Our Adventures in Japan

it wasn't smoothie weather but I wanted to try the matcha smoothie at 7-11 before they ran out  Apparently this smoothie was a hit at th...

I saw this drink (the one on the right) when I passed by Dean & Deluca the other day and wanted to try   I had the chance on Saturday......

V wanted the recipe for the iced strawberry matcha latte....here you go! Iced Strawberry Matcha Latte : serves 1 3 strawberries, diced 1/2 t...

Gensouen is a tea shop in Nishi-Ogikubo. They are run by Harada Tea which has tea fields in Shizuoka. Apparently they were having a pop-...

　Over the weekend, you may have heard there was a false alarm in Hawaii, sending panic across the State. BFF said she didn't even get ...

So, if you are following us on Instagram , you know that we were headed for Akita Prefecture yesterday morning... We were all onboard and ...

Because the hotel we were staying at had a "first come first serve" policy for riding their shuttle, we decided to get to the airp...

Remember the dragon at Kenninji ? The artist, Kaiho Yusho, was being featured at the Kyoto National Museum. Satoshi said he wanted to c...

Starbucks recently came out with a matcha pudding...kind of like their custard pudding, but with a matcha sauce at the bottom and matcha mix...

Yesterday, it rained all.day.long. and now the cold is back (until Saturday, so says the weather dude...) It's been awhile since I...

I recreated the matcha tea soda that I had in Kyoto . Put 1 teaspoon of matcha into a bowl and add 1/2 a teaspoon of light brown sugar. ...

Happy Valentine's Day...in Japan, it's only for the guys...which I've told you about here and here . This is the recipe I us...

Awhile back, Kirk asked if I had made matcha (green tea) scones, which I had not. Well, I finally did. This recipe is relatively easy. ...

Last Saturday after his German class, Satoshi met up with his niece. She is still in college and is starting to look for a job, which I wr...

Last Sunday, Satoshi asked me what kind of dessert he should bring home after work. I asked him to get the pudding from Gokan. I've wri...

Sunday we spent the morning at church for their Autumn service. It was basically the same service as the one during Obon except this time th...

Remember I received some bottled items from my MIL? I used the bottle of kinkan (kumquats) for some muffins . Well with the remaining two bo...

I recently came across Starbucks new macaron...matcha (green tea). It was good. A little bitter from the green tea, there was green tea cre...

The other night Satoshi had a party to attend to for the Hyatt. I think everyone received this "goodie bag"--pancake mix, maple s...