How does strawberry vanilla syrup on top of shaved ice with lots of fruits on a summer day sound to you. Heaven I bet!
History of Shaved Ice or Kakigori in Japan
Kakigori is flavored and shaved ice and a Japanese summer tradition and loved by all young and old people alike. Most people doesn’t know that Kakigori isn’t really a modern treat but it actually has a very long history, dated way back to the times in the Heian period, which is more than a thousand years ago. It even got …

More weird stuffs from Japan! And it’s edible again.
We all know Japan has many fascinating things to offer and also shocking things too. You can really feel their desire of wanting to be different a lot when you experience things you could never imagine and impossible to see, touch and taste elsewhere.
Do you like ice-cream? I know I do, and I’m pretty much aware that many do too. However, how would you like weird ice cream flavors? If you do, ice cream in Japan can offer you a wide range …

Ever tried a Japanese style pizza? Or more commonly known as ‘Okonomiyaki’. Okonomiyaki when directly translated into English from the Kanji reading, it literally brought the meaning of ‘as you like it’ and ‘fried’. This Japanese food cooking dish got its name since basically, you can add anything into the main mixture of batter and cabbage and also have a wide selection of toppings before frying it on a pan. Selected toppings and ingredients that can be added including meat, poultry, seafood , wasabi, cheese, chopped vegetables and even kimchi …

Looking for a morning tour while in Tokyo? If so, Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo will certainly get your morning occupied.
You can make your visit to Tsukiji fish market as early as 5 a.m in the morning and see all kinds and variety if fishes, including the King, which is tuna fish being unloaded from the docks, laid on the ground in in a hangar-like building and numbered. It is said that there is about 450 kinds of seafood available here. Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo is a huge wholesale …

In many hot spring resorts in Japan (called as ‘onsen’), you will be able to fine onsen eggs – which basically is boiled eggs.
These onsen eggs are made by dipping the eggs in the very hot onsen water. Most onsen eggs are soft-boiled and the weird part is that most of the time the yolk is harder than the white. A natural miracle? You can perhaps say so since this is not the normal phenomenon of soft-boiled egg where you will have the whites harder than the yolk. But if …

Eating authentic Japanese food and cuisine will always be your true and complete aesthetic experience – the sort that you will never find elsewhere.
It’s exactly the exquisite oriental feeling every time you dine with traditional taste and settings of Japanese foods and cuisines. Japanese food is a real deal of delight for the eyes, the nose and palate. Previously, I’ve posted some articles of the types of Japanese foods like Onigiri and Taiyaki. These foods may seem a little typical but you can expect a much more elegant and beautifully …

Onigiri is the typical Japanese breakfast menu.
It is a very easy, convenient and even portable Japanese dish that is possible for people around the world to enjoy. Onigiri or rice balls are often enjoyed with sips of ‘miso shiru’ or miso soup, which is based on soybean and the fillings of Onigiri can be vary according to your taste and preferences. You can even make it a vegetarian-based meal suitable for both breakfast and even lunch. With the help of a handy onigiri mold that you can obtain from the …