15 Super Easy Japanese Dishes as Presented by Tastemade
We all like a good meal—going to specialty stores to get rare and expensive ingredients, spending hours preparing, half-a-day baking, and having friends over for…
Cuisine
Japanese student uploads embarrassing picture by mistake
This attachment is the most embarrassing mistake I’ve made this year. This is how Juri (@jurimoti) captioned a recent Twitter post. Attracting over 90,000 likes…
Revamped Kawaii Monster Cafe has birthday plan with “manga meat,” takeout & delivery menu
The Kawaii Monster Cafe is an icon of Harajuku fashion culture, blending the charmingly kawaii as well as the delightfully chaotic. It is always popular…
Kihachi Cafe’s Muskmelon and White Wine Jelly Parfait is a Succulent Summery Sensation
With the arrival of June, summer is now literally just around the corner. This is the perfect time to bite into a fragrant and refreshing…
Sanrio Cafe opens in the Ikebukuro neighborhood of Tokyo
On Friday, June 5th, Sanrio Cafe will open in the Sunshine City complex conveniently located just 8 minutes from Ikebukuro Station. The location will not…
Home Made Train Set Sushi Train is a First Class Delight
While the state of emergency is slowly lifting across parts of Japan, many people still remain confined to their homes. After more than a month…
The Restaurant Kichiri in Shinjuku offers the perfect environment for online drinking parties
Recently, to avoid spreading the COVID-19, many stores and restaurants had to be temporarily closed or switched to take out services only. Therefore, online nomikai/…
Hotel New Otani’s secret French Toast recipe will make breakfast your favorite meal of the day
The state of emergency in Japan has caused a sudden spike in home-cooking fever. With many residents working from home and a lot of restaurants…
A Homemade Ramen Odyssey
(Will Fee, for JAPAN Forward) I had my first taste of Japan in 2011 when I moved to Fukuoka, Kyushu, to work as an eikaiwa…
Learn How To Master Cabbage Chopping (And Make Perfect Okonomiyaki!)
With the shutters of most restaurants closed for the foreseeable future, families across the nation have had to turn to cooking at home to get…
Mobile Suit Gundam “oil Chardine” sardines released in Japan
It seems that Mobile Suit Gundam isn’t lacking in collaborative partners lately. Fresh off of a surprising collaboration that saw the iconic anime series turn…
Delicious dinners made on an overheating CPU
Japanese food is delicious, and I would suggest that residents in Japan are particularly well-versed when it comes to cuisine. Metropolitan centers are havens for…
Service matches restaurants struggling in lockdown with jobless staff
The ‘state of emergency’ implemented to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has hit the Japanese economy hard. One of the sectors hardest hit…
Japanese Michelin-star chef shares easy gourmet recipes using convenience store items
Many staying at home as countermeasure to the coronavirus pandemic may have found themselves exhausting not only their food delivery options, but also their own…
Luxurious Uji matcha donuts at Japan’s Mister Donut make a surprise comeback
A season for tea May is a time of renewal and fresh beginnings for green tea. It’s when shincha 新茶 (new tea), tea made of…