Our Adventures in Japan

Umaki is grilled unagi (eel) that is wrapped (maku) with an omelette. The umaki at Hitsumabushi Nagoya Bincho is so fluffy and delicious....

Yesterday, I walked twenty minutes to Sakurai intending to shop at Daiei. I didn't realize (until I got there) they were renovating an...

Today is Doyo no Ushi no hi, the day when we all eat unagi (eel) for stamina to withstand the heat of summer. I've written about this i...

With the price of food items and gasoline at premium prices, we've been trying to cut corners here are there, while trying to do our par...

Monday night we had some of Satoshi's friends and their families over for dinner. (We always get together with these families for Christ...

Yesterday was doyo no ushi no hi (literally mid-summer day of the ox. It is believed that each part of the day follows the 12 zodiac signs,...

Last night, I re-tried making nasudengaku . This time, I cut the eggplant, soaked it in water and then "pan fried" it in a non-st...

It is the last day of June and as I dread Japan's summer, it is coming at lightning speed...along with sour things to eat such as ume (...