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Posts

• “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” in Japan
• “TOKOROZAWASAKURA TOWN” is a new Japanese pop culture entertainment complex
• A Handmade Bamboo Needle for Japanese Weaving
• A Peaceful Sunday Morning in the Rice Fields
• Aichi Local Cuisine: Arame to Rakkaisei no Nitsuke
• Aichi Local Cuisine: Furofuki Daikon
• Aichi Local Cuisine: Kishimen
• Akita Local Cuisine: Damako Nabe
• Akita Local Cuisine: Sasamaki
• Akita’s Local Cuisine: Iburigakko
• Aomori Local Cuisine: Senbei-jiru
• Aomori Local Cuisine: Tara no Jappa Jiru
• Aomori’s Local Cuisine: Ke no Shiru
• Back to the Farm: Two Weeks Later
• Carp Streamers and Sea of Clouds in Rural Japan
• Carrot Germination and Grandma
• Chiba Local Cuisine: Futomaki Zushi
• Chiba Local Cuisine: Sangayaki
• Chiba Prefecture’s Local Cuisine: Namerou
• Corn, Dango, and Memories
• Discovering the Rich Heritage of “Yakimanju” in Gunma: A Culinary Journey Through Time
• DIY Renovation of a Japanese-Style Building Built in 1951
• Ehime Local Cuisine: Imotaki
• Ehime Local Cuisine: Satsuma
• Ehime Local Cuisine: Tai Meshi
• Figurines of the Ohmu and the Toxic Jungle from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
• Finding Space for Herbs
• Fly Fishing of a Japanese Family’s Father and Son
• From Skating Bliss to Bone Breaks: A New Year’s Tale of Second Son
• Fuji-chan’s Umeboshi (pickled plums)
• Fukui Local Cuisine: Heshiko
• Fukui Local Cuisine: Namagusa-jiru
• Fukui Local Cuisine: Saba Nuta
• Fukuoka Local Cuisine: Gameni
• Fukuoka Local Cuisine: Hakata Zoni
• Fukuoka Local Cuisine: Nukamiso Daki
• Fukushima Local Cuisine: Ika Ninjin
• Fukushima Local Cuisine: Kozuyu
• Fukushima Prefecture’s Local Cuisine: Nishin no Sanshozuke
• Gifu Local Cuisine: Hoba Zushi
• Gifu Local Cuisine: Karasumi
• Gifu Local Cuisine: Keichan
• Grandma and Mother’s Day
• Grandpa and Grandma on Mother’s Day
• Grandpa and Grandma, along with seven grandchildren.
• Gunma Local Cuisine: Tansan Manju
• Gunma Local Cuisine: Yakimochi
• Gunma Prefecture’s Local Cuisine: Okirikomi / Okkirikomi
• Hand-Made Soba:A Tradition of Flavor and Craftsmanship
• Handmade Onigiri (Rice Balls)
• Harvest at 4AM, Rice Planting, and a Father’s Day to Remember
• Hiroshima Local Cuisine: Hassun
• Hiroshima Local Cuisine: Uzumi
• Hiroshima Local Cuisine: Wani no Sashimi (Shark Sashimi)
• Hokkaido Local Cuisine: Butadon
• Hokkaido Local Cuisine: Imomochi / Imodango
• Hokkaido’s Local Cuisine: Ika Meshi
• How Many Types of Japanese Rural Life Are There?
