And what is this ridiculously long image? This is shoubu, a ridiculously long grass-like product available in supermarkets in the first few days of May. And what does one do with shoubu? To my knowledge, we don’t eat it (which makes me wonder why it’s sold at the supermarket). Instead, …
Sometime in April you start seeing lots of items in the Japanese traditional dessert area of the supermarket wrapped in big green oak leaves. What is it? Oh! It’s mochi! Japanese rice cake…that, in this case, smells a bit funny because it’s been wrapped in a giant oak leaf. It …
Here’s a delight only to be found in Japan (and, more specifically, at HAC drug stores, if you’re in the neighborhood): green …
Here’s another great treat: murasaki imo soft serve ice cream, or purple sweet potato soft serve ice cream. Potato-flavored ice cream really …
Last year, my fried asked me to bring Tokyo bananas to Taiwan when I visited…and I thought she was kinda nuts, because …
If you ever see a bag like this in Japan, and I certainly see a lot of them in Yokohama Station, you’ll …
I’m on a roll with blogging Japanese sweets this week, so I might as well keep it up. (I’ve been ill this …
Here’s another bit of Japanese sweet for you: it’s a sakura roll cake. I suppose it could also be called a cherry …
I downloaded a new app…let’s see how posting from my phone works, shall we? This is ohagi, a traditional Japanese sweet made …
For the life of me, I can’t recall why I had two bananas growing overripe on the counter, but I did, and …