Bakery & Western-style Sweets Japan Japanese Snacks Japanese Short Cake (ショートケーキ) Date December 22, 2022 Reading Time 6 Mins Read Speaking of Japanese sweets, wagashi (Japanese traditional sweets) may be the first one to cross your mind. Daifuku, Dango, Dorayaki,…
Japan Japanese Snacks Konpeito (金平糖) Date December 20, 2022 Reading Time 9 Mins Read Konpeito (金平糖) is Japan’s most iconic star-shaped sugar candy. This colorful Konpeito has delighted people in Japan for over 400…
Japan Japanese Street Food Yakisoba Yakisoba (焼きそば) Date December 19, 2022 Reading Time 16 Mins Read Walk past a summer festival in Japan and you will smell it before you see it. Sweet, tangy sauce hits…
Japan Japanese Sweets Coffee Jelly (コーヒーゼリー) Date December 16, 2022 Reading Time < 1 Min Read Coffee jelly (コーヒーゼリー) is a chilled Japanese dessert made from sweetened coffee and gelatin. It has a firm, jiggly texture…
Japanese Ramen Kagoshima Kyushu Kagoshima ramen (鹿児島ラーメン) Date December 15, 2022 Reading Time 6 Mins Read Ramen is a popular dish not only in Japan but also all over the world. However, do you know that…
Chiba Fish Japanese Seafood Kanto Sangayaki (さんが焼き) Date December 13, 2022 Reading Time 7 Mins Read In the sea near the Boso Peninsula (房総半島), you can catch a lot of fish such as horse mackerel, sardines,…
Japan Katsu & Karaage Tatsuta age (竜田揚げ) Date December 11, 2022 Reading Time < 1 Min Read Tatsuta age is Japanese fried chicken marinated in soy sauce and ginger, coated with potato starch, and deep-fried. The coating…
Ehime Japanese Rice Dishes Japanese Seafood Shikoku Taimeshi (鯛めし) Date December 10, 2022 Reading Time 8 Mins Read In Japan, the combination of fish and rice has become very common but still plays a very important role in…
Japan Japanese Street Food Okonomiyaki & Takoyaki Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き) Date December 8, 2022 Reading Time 10 Mins Read Okonomiyaki is a Japanese savory pancake cooked on a teppan griddle. The two main styles are Osaka-style and Hiroshima-style. It…
Japan Japanese Street Food Katsu & Karaage Korokke (コロッケ) Date December 7, 2022 Reading Time 7 Mins Read “Korokke” is a standard dish of Western-style Japanese food. During the Taisho period, it was one of the three major western…