• How Small Japanese Farms Grow Rice
• How to Make Traditional Japanese Rolled Sushi
• Hyogo Local Cuisine: Akashiyaki / Tamagoyaki
• Hyogo Local Cuisine: Ikanago no Kugini
• Hyogo Local Cuisine: Katsumeshi
• Ibaraki Local Cuisine: Garigari Namasu
• Ibaraki Local Cuisine: Wakasagi to Renkon no Suzuke
• Ibaraki Prefecture’s Local Cuisine: Shimotsukare / Sumitsukare
• Ishikawa Local Cuisine: Aimaze
• Ishikawa Local Cuisine: Buri Daikon
• Ishikawa Local Cuisine: Nasu Somen
• Iwate Local Cuisine: Ganzuki
• Iwate Local Cuisine: Kiri-sensho
• Iwate’s Local Cuisine: Hittsumi
• Japanese Summer: Rhinoceros Beetle Hunting with My Son
• June Hailstorm
• Kagawa Local Cuisine: Iriko Meshi
• Kagawa Local Cuisine: Shippoku Udon
• Kagawa Local Cuisine: Shoyu Mame
• Kagoshima Local Cuisine: Gane
• Kagoshima Local Cuisine: Satsuma Ebi Zoni
• Kagoshima Local Cuisine: Tsukeage
• Kanagawa Local Cuisine: Kenchin-jiru
• Kanagawa Local Cuisine: Oyama Tofu Cuisine
• Kanagawa Prefecture’s Local Cuisine: Nama-shirasu Don
• Kochi Local Cuisine: Gurun
• Kochi Local Cuisine: Imo no Kuki no Itameni
• Kochi Local Cuisine: Katsuo no Tataki
• Kumamoto Local Cuisine: Ikinari Dango
• Kumamoto Local Cuisine: Karashi Renkon
• Kumamoto Local Cuisine: Yaki Ayu no Kanroni
• Kyoto Local Cuisine: Bara-zushi
• Kyoto Local Cuisine: Kuromame-ni
• Kyoto Local Cuisine: Takenoko no Kinome Ae
• Living in the Japanese countryside on weekends【April 2023 Summary Gallery】
• Living in the Japanese countryside on weekends【April 2024 Summary Gallery】
• Living in the Japanese countryside on weekends【August 2023 Summary Gallery】
• Living in the Japanese countryside on weekends【December 2023 Summary Gallery】
• Living in the Japanese countryside on weekends【July 2023 Summary Gallery】
• Living in the Japanese countryside on weekends【June 2023 Summary Gallery】
• Living in the Japanese countryside on weekends【March 2024 Summary Gallery】
• Living in the Japanese countryside on weekends【May 2023 Summary Gallery】
• Living in the Japanese countryside on weekends【May 2024 Summary Gallery】
• Living in the Japanese countryside on weekends【November 2023 Summary Gallery】
• Living in the Japanese countryside on weekends【October 2023 Summary Gallery】
• Living in the Japanese countryside on weekends【September 2023 Summary Gallery】
• Looking down from the park where winter cherry blossoms bloom onto the lake
• Making “Fuki Miso” from Butterbur Shoots Picked in the Garden
• Mie Local Cuisine: Aramemaki
• Mie Local Cuisine: Kokerazushi
• Mie Local Cuisine: Tekonezushi
• Miyagi Local Cuisine: Harakomeshi
• Miyagi Local Cuisine: Sendai Zoni
• Miyagi’s Local Cuisine: Okuzukake
• Miyazaki Local Cuisine: Chicken Nanban
• Miyazaki Local Cuisine: Sakana-zushi
• Miyazaki Local Cuisine: Toshitori Zen / Toshitori Zen / Toshikoshi Ryori
• Nagano Local Cuisine: Koi Koku
• Nagano Local Cuisine: Shio Ika no Sunomono
• Nagano Local Cuisine: Teuchi Soba
• Nagasaki Local Cuisine: Guzoni / Shimabara Guzoni
• Nagasaki Local Cuisine: Hiki-tooshi
• Nagasaki Local Cuisine: Urakami Soboro
• Nara Local Cuisine: Kakinoha Zushi
• Nara Local Cuisine: Nara Noppe
• Nara Local Cuisine: Yamato no Zoni
• New Year for Small-Scale Farmers in Japan
• Niigata Local Cuisine: Igoneri
