Exploring Summer Festival Food
Summer has officially come to Tohoku! It’s not only bright sunlight and the sound of cicadas that are the symbols of Japanese summer, but also festivals! Hearing the world ‘festival’[...]
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The story of a flower, a fruit and a first-time farmer
Travel can really take you out of your comfort zone as you delve into new and different experiences – it can be completely life changing! No one can attest to this better than the Maruyama famil[...]
Tohoku Recipe: Yamagata Cherry Ice-cream
Turn down the temperature, Tohoku Style! Hi everyone! The weather in Sendai is getting hotter and hotter every day. This has got cold and refreshing food on my mind all the time! So today I want to sh[...]
Mad for Miso!
About a year ago, I went to Iwate Prefecture. Iwate prefecture is well known for its abundance of onsens with scenic views such as Hachimantai, beautiful coastal areas like Sanriku, wide lush green pa[...]
Summer Paradise in Miyagi
Fresh fruit, who doesn’t like it? Just as freshly baked bread is “Fresh from the oven”, the best way to enjoy your fruit is “Fresh from the trees” Scroll down and I will show you what “fruit, f[...]
New Recipes for Hoya Haters
The Common Sea Squirt or Sea Pineapple (Halocynthia roretzi), ‘Hoya’/海鞘 in Japanese, is this weird not-so-appetizing-looking seafood that we can find in Japanese supermarkets. For the biol[...]
A cherry good time in Yamagata!
The cherry blossoms may have fallen from the trees, but there’s no need to feel sad – the best is yet to come…after flowers comes fruit!! With summer just around the corner, fruit or[...]
[สูตรอาหาร] ดังโงะสามสี แบบอาหารคาว
เดือนเมษายนนั้นเป็นเดือนแห่งฤดูใบไม้ผลิ ที่ดอกไม้ชนิดต่างๆ จะพากันผลิบานอวดความสวยงามให้ได้ชมกัน โดยเฉพาะดอกซากุระ ซึ่งเป็นเหมือนสัญลักษณ์ของประเทศญี่ปุ่น คนญี่ปุ่นจะมีวัฒนธรรมการชมดอกไม้ หรือ “[...]
Hana-yori-Dango: Savoury Style [Recipe]
April is spring time! It is the time for flowers to present their charm; especially Sakura (cherry blossom), the symbol of Japan. Japanese people have a great culture of “Hanami”, or flowe[...]
Cheap and delicious food in Sanjo-machi part II
Last time, I introduced you to 4 good places to eat in Sanjo-machi. They are cheap, close to the dormitories of Tohoku University, and delicious without doubt! But there are more than just 4 restauran[...]