A couple months ago when I was booking my hotels for Osaka, I initially couldn’t find anything at all that was available. What on earth is go ...
JP??????The new 195 meter tall JP Tower Nagoya adjacent to Nagoya Station is all set to partially open in June this year. Plans for a full opening are ...
???Otsuka Station in Tokyo is on the Yamanote Line one stop clockwise from Ikebukuro Station. Otsuka Station connects with the Toden Arakawa tram a ...
Thousands of training places can be found on the Japanese territory in private schools and universities. So how to choose the good dojo" Your local Ci ...
When pureed soybeans are filtered in the production of soy milk, the resulting pulp is called okara. This side dish is also called “unohan ...
This recipe is uses ground chicken and tofu, so it is very light and low in calories. Tofu is much cheaper than meat in Japan, so I use that oft ...
Chikuzenni is usually cooked at home in Japan. It features chicken and a variety of vegetables, including, carrots, renkon (lotus root), and konnyak ...
Japanese steakhouses serve garlic rice after the meal, and many of them cook teppanyaki style (preparing the meal on a grill in front of you). ...
Hiyashi Chuka is a cold noodle dish most often served in the summer months in Japan. We use Chinese-style noodles as a base and mix in vegetabl ...
Here’s a great way to use your leftover corn soup. Sometimes I’ll even make an extra batch just so I can make this recipe. Itâ� ...
Satsumaage is a paste made from fish and vegetables. “Satsuma†is the old name for Kagoshima City, where satsumaage got its start, an ...
Japanese: Spinach sesame salad. Spinach is loaded with calcium and iron, and is a great source of fiber. We like this recipe because spina ...
Nira is a green vegetable called “chives†in English and tama means egg in Japanese. I used fresh, organic nira that my teacher, Do ...
Kouhakunamasu resembles traditional Japanese ribbons and kouhaku means red and white. Red and white are the colors typically associated with ce ...
Yawata maki uses either unagi (eel) or beef to wrap gobo and other vegetables in a little roll. Gobo is a root vegetable, which is a metaphor fo ...
This recipe is gyoza (dumplings) in chicken soup. Boiled gyoza is very common in Japan. Sometimes we add dumplings in nabe (hot pot). You can us ...
We’re excited to welcome our first-ever guest contributor, travel writer Sophie Friedman. We hope you enjoy Sophie-san’s Kyoto travel ti ...
When visiting Japan there is nothing more relaxing than a short escape into the Japanese countryside, to complement days of exploring Tokyo and stroll ...
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Tokyo is packed with some of the world’s top museums and galleries, but further afield in Japan are even more fantastic art hubs. From art isla ...
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If you’re looking for the best ramen shop in all of Japan, you may be embarking on a lifelong quest. Tonkotsu gyokai ramen at Shono in Ichigay ...
While Japan is best known for sake worldwide, it also has a killer whisky industry that’s lauded by spirit connoisseurs. Commercial whisky prod ...
Japan offers an amazing variety of culinary experiences, but there?s nothing like eating and drinking at an izakaya. Going to an izakaya (a Japanese-s ...
Japan has no shortage of charming mountain villages, and one of the best places to experience traditional rural Japan is deep in the Japanese Alps. I ...
Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is one of the world’s largest and most exciting cities. From perhaps the best food in the world – to neighb ...
Altough dwarfed by the much newer Tokyo Sky Tree, Tokyo Tower offers a unique view of this massive city – and has a long and romantic history t ...
Halfway between Tokyo and Osaka is Japan’s 3rd largest city, Nagoya. Nagoya Castle is the icon of the city, with a white walled and jade green ...
It took just 6 months for 20 000 labourers to build the stone base and walls of Nagoya Castle’s main tower, led by the legendary samurai Kat? K ...
A showcase of photos from Hakone, Kyoto, Osaka and more, taken with the Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 35mm f/1.8G lens… Before my autumn 2013 traveling ...
When Japanese tourists visit other countries on tours, the tour companies often educate the groups about local manners and customs. Japanese tourists ...
This single building was what drew me to Daigo-ji ?Daigo Temple, ???? during one hot Kyoto summer (well that, plus I’m on a mission to see all ...
Mount Koya ?K?yasan, ???? is a 1200 year old sacred temple town in the mountains of northern Wakayama Prefecture. There are over 100 temples in Koyasa ...
