays. Families celebrate the day by putting Hina [...]
Posted in Food, tagged すき焼き, cooking, japan, recipe, sukiyaki on January 24, 2008 | 6 Comments »
When I started studying Japanese when I was back home, my textbook had an activity involving Sukiyaki. We had to put the recipe instructions in order, then narrate to the class how we made the Sukiyaki. Our teacher at that time told us that all Japanese people knew how to make Sukiyaki and that the [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Food, Modern Culture, People, Traditional Culture, tagged japan, japanese food, preservatives, tofu, use-by-date on December 6, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Two of my Japanese friends just came back from a three-month stay in Australia. The moment they got back, they had natto and tofu. They lived in a small town out of Sydney, and thus were a little deprived of things Japanese. One thing they found really weird they said was the weird tofu in [...]
Posted in Food, History, Traditional Culture, tagged Food, japan, local cuisine, nori, sashimi, sushi on November 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
When Japan closed itself to the world, they also sort of banned locals from wandering around the country. Most Japanese were made to carry some sort of identification papers with them at all times. If they weren’t able to present these to samurai guards, they’d be in real trouble. There was even a restriction on [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Food, News, People, Traditional Culture, tagged Answers, fresh food, gardens, japan, Notes, stealing food, vegetables on November 7, 2007 | No Comments »
While a lot of Japanese people have chosen to grow Western-style gardens - those with flowers and shrubs - the majority still do keep Japanese gardens. Out front they have their lanterns and green conical-shaped bushes, and at back, they have their vegetable gardens.
A friend of mine said that in the olden days, Japanese households [...]
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