Made using the very best natural resources and production methods that originated almost 2500 years ago, Moshio (or “seaweed salt”) is the earliest known Japanese sea salt. Tracing back to the very first salt production methods in Japan, Moshio is made by drying spreads of seaweed, soaking them in salt water vats, and boil the remainder in a clay or iron pot over open fire while continuously stirring with a wooden pole to avoid roasting. After being sieved by hand, beautiful fine, dry crystals of salt combined with seaweed remains.
Read MoreAmabito no Moshio - Japan's Oldest Salt
Monday, November 5, 2018 8:41 PM
Umeshu Plum Wine
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 8:45 AM
About 1000 years ago Umeshu came from China to Japan. It was first used as medicine against a bad through. The word Umeshu first time is documented in a dictionary on Japanese food in 1697. Home made Umeshu is very popular since it is delicious and easy to make. Since a few years, there is a small Umeshu boom and many small breweries launched their own brands. Choya Umeshu is the market leader with around 30% market share, but there are a few hundred brands in the market now with a large variety in flavors.
Read More100 DISHES FROM JAPAN (21-40)
Monday, April 11, 2016 8:34 AM
Japanese cuisine such as Sushi, Sashimi and Tempura nowadays are well known around the world. But very few people know a wide range of other Japanese dishes. This is a collection of about a 100 things to eat and drink in Japan.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:04 AM
Japanese cuisine such as Sushi, Sashimi and Tempura nowadays are well known around the world. But very few people know a wide range of other Japanese dishes. This is a collection of about a 100 things to eat in Japan.
Read More100 Drinks from Japan (1-10)
Monday, March 28, 2016 10:48 AM
Besides the obvious variety of green teas Japan has a broad away of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. This section introduces the obvious and sometimes eventually surprising drinks found on the Japanese islands.
Read MoreGREAT SUSHI COMMERCIALS – SUSHIRO SUSHI RAP
Monday, April 2, 2012 8:59 PM
Sushiro (スシロー) is one of the largest restaurant chains for belt sushi in Japan with about 200 outlets. Being a national player they are running commercials in TV. They developed a new aesthetics for Sushi commercials giving it a delicious but modern style. Sushiro’s commercials are also called Sushi Rap due to the quick change of pictures and the rap like music, which is using traditional Japanese instruments such as shamisen.
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Sakura Tea - Sakuracha (桜茶)
Sunday, January 8, 2012 8:42 PM
In Japan Sakura tea is a popular drink for celebrations such as weddings or other special occasions. It is made with sakura cherry blossoms pickled in salt – a very traditional Japanese ingredient. In Japanese Sakura tea is called “sakura cha – 桜茶” or “sakura yu – 桜湯”.
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THE MOMOFUKU INSTANT RAMEN MUSEUM
Saturday, November 5, 2011 9:01 PM
Nisshin Noodles pays honors to the inventor of the instant noodles by opening the Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum in Osaka. English and Chinese audio guidance is available at no cost (2,000 Yen deposit) for foreign visitors and all panels are multilingual.
Read MoreLEARN MORE ABOUT JAPAN’S YOUNGEST SAKE CONNOISSEUR
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 9:07 PM
This is a fascinating story of a 10 year old girl who just passed the national sake expert test without ever drinking the alcohol. She could distinguish the different types of sake just by its looks and scents. This makes me wonder about my own Sake knowledge. May be she would be a nice Sake instructor..
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