… sushi are tiny parcels of rice rolled up in seaweed that may or may not contain raw fish. "They're more of a sandwich format," says Stuart [Turner]. "I get so tired of people saying 'erh, raw fish' that I feel like having 'sushi is not raw fish' tattooed on my forehead."...
We analyzed 20 call notes per individual, and the average value was used as a representative of the call traits for each individual. Figure 1. The oscillogram and sound spectrogram of a Japanese tree frog’s call. Panel (a) displays the call note and duration, as well as the note ...
Try to find the oddestmikoshiout of the bunch. The eyes of the tree frogmikoshiglisten and shine. At the childmikoshiparade, there is a "can"mikoshi, made from empty recycled tin cans, as well as "barrel"mikoshithat remind you of barrels of soy sauce, the specialty of the city of...
introducing the Tree-and-Serpent-and-Bird Triad motif…a motif also seen in central and East Asia. As a reward, the Simurgh gives him three of her feathers which the hero can use to call for her help by burning them. Later, the hero uses the feathers, and the Simurgh carries him to...
Horse meat has been a favourite of the Japanese (and only the French and the Tatars!). They call it “Sakura” as it is reminiscent of the colour of cherry blossoms! The best quality is produced in Kagoshima Prefecture in the Island of Kyushu. ...
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Slabs of salmon (saké 鮭) baked themselves on hot, black rocks before our eyes, and the steamy promise of tender fish seemed to call for cold beer rather than the small cups of somewhat harsh, hot ...
“Wearing underwear is what morale is all about, right? That’s why I call underwear ‘morale.'” This quote, taken from the first half of this week’s Hozuki no Reitetsu, underlines one of my major problems with this series: the language barrier seems insurmountable. Even if the word ch...
Then the Lady Sparrow, as we will now call her, introduced all her family to the old man. This done, her daughters, robed in dainty crape gowns, brought in on beautiful old-fashioned trays a feast of all kinds of delicious foods, till the old man began to think he must be dreaming....