It is quickly becoming more and more popular all over Japan, and is even locally produced in our Prefecture, Shizuoka! It is a very versatile condiment that can be used in all kinds of Asian cuisines by vegans, vegetarians and omnivores alike! Here is a simple recipe. Don’t forget you ...
A huge 3,000-square-meter retail space designed by noted architect Kengo Kuma, this is the largest Starbucks branch in the world, and the fifth in their series of Reserve Roasteries. The centerpiece... ★Onibus Coffee - Coffee shop: Jiyugaoka Open 9am-7pm. Closed Tuesdays. Another entry...
Japan is the safest country in the world, but it also produces the best knives and swords in the world, too! Advertising such a business with a smiling (with a vampire tooth jutting out) manga girl is both novel and disquieting! LOL It is actually the sign of the oldest knives and cut...
There is this Manga or Japanese comic strip that I read called One Piece. In it a character named Sanji is shown as a runaway Prince serving as a cook on board a ship Captained by the protagonist. The author of course has employed an adventurous fantasy. But fantasy sometimes does become...
We had kept the “hard work” for last day, that is more than 3 hours of trekking up in the mountains to visit the most famous forest in Japan, “Mononoke Hime no Mori/Princess Mononoke Forest” which inspired a great manga/cartoon/animated film of the same name. ...
I will never tire of saying to everyone how lucky we are here in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, a region renown nationally and increasingly internationally for its exceptional gastronomy! Bazooka Gourmet is probably going to have another (shooting) field day when he learns that I have just been app...
1: The legend of Hagoromo, taking place in Miho No Matsubara which was registered as a part of Mt. Fuji’s world heritage site in June of 2013. 2: A short introduction of Roger Voltz, how he made is way to Japan and his particular relationship with Martial Arts and Noh Masks. The ...
). The gentleman seems to decide on the spur of the moment who he likes or not, unless it was because he is an unconditional fan of the famed Japanese manga artist Ose Akira who wrote the series “Kurabito Claude”, the story of a third-generation Japanese-American who visits Japan to...
Another vegan morsel: Menegi Nigiri/芽葱握り/leek sprouts nigiri topped with ume! We finished this grand dinner with an extravagant “dessert consisting of two different kinds of ko-donburi/小丼 (also called ko bachi/小鉢)/sushi served in small bowls: ikura/イクラ(did you know that this...
We had kept the “hard work” for last day, that is more than 3 hours of trekking up in the mountains to visit the most famous forest in Japan, “Mononoke Hime no Mori/Princess Mononoke Forest” which inspired a great manga/cartoon/animated film of the same name. ...