Today, it’s June 2nd. It’s very good weather, fine, temperature is about 20 degree(c) and dry. Last week, Tokyo entered in “Tsuyu (rainy)” season which has a lot of rain and humidity is very high. It is about 10 days earlier than usual. Tsuyu season will continue about 1 month. So Japan has 5 seasons […]
“Gohya Champloo” is a food originated in Okinawa where the most south prefecture of Japan. It is the stir fry of bitter melon, pork, tofu and egg. However the bitter melon is called “Nigauri” in Japanese, in Okinawa it is called “Gohya” as a dialect. Now “Gohya Champloo” is very popular nation wide and we call […]
Sometimes, we found very interesting name of foods. Today, I would like to introduce foods which may have most interesting name. Udon and Soba are most popular Japanese noodles since old time. We enjoy them with various toppings. I think those varieties are more than Ramen. I would like to introduce two popular Udon which […]
Probably “Sushi” is one of most famous Japanese foods. And also “Soba” is well know as a Japanese noodles. People who have been to Japan may eat both. People may not visit to Japan also have eaten both. But normally, people are thinking Soba and Sushi are different foods. But we have a food which […]
There are many foods which tells us “Spring has come!” Hotaru Ika (Firefly Squid) is one of them. We can see it at market from the end of March to June. Now it is mid of May, so its season will end soon….. Hotaru Ika is very tiny squid. It’s about 6 to 8 cm […]
