Tag: Japanese food
Eat and live like a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk by staying at a temple in Japan. Shukubō 「Japanese temple lodgings, 宿坊」 are offered throughout the entire country. Zen Buddhist monks are vegetarian, and when staying ...
During a recent trip to Osaka, while stocking up on food and drink for a day of traveling, I stopped in a convenience store and spotted these special edition Glico Pretz… If you’ve been to ...
As an English teacher working in Japan, I’m often invited to enkai 「宴会」 work parties. One school I worked at had a particular taste for, very regular, high class izakaya (Japanese bar/restaurant) parties. Each party ...
Many Japanese “fast-food” restaurants speed up the process of ordering by using a “dumb-waiter”. Pictured here is a a vending machine, where you pay the machine money, and a human serves up your food… If ...
When people ask me what are the “must do” things in Japan, the only food experience I recommend is having dinner at an izakaya. Drinks and food flow quickly with the all-you-can-drink and all-you-can-eat sessions ...
I‘m usually a very healthy person. Most of my meals are organic. But when I’m traveling Japan, I only really get a decent meal in at dinner time. While I love Japanese food, I want ...
High school in Japan feels quite militaristic. Discipline is rigorous. Chores are timed to the minute. There are very little, if any, free breaks. Students can be at school for 12 hours a day. Working ...
When you’re in transit and need a feed… what’s more convenient than a restaurant on the train platform? Well maybe the service staff on bullet trains who offer food and drinks. But the platform restaurant ...
When I first moved to Toyota City in Aichi Prefecture, the first social event I went to was dinner and drinks with fellow ALTs (Assistant Language Teachers). Another teacher who has lived in the area ...
Kochi Prefecture 「高知県」 covers most of the southern coast of Shikoku. Two travelers, seeing Shikoku’s four prefectures in four weeks, have just spent a week exploring the coast and natural beauty of Kochi. In this ...
Shikoku is the smallest of Japan’s 4 main islands and contains 4 of the country’s 47 prefectures. In this article: Naruto City 「鳴門市」 Iya Valley 「祖谷渓」 Minami 「美波町」 How to get to Tokushima When to ...
Sushi train restaurants are popular the world over, but I've never seen sushi as cheap, delicious and outright cool (i.e. the mini bullet train which delivers fresh sushi to your table) as in Japan!
The top reasons for travelling to Japan have been reviewed to give you this new and improved article on Why go to Japan? Insights from an experienced traveller now living in Japan!
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