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- Nihon Noms: 5 Japanese Superfoods To Eat Tonight
- December 14th, 2013Category: Food & Dining
- We all know that Japanese food is known for being healthy, but here are a few food facts to help you shop happily and yummily. (I made that word up). Wakame A type of seaweed found in just about any grocery store, Wakame has more than ten times the calcium of milk ... » Continue Reading
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- 2013 Tokyo Ramen Grand Prix Wrap Up
- December 6th, 2013Category: Culture, Food & Dining
- Since moving to Japan, the once thing I promised myself I’d never write about is ramen. I’m hardly an expert and I think there are as many food bloggers covering ramen art as there are shops in Tokyo. That said, I’ve decided I'm a big fat hypocrite, because the Tokyo Ra ... » Continue Reading
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- Sunny Diner is The Real Fake Deal
- November 29th, 2013Category: Food & Dining
- The movie Ghost World rules for two reasons: 1) the music is cool, and 2) the main character is obsessed with a fake 50’s diner. photo: unrealitymag Pulp Fiction has an excellent one too. Jack Rabbit Slim's Fake 50’s diners are an American institution, d ... » Continue Reading
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- Japanese Food 101: Let’s Eat Nabe
- November 22nd, 2013Category: Food & Dining
- If you’re new to Japan and aren’t well versed in Japanese cookery, going to the grocery store is a bit of a nightmare. A shopping trip that should take twenty minutes turns into an hour-long mystery tour. Is that bottle soy sauce? Black vinegar? Some other magical sauce ... » Continue Reading
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- 5 J-Blogs You Should Be Reading
- November 19th, 2013Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Events, Food & Dining
- Here’s a quick roundup of some of my favorite blogs about life in Japan. Whether you’re into yummy stuff, geek culture, or the seedy underbelly of this nation, these bloggers do a capital job of bringing their passions to life on the monitor. 1) Spoon and Tamago ... » Continue Reading
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- Eat, Drink, and Be Genki… Let’s Go to Osaka
- November 8th, 2013Category: Food & Dining, Shopping, Travel
- Okay Tokyo people: it’s time. The holiday hoo ha is ramping up and the leaves are changing. Get ready to hop on a train for the West Side of the island and do the tourist holy trinity: Kyoto, Nara, and Osaka. Rather than hit all of the usual castle-temple-shrine-y goodn ... » Continue Reading
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- Halloween Snacks in Japan
- October 21st, 2013Category: Culture, Food & Dining
- Autumn is one of the best times of year in Japan for seasonal food and drink. Some of the seasonal delicacies include kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) kuri (chestnuts) and satsumaimo (sweet potato). During the summer I wrote about some of the summer snacks that were available ... » Continue Reading
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- Kai Azabu Juban: The BBQ SPAM incident
- October 20th, 2013Category: Food & Dining
- I was ready to review White Smoke in Azabu Juban, because I’d heard the BBQ is magical and authentic and will touch your soul in deep and meaningful ways. So I grabbed Anthony Joh, and we headed to Azabu to eat sticky stuff with our hands. You can imagine how sad we wer ... » Continue Reading
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- Sex and Tacos: We’re Getting Spicy at La Jolla
- August 21st, 2013Category: Food & Dining
- Hey you guys: remember the time Anthony and I did that video in Yokohama? It was super fun, and a great opportunity to get to know both him and the ACTV crew . It was a long shoot, but an uber professional one—the conversation didn’t get much steamier than, “Oh hey, my ... » Continue Reading
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- Nagano’s unknown local delicacy : Yashouma
- August 6th, 2013Category: Food & Dining, Travel
- If you have been to Nagano, you might be familiar with Soba, as well as Oyaki, which is a Japanese dumpling stuffed with red bean paste (anko) or Japanese vegetables such as Nozawana, a leaf vegetable. Oyaki is made from fermented soba or wheat. Historically, far ... » Continue Reading
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