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Matcha: Not all Green Teas are the Same
Media buzz lately has been good to green tea. More large-scale companies like Lipton, Snapple, Starbucks, and even a beer company are increasingly showing significant interest to this new fad that they...
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Japanese Sauna
I haven’t been using the net for leisure lately so I failed to catch this early on. The Japanese love living healthy and going to saunas. This is what happens after the sauna session. Too good to be true
View ArticleSeaweed Generates Electricity
Seeking for more alternative sources of energy, the Japanese found refuge in what they usually eat as nori. A test facility constructed in Yokohama first crushes large amounts of seaweed into a...
View ArticleGoing Japanese (at least during meal times!)
I am a big fan of Japanese food, something that rubbed off to my son as well. In fact, we just had shrimp tempura, gohan (steamed rice), kani (crabsticks), tuna sashimi, tamago (egg) and kani salad for...
View ArticleJapanese-style Eating (how to use chopsticks)
As a child, my dad used to fold a piece of paper, insert into the upper part between the chopsticks and secure it with a string or rubber band. This method allowed me to use chopsticks like a tong...
View ArticleJapanese Meals: Fishy, fishy, fishy
Naomi Moriyama’s book, “Japanese Women Don’t Get Fat or Old: Secrets from My Mother’s Tokyo Kitchen,” talks about the seven pillars of Japanese food – fish, vegetables, rice, soy, noodles, tea and...
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