Toast to the new Japanese emperor! Here’s a golden-dusted bun with wagyu beef costing ¥100,000! Wait! Prince Naruhito’s ascension will still be on May 1 but starting April 1, you can order this giant hamburger at a high-class Tokyo Hotel …
When I blogged about my residence city last month, I featured a “soba” (noodle) restaurant in my neighborhood. It’s indeed an authentic OIJ delicacy. Check the site below to know more about the healthy and inexpensive “soba.” Looking for freshly-made buckwheat noodles for lunch or …
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So much to blog about OIJs but I have little time these days. I still have a lot on my list. I’m just posting videos of this unique Japanese culture but I hope to go back to these blogs and …
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Quite a journey to have a rooftop and backyard school garden in super expensive Tokyo. Though with limited space, time and budget, I envisioned the gardens as haven for educational activities, nature art open-air classrooms, venue for bbq/outdoor parties, morning/afternoon …
Today I received many students and guests in one of our newly-built school gardens. I also had a ”plant-exchange” with a Japanese pastor’s wife. What a blessing to have more herbal plants like apple mints, thymes, garden strawberries, etc. I …
An Osaka-based “idol group” made up of women whose average age is 66 has released a rap music video in English to welcome the Group of 20 summit that start— Read on www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/22/national/lets-dance-osaka-granny-group-releases-english-rap-video-welcome-g20-summit/