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Scenes from the Shin Yokohama Ramen Museum (新横浜ラーメン博物館)

A museum that pays homage to a single type of dish? Why not - this is Japan after all.

Filed under:  food travel japanese offbeat noodles japan ramen yokohama

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I have a new article in today's edition of The Japan Times, available online here, or in the print edition.

Filed under:  japanese rice onigiri japan washoku in the media writing elsewhere japan times

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Here's a rather unusual (to Western tastes anyway) way to enjoy cold soba noodles - with slimy grated nagaimo root.

Filed under:  japanese offbeat noodles soba japan washoku tororo nagaimo slimy

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It's matsutake season! Let's see just how much you pay for one of the most expensive foodstuffs on earth.

Filed under:  japanese ingredients mushrooms offbeat japan
Keep reading Holy Matsutake! →

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A simple side dish or salad to serve as part of a Japanese meal, or on its own. Plus, take a look at a couple of real Japanese home meals!

Filed under:  japanese lighter fish japan seafood low-carb

A new article and recipe by yours truly is now available on The Japan Times web site, as well as in its print edition if you're in Japan. The subject this time is eggplants (aubergines). It also includes a recipe of course! The recipe combines delicious fall eggplants with a miso-meat sauce or sorts.

Incidentally, although the original recipe calls for thinly sliced beef, it works well with ground beef too. This is a shot of a version I made using ground beef.

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This dish is great hot or cold, so make some for dinner and save a little for your bento the next day. Really yum!

Filed under:  japanese japan washoku in the media writing elsewhere japan times

Since I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes, I've been doing a lot of research into what is recommended for diabetics in Japan to eat. There are several issues to keep in mind when eating or making Japanese style dishes, so I thought I'd share these here. Whether you're planning to travel to Japan or are just a fan of Japanese cooking and restaurants, I hope you'll find this useful.

Filed under:  japanese japan health and weight loss low-carb diabetes

Pointing to something non-food on my personal site.

Filed under:  philosophy japan

About some weird 'diet' pills labeled Japanese, even though they aren't from Japan at all, plus some REAL Japanese diets that are popular now.

Filed under:  offbeat japan health and weight loss

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Using a form of exercise that's a Japanese cultural institution, to get my circulation going while I'm stuck in a French hospital.

Filed under:  japan health and weight loss

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