A while back, Hashi wrote a post about Japan's Weird, Themed Cafes. While Japan's cafes are admittedly pretty weird, I think that Japan's themed restaurants really take the cake as far as being weird goes. Japan has many … [Read more...]
Japanese curry or kare (カレー) is one of Japan’s most beloved dishes: 92% of Japanese give it the thumbs up, and on average eat it more than once a week. It’s no surprise considering it’s a regular fixture … [Read more...]
Most people have a pretty idealized image of Japanese food. When they think Japan, they think of sushi, yakitori, bento and the like. But Japanese food is much more globalized than most people realize. One of the most … [Read more...]
People, by and large, can be very good at adopting certain practices of other cultures. Japan does this so well, often adding their own unique twist, that usually whatever they've adopted becomes part of Japan itself: … [Read more...]
Every Sunday we gather the week's weird and interesting Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting news, but we hope that it still informs and entertains you. … [Read more...]
When it comes to Japanese food, we usually think about fancy or traditional food; cuisine that is steeped in centuries of tradition and requires years of training in order to make it correctly. And then there's Japanese … [Read more...]