Food – Page 4 – Little Japan Dictionary

29th January – 睦月

自動販売機　（Jidou-hanbaiki）- Vending Machine When you are in Japan, probably you will realize that there area heaps vending machine everywhere – You can get cold or hot drinks any time. It is believed that Japan is safer country compared to the other ones, so there has been less crime (stealing / breaking) occurred related to VendingContinue reading “29th January – 睦月”

28th January – 睦月

鍋　（Nabe）- Japanese Hot pot Nabe can be the pot itself and the food made inside the pot. Boil the food such as vegetables, meat or seafood in the pot. Boiling those ingredients will provide a better digestion and absorption. Soup keeps the nutrition from the ingredients. In the winter season, eating Nabe with family andContinue reading “28th January – 睦月”

25th January – 睦月

ファミレス　（Fami-resu） The shorten word of Family Restaurant, indicating the places where family can visit there to enjoy the meals at ease ファミレス(Famiresu) started to exist in Japan around in 1970, and have been providing various western meals – especially famous for Hamburg at first and continues till now. Famiresu attracts various generation from high schoolContinue reading “25th January – 睦月”

24th January – 睦月

お金　（Okane）‐　Money Japanese Money, currently we have 10000Yen / 5000Yen / 2000Yen* 1000Yen paper money and 500Yen / 100Yen / 50Yen / 5Yen / 1Yen coins. *Very rare as it is no more produced There used to be the paper money for those all coins, and if you have one of those, it can be worthContinue reading “24th January – 睦月”

23rd January – 睦月

コンビニ　（Conbini） The shorter way to say the convenience store in Japan. Most Conbini open 24/7 and have variety of items. Now that I do not have much to write about Oshougatsu topic, I will start writing about general stuff about Japan! There are numbers of different Conbini chain stores (Daily Yamazaki, Ministop, local Conbini etc…),Continue reading “23rd January – 睦月”

15th January – 睦月

小正月　（Koshougatsu） The period putting the New Years’ decoration at home, ends on 15th January. Koshougatsu is the day to send the home coming god 歳神様(Toshigami Sama) to the sky. Koshougatsu is the day to wish for the great harvest for the year. It is also known as 女正月(Onna-shougatsu), the resting day for the ladies whoContinue reading “15th January – 睦月”

10th January – 睦月

鏡開き　Kagami-biraki Breaking the Oshougatsu decoration rice cake (Kagami-mochi) and eating it on 11th January. Do you still remember the Kagami-mochi from the first blog? As it is already explained, Kagami-mochi is believed to have the soul of god inside and eating it will bring the god into the body. When Oshougatsu comes close to theContinue reading “10th January – 睦月”