Food
Christmas in Japan is all about chicken. Specifically, the seasoned, deep-fried, crispy variety found in KFC. With Turkey being so rare it’s almost of mythical…
A tide of media describing 2020 as a “lost year” is rapidly rising across the world. While certainly lockdown living and the state of general…
In Japan, November 8th is known as “good tooth day”, due to some fun wordplay (in Japanese: ichi=one, hachi=eight, both combined together, ii-ha= Good tooth)….
Melon-pan (Pan being the Japanese word for bread) is Japanese style sweet bread, coated with sweet, crusty cookie dough on top. A melon-pan specialty bakery…
If you’ve heard it once, you’ve likely heard it a thousand times: Japan has fantastic food. Indeed, a large amount of our work focuses on…
Japanese creator kumacoro (クマコロ in Japanese) is a former toymaker who now works as a freelance designer. He’s also a fan of robots and mechanical…
With the pandemic of 2020 leading to the majority of people staying at home and indoors, there has been a rise in the number of…
As we’ve introduced before in grape Japan, for over four decades, Japan has enjoyed Kentucky Fried Chicken for Christmas. You can call it an invented…
Japan’s branches of Krispy Kreme are always ready to treat doughnut fans to a seasonal specialty or two around the holiday season, and they already…
You wont find a better baker and maker of adorable sweets than Manatanuki (@maaco414), who as you may remember recently created some amazing Kirby meringue…
Japanese grilled eel on rice is a dish that can polarize opinions. Some have reservations about eating the slippery snake-like fish, no matter how it…
Founded in Barcelona, artisanal candy maker Papabubble has shops in over 30 cities worldwide. They are known for their colorful and uncommon creations and their…
Hokkaido-based Ishiya Co., Ltd. make Shiroi Koibito 白い恋人, one of Japan’s most famous and beloved cookies. Literally meaning “white lover,” the cookies are langue-de-chat style…
Onigiri (rice balls) are perhaps the lifeblood of Japanese snacks to eat on the go. While their most common form is your favorite meat or…
CBD Beer #chill&relax LD & K, which operates the popular restaurant and cafe chain Udagawa Cafe, has developed a “mental energy beer” called “CBD Beer…