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How to enjoy heated sake
Japanese sake has been said as “Sake is the chief of all medicine” from ancient times. Properly warmed sake becomes much tastier and can also be quickly absorbed into the body. The proper temperature is about 35-48 degree, called “Hitohada kan (body temperature)” “Nuru kan (warm)” and “Jyo kan (warm to [...]

Three major Japanese seasonings: Shio, Miso and Shoyu (Soy Sauce) Fermented foods that were created from ordinary living
“As people become more health conscious, Japanese food gets attention from people all over the world. And one of the reasons may be that Japanese food uses a lot of fermented ingredients and seasonings. In Western countries, cheeses [...]

Find out at “Akihabara Electronics Quarter”
(Sofmap Akihabara Head Store 2F)！
“Electric rice cooker,” a secret trick for tasty Japanese Cuisine
The “Rice cooker,” is an up-and-coming product among hot-selling electric appliances for foreign people. We can say that “Sushi” is a byword of the Japanese Cuisine, the world’s greatest pride, and “rice” plays an important role in [...]

The season starts from May ”Naka-oroshi Ichiba” in Shiogama, has the largest catch of raw tuna in Japan
Naka-oroshi Ichiba

While it has been reducing, Shiogama, Miyagi pref. still has the largest volume of raw tuna caught each season. In Shiogawa fishing harbor, there is Naka-oroshi Ichiba”, the market that is popular among local people. As well [...]

“Kakigoya (Oyster cabin), winter feature

Basho Matsuo (in early Edo period), a haiku poet who created a lot of great haiku poems, wrote a travelogues called “Okuno Hsomichi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North), a diary of his extensive travels through Tohoku and Hokuriku to Ogaki. In the travelogue, there is a famous poem “Matsushima”. [...]

”Iwate” has more than a 100% food self-sufficiency ratio
A wealth of fishery products, a gift from Sanriku Kaigan coastline, various foods from mountains and villages
”Iwate” is a prefecture that has a vast area that is equivalent to the total area of four prefectures in Shikoku. The sea that is facing Sanriku Kaigan, is a coast [...]

Eat “sea urchin” and “abalone”, gifts from the sea coast of Kita Sanriku, with great relish

Sanriku Tetusdo Kita rias line, the coastal railroad that runs along the coastline, is also popular as a sightseeing train. “Uondana”, a seafood restaurant that is located in 7 min. walk from Kuji station, the final stop of the line, [...]

Vital foods from Okinawa, a country of long life
Okinawa’s traditional fruit Sikuwasa, promoted by JA Okinawa

Japan is the world’s number one nation for life long . Okinawa is one of the top life long regions in Japan.
In Okinawa, there is a tart citrus fruit called Sikuwasa. In the Okinawa dialect, “Si” means sour and “kuwasa” [...]