Our Adventures in Japan

We tried Ichidagaki this morning. These persimmon are grown and dried in Shinshu, Nagano. They are a lot smaller than the anpogaki that...

I've seen these guys, usually at Tokyu Hands. I'm not really one to sample things before buying, but the lady selling these kept p...

Got these from an acquaintance, she had these drying on her lanai and gave me 4. They were still a bit "moist" so I am drying th...

I forgot to mention that growing up in Hawaii, we had to work in the cafeteria once in a while, I enjoyed these times, because our lunch was...

On Monday and Tuesday, the weather was cloudy and at times rainy. The weather guys were saying that we may be having a cold snap over the ne...

Recently saw these in a magazine, I think "Health", and wanted to find them locally. After looking at all the places they listed o...

Last year, I posted about these dried tart fuji apples . Well, I think I may have found a similar product in Japan. These dried apples are i...

The humidity has been very unforgiving the past couple of days. One of the reasons has to be the typhoon near the Philippines. They are sayi...