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Japan
Onigiri (おにぎり)
Speaking of popular Japanese cuisine, which dish would cross your mind? Sushi, Takoyaki, Shabushabu, yakiniku, etc there are so many well-known and delicious dishes. However, today we are going to introduce “Onigiri”, which you can easil... -
Japan
Sake (日本酒)
Sake (or Japanese rice wine) is a classic Japanese alcoholic beverage with so many types and the process of making it reqires a lot of time and effort. There are so many standards for making a good quality sake. How much i... -
Japan
Chikuwa (ちくわ)
Japanese traditional food is always famous for their mouthwatering fish dishes such as sushi (寿司), sashimi (刺身), hitsumabushi (ひつまぶし), etc. With the creativity of Japanese people, they have created so many different types of dis... -
Japan
Gyoza (餃子)
Mentioning Japanese food, you may think of ramen, sushi, okonomiyaki, takoyaki, etc. Other than these famous dishes, Japanese cuisine has so many distinctive and delicious food that you can not find anywhere else in the world. Today, in ... -
Okinawa
Awamori (泡盛)
Japan is not only famous for traditional food or street food. Mentioning Japanese cuisine, you may not forget wine (or sake 酒 in Japanese). There are so many types of traditional drink that is popular but today, we would like to introdu... -
Kyoto
Dango (団子)
Dango is a Japanese sweet that has been loved by Japanese people for a long time, and many people miss it during the cherry blossom and moon viewing seasons. You can easily get dango at supermarkets, but what is the different between the... -
Fukuoka
Kuri Manju (栗饅頭)
Apart from popular dishes such as onigiri, sushi, yakiniku, etc, Japanese food culture is also featured with Wagashi - the traditional sweets with beautiful appearance and gentle sweetness. Which types of wagashi have you ever heard or t... -
Nagano
Shinshu Soba (信州そば)
Shinshu (now Nagano Prefecture) is said to be the birthplace of soba-kiri. Nagano Prefecture has a large temperature difference between day and night, and the well-drained mountainous fields are suitable for cultivating buckwheat. There ... -
Chiba
White Gyoza (ホワイト餃子)
Speaking of gyoza, many people will immediately think of Hamamatsu or Utsunomiya gyoza. However, Chiba Prefecture's local food "White Gyoza" looks completely different from the gyoza you've ever tried. These gyoza dumplings have a volumi... -
Ishikawa
Goshiki namagashi (五色生菓子)
Ishikawa Prefecture is a place where the culture of eating rice cakes has been rooted since ancient times. For example, various mochi dishes such as "Aburi mochi", "Hippari mochi", "Tobitsuki mochi", and "Tochi mochi'' are eaten througho...