Today we’ll spend time at an old-school Japanese cafe, or kissaten, called Peepuru, which is the Japanese katakana-fied word for “People”. It’s been running for nearly 50 years now in downtown Okayama city by the friendly owner Ohkuma-san.(more…)
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Not only am I going to introduce to you 12 popular Japanese dishes but I’ll show you the different ways they’re eaten, where they’re eaten, tell you a bit about their history, and hopefully you can learn a little bit about Japanese culture through it all. Sushi, ramen, karaage, yakitori, curry rice, yakiniku, sukiyaki, gyoza, tempura, soba, tonkatsu, and hanbaagu. (more…)
If you had asked me when I first visited Tokyo 24 years ago, I would have told you that cycling in the city was great. But the latest report by the Copenhagenize Index doesn’t rank it nearly as well as it used to. What’s up with the ranking? (more…)