Do you know the store named "Seijo ISHII"?They sell high quality groceries at relatively high prices since 1927.They opened their first store at Seijo, Setagaya-ward, where has been supposed to be one of the typical high status residential areas in Tok ...
My Favorite Japanese Chocolate Snack-TOPPO
It might be a matter of familiarity, but I always think that Japanese snacks are better than those from other countries.I haven't tried them from all over the world, yet.But, I still believe that Japanese snack are better than those from most of the co ...
Try this one before you say you don't like Tofu
Do you like Tofu, soybean curd?We Japanese make lots of food from soy beans, so you might be sick and tired of soy beans.But as you know, Tofu is a very healthy food with low calorie and high plant protein.To eat Tofu, there are so many kinds of Tofu d ...
What You Need for Tasty Japanese Food at Home
Do you cook any Japanese food at home?If you live in Japan, it's probably easier for you to find Japanese food ingredients than the ingredients of your home country food.So, at least once in a while, I want you to cook some Japanese food at home and I ...
Japanese Hair Cream for Thick Dry Hair
I want to write about the hair cream I've been using in Japan.My hair is very thick and dry all the time.It also has some unruly wave.So, I have to carefully choose my hair care items to make it look neat enough.I use this hair cream after I wash my ha ...
The Best Soap Bubble Toy for 100yen
Addition to the wooden car puzzle toy, here is another 100yen toy my son loves.He loves soap bubble, but he cannot blow them well.He once sucked up the soap instead by accident, and since then he is a little scared to blow bubbles.One day we were playi ...
The Difference between Oysters to be Eaten Raw and Cooked
Do you eat raw oyster?We do eat raw oyster in Japan.I mainly eat raw ones at restaurant, but there are stores selling oysters to be eaten raw everywhere in Tokyo.What I cook with oyster at home the most often is oyster NABE.NABE means pot in Japanese.I ...
Pelican: Bakery Established in 1949
My sister lives in the US for 15 years.And everytime she comes back to Japan and eat some kind of bread here, she says "Japanese bread is like rice cake!".Rice cake is "mochi" in Japanese and it's our traditional and popular food, which is eaten a lot ...
The Best Kid's Winter Gloves only for 100yen
This winter in Tokyo is relatively warm.I was wearing my gloves and scarf more often last winter, but I hardly take them out from my closet this year.But, it does get a little cold in the morning and evening.So, we bought a pair of gloves for my son at ...
Vanishing Convenience Store? Circle K Sunkus Sweets
As I wrote here, the current #4 biggest convenience store chain, Circle K Sunkus has been taken over by Family Mart and all their stores will be re-branded to Family Mart within 2016.So, there will be no Circle K Sunkus stores anymore.And I'm one of th ...