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[Kyoto / Osaka] 3 Vegan Restaurants you should visit if you are a vegan

31st July – 文月 In Japan, vegan / vegetarian population is smaller than the other countries, so it can be an issue for travelers coming to Japan where they can have a plant-base meal. Still not many but there are restaurants where offer only vegan food or shops where vegan options are available. In myContinue reading “[Kyoto / Osaka] 3 Vegan Restaurants you should visit if you are a vegan”

[Tokyo] 3 Restaurants you should visit if you are a vegan

30th July – 文月 The population Vegetarian and Vegan in Japan is still small, so it can be a big problem for overseas vegan travelers where to have meal at. Even though Veganism is not so familiar in Japan yet, there are restaurants where take the world trend and provide very good quality vegan foodContinue reading “[Tokyo] 3 Restaurants you should visit if you are a vegan”

夏休み (Natsu Yasumi) – Summer vacation

29th July – 文月 From the end of July till early September, school kids have summer vacation in Japan. For most of adult who work at office, they also can get few days off in the middle of August. The common thing is that Japanese companies are mostly difficult to get continuous holidays, so thisContinue reading “夏休み (Natsu Yasumi) – Summer vacation”

日本語と韓国語 (Nihongo to Kankokugo) – Japanese and Korean

28th July – 文月 Nearly 2 months has passed since I started studying Korean. For native Japanese speaker, it seems easier to study Korean rather than English or other languages, as Japanese and Korean have the same grammar and there are many words that have similar pronunciation with same meanings. Here are just a fewContinue reading “日本語と韓国語 (Nihongo to Kankokugo) – Japanese and Korean”

日本の怪談: 呪い (Nihon no Kaidan: Noroi) – Japanese scary story: Curse

27th July – 文月 Do you know how to make this hot summer shivering cold? …Yes, talking about 怪談 (kaidan = scary story ) can somewhat help you feel chilly! Today’s theme is about Japanese curse, 呪い (Noroi = curse). Probably the most famous way of cursing somebody in Japan is called 丑の刻参り (Ushi noContinue reading “日本の怪談: 呪い (Nihon no Kaidan: Noroi) – Japanese scary story: Curse”

夏の麺料理 (Natsu no Men Ryouri) – Noodles for summer

26th July – 文月 In hot humid summer, we crave for cold food. Especially cold noodles are the best when we don’t have much appetite! 素麺 (Soumen) 素麺(soumen) is made from wheat, and it is less thicker than 1.3mm. Same ingredient but if it is more than 1.3mm but less than 1.7mm is called 冷麦(hiyamugi).Continue reading “夏の麺料理 (Natsu no Men Ryouri) – Noodles for summer”

調味料マジック (Choumiryou Magic) – seasoning Magic

25th July – 文月 It seems like many Japanese are curious about creating new things from existing materials – mostly every week on Twitter, creative cuisine recipes are on trend in Japan, using familiar ingredients at home. Somebody discovered that adding yoghurt to tofu will taste like Cheesecake. Moreover, another invented vanilla ice cream withContinue reading “調味料マジック (Choumiryou Magic) – seasoning Magic”

難しい日本語 (Muzukashii Nihongo) – Difficult Japanese

24th July – 文月 Learning 日本語 (Nihongo = Japanese) can be very difficult, as there are words that cannot be easily translated into 英語 (Eigo = English). Just like other languages, some words can be slightly different to the translated words in other languages, therefore those words are hard to use correctly for non-natives. 侘び寂びContinue reading “難しい日本語 (Muzukashii Nihongo) – Difficult Japanese”

海の日 (Umi no hi) – Ocean day

23rd July – 文月 Today is a public holiday called ‘海の日 (Umi no hi)’, meaning Ocean day. Normally this holiday falls on the third Monday of July (13th July this year) but it was moved to today due to the Tokyo Olympic game which were supposed to be held from tomorrow. This holiday is forContinue reading “海の日 (Umi no hi) – Ocean day”

折り紙: 南国の花の作り方 -How to make tropical flower

22nd July – 文月 Now the temperature is finally getting summer hot in Japan, making me thinking of tropical resort. So, today’s blog will teach you how to make a tropical flower! Many might know how to make crane and iris flower (from my blog on 25th May), but how about Plumeria? If you wouldContinue reading “折り紙: 南国の花の作り方 -How to make tropical flower”