【What is Uni don?】 Uni don (うに丼) or sea urchin rice bowl is a traditional Japanese food in Hokkaido which consists of a bowl of rice topped with sea urchin. It is a popular local dish from Hokkaido prefecture selected by the Ministr...

Fish cake is a famous food in East Asia. In fact, there are a lot of ways how to eat it. Some would love to enjoy it as a snack, while some eat it as a side dish. Regardless of how you like to eat fish cake, no one can deny that it's tas...

【What is Yokote Yakisoba?】 Yokote yakisoba (横手やきそば) is a local Japanese food called yakisoba which locals sold around Yokote City, Akita Prefecture. It has a one-sided fried egg added as a topping. The taste of the dish is relati...

【What is Hiyajiru?】 Hiyajiru (冷や汁) is a traditional Japanese instant soup that is a local dish centered on the plains of Miyazaki Prefecture.  This dish takes advantage of the unique flavor of delicious ingredients such as natu...

【What is a Melon pan?】 Melon pan (メロンパン) or melon bread is a kind of confectionery bread that originated in Japan. Locals baked the bread with sweet biscuit dough (cookie dough) on top of the bread dough. The biscuit dough is thic...

Sake is the national drink in Japan. As a matter of fact, it is available in every Izakaya and even in regular restaurants. Of course, drinking this alone can be quite boring. So, they created dishes that will go well with sake. One of t...

【INTRODUCTION TO TAKOYAKI】 Have you heard about Takoyaki? This Japanese snack is made of wheat flour in the shape of a ball with octopus inside is rather one of the famous Japanese food all over the world! Even outside Japan, this has ...

【What is Akafuku?】 Akafuku Mochi (赤福餅) is a Japanese sweets product from Akafuku, a Japanese sweets shop in Ise City, Mie Prefecture. It is a rice cake confectionery and is a kind of so-called ankoro mochi. The rice cake is made by ...

Have you heard about Kumamoto Ramen? Anyway, who doesn't like ramen? It's not only full of flavors, but it's also satisfying and comforting. As a matter of fact, eating authentic ramen is like a part of every tourist's to-do things when ...

【What is Zenzai?】 If you’ve never had azuki, or sweet red bean before, the idea of beans in a dessert might sound a little strange but it is a widespread item to taste in Asian desserts. A type of shiruko or oshiruko (お汁粉), a tradit...