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is “underground take-out food wonderland”. In the basement level of flashier department stores in Japan, you’ll find sprawling food retailers selling everything from steamed buns to miso-cured pickles, French pastries to square watermelons (yes, they do exist) to bento boxes. Bento boxes a...
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A Natsumatsuri is a summer festival. It’s a cause for Japanese women to get their colorful Yukata out of the closet. Huge crowds gather around the food and drink stalls and watch the fireworks together. If you’re in Japan during Summer you must definitely join these celebrations. If you...
What I’ve come to realize is that foreigners living abroad, particularly during the holidays celebrated back home (in this case mainly Americans), are like moths attracted to a flame, except in this case the flames are food, drink and other foreigners yearning for something to remind them of...
But it is the French who have arguably done most to propel onigiri into the same culinary space as sushi and Japan's other soul food, ramen. Paris is home to than 50 onigiri shops, rice balls are sold in many supermarkets and, this summer, the French judoka Luka Mkheidze credited them...
Are you planning to visit Japan in the near future? Here are some tips to save money so that you can get the most enriching experience. First, do not go to the convenience store for toiletries, pre-packaged food and bread. Unless it is a 100-yen Lawson, you will end up paying at ...
Some people think products should be made to last as long as possible, while others think making products cheap is more important. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at...
Welcome to WordBowl! How it works: Folks like you send word suggestions (look below for link, or submit to wordbowl@gmail.com). I draw one at random and have my essayish-or-fictional way with it (handwriting in bars & coffee shops all over NYC). Let the
Tokyo does have a handful of famously fastidious chefs but they are most definitely a minority. Far more would rather you enjoyed the food than worry about the proper order in which to eat it. Pro tip:a compliment, like 'oishii desu!' ('this is delicious!') can make up for pretty muc...