Now, I love strawberries. I could eat thousands of the little buggers and not get sick of them (probably). I am dying to try something in Japan called イチゴ狩り (ichigo gari) where you can pick as many strawberries as you want and eat them. I was invited to go this year by my host family,… Continue reading Strawberries and Cream
First, Japanese supermarkets kind of freaked me out with their selection of frozen squids, today I felt more sad than grossed out. Selling for only 10 cents each were these guys: One, I felt bad for them being sold for only 10 cents. Not only are they being sold dirt cheap, their mouths are also… Continue reading Mouths Wide Open
Well, here I am sick again. The only two days that it rained this past week were the two days I had to bike the 6.6 km out to my new Jr. high school. Despite wearing a rain coat and carrying an umbrella while I bike out there, the almost freezing rain water constantly hitting… Continue reading Cooking with Katherine: Stuffed Red Pepper
Since coming to Japan, more specifically since not living at home or in a dorm, I have become even more interesting in cooking shows like Top Chef and Hell’s Kitchen. While one can hardly call these two shows good teachers in terms of how to cook, you have to admit that they do provide some… Continue reading Cooking with Katherine: Ginger Salmon
Yesterday, Jun and I hosted a hanami party at a shrine only a few blocks away from our apartment. I believe I posted about hanami last year, but I think I only posted a few pictures. Hanami (花見 which literally translates to “flower viewing”) is a centuries old Japanese custom where people enjoy the beauty… Continue reading ゜✽。+*✽ （´ω`*）桜*。゜.:ｷﾚｲ:.゜。*ﾀﾞﾅｯ☆
It’s been awhile since I “discovered” any strange Kit Kat flavors in stores – which has been very disappointing as there are several new ones out according to the official Kit Kat website. This time I discovered a banana flavored Kit Kat in bar shape. I am personally not a fan of banana flavored anything… Continue reading Going Bananas
Sakana sakana sakana～♪ That is the lovely music you hear when you are in the fish section of a Japanese supermarket. Now, by this point in time I have seen a lot of strange things in Japanese supermarkets, but these frozen squid just made me laugh. While I was taking a picture of the squid,… Continue reading Squid Anyone?
While I myself have no seen these advertised in stores, I did happen upon these guys while flipping through a Japanese magazine called Popteen. While this really is not that different from the Deco Choco I wrote about a few weeks back, I find these a little easier to stomach and some of the sweet… Continue reading Deco Pocky
Well, if the weather forecast is actually correct this time around, the Starbucks is on mark with its new set of coffee flavors and merchandising. Since it was a beautiful day the other day, Jun and I decided to go for a walk around the station area and stumbled upon a much pinker Starbucks than… Continue reading Spring is in the Air
While the sweet potato flavor is nothing new, the fact that the box says 小江戸川越 (Ko-edo Kawagoe) on it is. Kawagoe is known for its sweet potato. From long ago, sweet potatoes were roasted and eaten as a snack by the common people. During and after the war when food was scarce, the sweet potato… Continue reading Kawagoe Kit Kat!
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