Our Adventures in Japan

Obusedo is a tiny Japanese confection maker specializing in chestnuts sweets in Nagano. They have been in business since 1923. I am not sure...

chestnut in French is marron. A lot of marron items are out since it is Autumn. Bummer the weather is still warm and sometimes humid... This...

Sorry it's been quiet here... Satoshi was off Tuesday and Wednesday. Note to self: KFC's chicken pot pie was junk last year (no chi...

Ryoheido is another Gifu sweet shop from the Ena area that specializes in all things kuri (chestnut). This particular sweet is called Kuri...

Enakawakamiya is a Gifu Japanese sweet shop that specializes in all things kuri (chestnut). Apparently there is an area called "Ena...

Came across a new type of sweet potato at Crazy Pantry called Kurisatsu. In Japanese, "kuri" is chestnut and "satsu" i...

I bought a bag of chestnuts at the market...about 450 grams, for 498 yen plus tax. And then I found a teeny chestnut when we went to Cosmo...

The last time I made kuri gohan (chestnut rice) I used pre-peeled chestnuts (and it was 6 years ago too...yipes!). This time around, I us...

Somehow I had this song ("money money money") running through my head while posting this.... It is chestnut season here, we call...

Cleaning out some photos from my computer...there are just not enough days in a month to blog about everything... Soy milk cheesecake by Yam...

As I was walking to the train station on Saturday, I passed by a house in our neighborhood that has several kuri (chestnut) trees. Most time...

Sunday had to be most sauna-like day to date...this year. Still, we didn't want to stay at home, so we decided to check out the falls in...