October 30, 2018
Last year, my husband Johnny and I took his mom on her first trip to...
November 2, 2016
Ochazuke, or "tea rice," is usually as humble as its name sounds, but at a random izakaya in Kushiro, it was taken to the next level.
October 26, 2016
Some of the best, freshest seafood in Japan comes from Hokkaido. Many of the stalls at Washo Ichiba sell shoyu-cured ikura from locally-caught fish.
October 25, 2013
Furo-chan visits Hokkaido, Japan and eats fried chicken at Naruto-ya and grilled seafood (uni, tsubu, and scallops) at Sawazaki Suisan.
September 30, 2013
I may have missed the recent LA Ramen Yokocho Fest due to an unavoidable trip to...
September 16, 2013
“I hate Tokyo.” S’s face was perfectly serious. “Sapporo is so much better -- less...
May 20, 2013
This squid was swimming around, minding its own business just a couple minutes before this...
May 16, 2013
Los Angeles to San Francisco. San Francisco to Tokyo. Tokyo to Sapporo. Plane to train...
March 8, 2012
There was an egg festival in my bowl of rice the other day. I placed...