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Ichinoseki The home of mochi
When I heard that the Ichinoseki area is called “the home of mochi“, I thought of New Year’s Day. Or rather, I should say New Year’s Eve when my family geared up for massive production of mochi for the whole family and extended family at the holiday. We literally spent the entire day making so [...]
Taste of Shimane
Back in October 2007, I went to a Shimane Sake Tasting that featured 13 brewers from this part of San’in presenting their best in Tokyo. Melinda and I were both really impressed by what these Shimane brewers offered and I went home thinking about a trip to the source to visit some of the kura [...]
Funazushi in Shiga: The origin of sushi
Finally, we are off the evil black list. Gee, it really felt like we did something wrong to have the tag pop up with the warning whenever our website comes up. So, finally, we are back to business as usual. As I was reading Kyoto Foodie’s post on the kikizake event in Otsu, Shiga, although [...]
Comfort food from Hachinohe – Senbei Jiru
I have heard about this specialty nabe from Aomori, senbei jiru or nabe. Senbei is usually a snack, a round or square shaped cracker flavored with all kinds of extras, such as salt, soy, or sugar and soy. Senbei in a meal? I could not picture soy flavored rice crackers cooked in a steamy pot [...]
Sake Tourism
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