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Chocolate Cake With Meringue And Caramel Cream With Peanuts

Ingredients for the chocolate cake: 330 g flour 60 g cocoa 15 g baking powder 5 medium eggs 4 egg yolks a pinch of salt 16 g vanilla sugar 270 g sugar ...

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The Art Of Tarta De Galleta And White Chocolate

Introduction: The Perfect Fusion of Sweetness and Flavor Tarta de Galleta y Chocolate Blanco is a delicate delicacy that delights lovers of sweet tr ...

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Kyoto City Bus 206

?????#206Kyoto city bus #206 runs from Kitaoji Bus Terminal (Subway Kitaoji Station) to Kyoto Station and then back to Karasuma Kitaoji and Kita ...

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All The Recipes In Netflix’s The makanai: Cooking For

Join us by cooking up delicious recipes inspired by Netflix\'s newest Japanese drama - The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House! READ: All the Recip ...

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Travel Smart with JR East Group Rail Passes

JR East has a great variety of value rail passes for foreign visitors to take advantage of travelling around Japan in a convenient and economical man ...

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Sky Bus Kyoto – View from the Top

One of the best ways to take in the unparalleled sights of Kyoto is to participate in an open top Sky Bus tour. In operation every day between Octobe ...

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OUTDOORS: 6 Ways To Enjoy Open-Air Life In Japan

Welcome to Japan, an outdoor wonderland! From the mountains to the sea, Japan offers unforgettable experiences for every kind of season and outdoor a ...

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Japan’s a Scam

I was drinking with Sandy in the park recently. It was dark and naturally we were on the swing set. ?I?ll just never be happy here,? she said. ?Congra ...

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On Sexual Harassment in Japan (Part 2): For ALTs

In my previous post (part 1) I discussed the history of sexual harassment law in Japan, and the struggles women continue to face today. But in truth ...

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On Sexual Harassment in Japan (Part 3): A Modest Proposal

  I have been overwhelmed by the support from readers of my posts, On Sexual Harassment in Japan (Part 1) and (Part 2). I’m also stunned at ...

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On Being From Somewhere Else in Japan

One of the most useful discoveries of a recent trip to Italy was that I had remembered some Italian curse words overheard during my childhood at my gr ...

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On Falling Out of London

Words are social creatures, with every word defined by other words, and dictionaries are a party. Interactions define things: words can?t write thems ...

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On Not Being Offended by Avril Lavigne in Japan

If nobody in Japan thinks a racist video about the Japanese is racist, can anyone be offended" The children’s novelty act known as ‘Avril ...

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On Life after Japan

The airplane is parked at the far end of a runway, the airport clear outside the portal, the name of my city, Fukuoka, in clear red letters. The mount ...

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Sayonara: Six Posts on Leaving

It’s been about a year since I left Japan, and I know many friends and readers (those in the JET Program) are coming up on saying goodbye to a ...

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On Sexual Harassment in Japan (Part 1)

Last week, Ayaka Shiomura, a 35-year-old lawmaker in Tokyo, was raising questions about the role of working mothers in Japan when someone started jeer ...

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On Pilgrims

I live on Tabard Street in London, one of the original streets leading into the city proper, a site where pilgrims gathered before departing the city ...

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On Taking Pictures in Kathmandu.

I haven’t written in over a year, but I wanted to share my photographs from the month I spent in Kathmandu. It was my liminal phase between Jap ...

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Ingen no Gomaae

Japanese: Green beans and sesame salad. This recipe is similar to the spinach sesame salad I posted yesterday, and is a fine alternative t ...

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Kuromame

Kuromame is the Japanese word for black beans and “mame” means good health. Yield: 6 shrimp Time: 7 hours Ingredients 1/4 lb ku ...

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Nikumiso

This recipe is pretty simple but there are many ways to prepare it. Nikumiso is great with steamed rice, fried rice, fried noodles, pasta, sand ...

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Gobo Salad

Gobo is known as burdock root in English. It is a fibrous vegetable seldom used in North America and Australia, but you can find it at most Asia ...

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Konbu maki

Konbumaki is rolled seaweed. “Konbu” is a play on words with “yorokobu,” which means “to be happy,” so we ea ...

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Sweet Potato (Satsumaimo)

This is a simple and delicious Japanese desert. Japanese sweet potatoes are called “satsumaimo”. They are very sweet and soft. Sats ...

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Spaghetti Salad

Spaghetti salad is very popular in Japan. You can find ready made spaghetti salad everywhere (super market, store, delis, convenience stores, ...

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Tender Chicken Salad

Chicken is low in calories so it’s very good if you’re on a diet. Also, vinegar is a great antidote for fatigue, so this recipe is a ...

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Daigaku Imo

Daigaku Imo is a traditional Japanese recipe. The word “daigaku” means university and “imo” is Japanese for potato. It ...

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Tasty Pumpkin

Japanese: Kabocha no nimono. “Nimono” is the word for food that is boiled and seasoned. Kabocha is a Japanese pumpkin. Kansai peopl ...

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Takenoko no Tosani

Takenoko is the Japanese word for bamboo, and Tosani describes the taste of bonito and soy sauce. Bamboo is known for its rapid growth, an ...

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Daikon and Chicken Nimono

?Nimono? is the Japanese word for food that is boiled and seasoned. The taste is very mild and the aroma reminds me of the way my childhood home us ...

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Gyudon (Beef Bowl)

A beef bowl is called “gyudon” in Japanese. “Gyu” means beef and don is short for “donburi” which is food s ...

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Simple Grilled Chicken

This is a very simple grilled chicken recipe. I often put it in my lunch box. It is also good for larger pieces of chicken on the BBQ! Yie ...

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Mushroom Chicken

This is a quick recipe to make, and is great for cold weather, paired with a Sapporo or even some sake for a comfortable night at home. Yi ...

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Karei no Nitsuke

Karei is a kind of flat, tasty white fish; “nitsuke” is a popular simmering technique used in many Japanese dishes which infuses the ma ...