Food and Travel

Beans for the Setsubun festival February is still cold in Japan, but it changes to spring on the calendar. Risshun (立春) is the first day of spring...

Fresh Matsuba crab Matsuba crabs are grown male snow crabs that are landed in the San-in region. This is one of Tottori's most popular winter deli...

New Year's udon Kagawa Prefecture is known for its many udon restaurants. New Year's udon is a pure white udon that is eaten at the beginning of t...

Ozoni with round mochi In Japan, we eat New Year's dishes such as 'Osechi' during the New Year holiday. Ozoni is one of these traditional New Year...

Sendai Zuke-don Sendai's specialties, again! This time, we'd like to introduce Sendai Zuke-don, a unique seafood rice bowl! Miyagi Prefecture is o...

Medicinal cuisine Do you know the history of Toyama's medicine sales?It is an old history that started from the middle of the Edo period. Masatosh...

Mapo yakisoba When you think of Sendai's specialties, what do you think of? Probably gyutan (beef tongue), right? However, there are two more spec...

Tochigi strawberries Tochigi Prefecture is a ""strawberry kingdom"" that has kept its position as the largest producer of strawberries in Japan si...

Spooky treats Halloween has started being a very popular event in Japan in recent years. Before Halloween was widely known, in Japan the period of...

Udon with tempura Do you like udon? There are various types of udon all over Japan, but one of the most famous is "Sanuki udon". Sanuki udon is th...

Boiled veggies While at base washoku refers to the traditional Japanese meal consisting of rice, miso soup, side dishes, and pickles, in the con...

Tea fieldA cup of tea takes the edge off when we are tired and soothes when we feel restless. There are many types of green tea in Japan, each wit...