March 28, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9wFSoMiiBQ My colleague Kristen who produces videos for Japan Society’s Youtube channel, asked me if...
February 17, 2011
Mottainai is said in Japan when something perfectly usable is abandoned or sent to the...
October 21, 2010
A butsudan is a shrine memorializing dead relatives in homes of Japanese Buddhists. Although I...
October 15, 2010
By Yoko Kumano Originally posted on September 9, 2010 My mom used to pack rice...
September 30, 2010
My in-laws visited from Tokyo last week. I think my mother-in-law thinks that there are...
September 9, 2010
My mom used to pack rice balls for me as an elementary school kid for...
September 2, 2010
A step-by-step guide and video to how to wash rice properly in the Japanese style.
May 27, 2010
Nothing compares to short grain rice in Japan. Find out more about Haku-mai, Gen-mai, and Haiga-mai including taste, use, and nutritional value.
June 3, 2009
My new thing is to mix two kinds of rice, hakumai (short-grain white rice) and...