Our Adventures in Japan

How have you been? Hope you haven't forgotten about us. I've broken up this post into two parts...are you ready?! Saturday, Ap...

Reconnected with J on Thursday. When we first moved to Japan back in 2001 (pre-blog), J and her family also lived in the same company hous...

Tried an easy recipe the other day, Ume Takikomi Gohan. Takikomi Gohan is a style of cooking rice (gohan) with dashi (stock), soy sauce, v...

The other night for dinner I made some oyakodon (literally parent-child bowl because it uses chicken and egg) to use up some rice that I had...

Back in March , we visited Kameido Tenjinsha. I bookmarked this area and waited for the fuji (wisteria) to bloom. Tuesday was forecast f...

If you don't eat raw fish or can't get your hands on fresh raw fish, using tofu in poke is a nice substitution. I used 150 grams o...

A new kiosk opened up in the JR Kamata Station recently called Pizza Olive. Since Satoshi didn't need dinner on Friday, I tried their ...