• Niigata Local Cuisine: Kirizai
• Niigata Local Cuisine: Noppe
• Oita Local Cuisine: Jiri Yaki
• Oita Local Cuisine: Kirasumameshi
• Oita Local Cuisine: Sorakita Mochi
• Okayama Local Cuisine: Mamakari no Suzuke
• Okayama Local Cuisine: Matsuri-zushi / Bara-zushi
• Okayama Local Cuisine: Sabazushi
• Okinawa Local Cuisine: Inamuduchi
• Okinawa Local Cuisine: Nakamijiru
• Okinawa Local Cuisine: Rafute
• okushima Local Cuisine: Bouze no Sugata-zushi
• On the day Special November comes to an end
• Osaka Local Cuisine: Barazushi
• Osaka Local Cuisine: Goyori Mame / Jako Mame
• Osaka Local Cuisine: Senshu Mizunasu no Asazuke
• Pig Farm in a Small Japanese Town
• Repairing Soba-making Tools
• Restoring the Strawberry Fields: A Spring Weekend in the Countryside
• Rice milling machine
• Saga Local Cuisine: Ika no Kake-ae
• Saga Local Cuisine: Niimoji
• Saga Local Cuisine: Sukozushi
• Saitama Local Cuisine: Gojiru
• Saitama Local Cuisine: Hiyajiru / Suttate
• Saitama Prefecture’s Local Cuisine: Saitama no Udon
• Sakura Diaries: From Yozakura to Senbonzakura
• Sanma: Savoring Autumn with Grilled Pacific Saury and Freshly Harvested Rice
• Second Son and 2-1 Enjoying Summer Weekends in the Countryside
• Second Son’s Mountain Stream Fishing Adventure: A May Reboot
• Sharpening Japanese Knives at Home: A Farmer’s Guide to Honing Blades
• Shiga Local Cuisine: Gori no Tsukudani
• Shiga Local Cuisine: Isaza Mame
• Shiga Local Cuisine: Itoko ni
• Shimane Local Cuisine: Hoshi Daikon no Nishime
• Shimane Local Cuisine: Kakuzushi / Hakozushi
• Shimane Local Cuisine: Oki Arame no Itameni
• Shizuoka Local Cuisine: Gawa
• Shizuoka Local Cuisine: Kurohanpen Fry
• Shizuoka Local Cuisine: Wasabizuke
• summer festival held in a certain city in Japan
• Surrounded by Rapeseed Flowers and Corn
• Sweet Corn Harvest Begins on Our Small Farm in Japan
• Taiyaki: Japan’s Popular Fish-Shaped Sweet Treat
• Tamago Kake Gohan: The Simple Joy of Egg Over Rice
• Thank you, Akira Toriyama, and your art collection.
• The corn seeding and transplanting has started in their fields here in Japan.
• The Rice-Growing Year of a Japanese Farming Couple
• Tochigi Local Cuisine: Kanpyo no Tamago Toji
• Tochigi Local Cuisine: Shimotsukare
• Tochigi Prefecture’s Local Cuisine: Mimi Udon
• Tokushima Local Cuisine: Iya no Dekomawashi
• Tokushima Local Cuisine: Sobagome Zosui / Sobagome Jiru
• Tokyo Local Cuisine: Monjayaki
• Tokyo Local Cuisine: Nigiri-zushi
• Tokyo Metropolis’s Local Cuisine: Fukagawa Meshi / Fukagawa Do
• Tottori Local Cuisine: Azuki Zouni
• Tottori Local Cuisine: Igisu
• Tottori Local Cuisine: Itadaki
• Toyama Local Cuisine:
• Toyama Local Cuisine: Firefly Squid with Vinegared Miso
• Toyama Local Cuisine: Suzuki
• Wakayama Local Cuisine: Kinzanji Miso
• Wakayama Local Cuisine: Mehari-zushi
• Wakayama Local Cuisine: Okayu / Chagayu
• Walking in the Small Mountains of Northern Saitama Prefecture
• Yamagata Local Cuisine: Dashi
• Yamagata Local Cuisine: Nattojiru
• Yamagata’s Local Cuisine: Edible Chrysanthemum Ohitashi
• Yamaguchi Local Cuisine: Chisha Namasu
• Yamaguchi Local Cuisine: Itokoni
• Yamaguchi Local Cuisine: Kencho
• Yamanashi Local Cuisine:
• Yamanashi Local Cuisine: Seida no Tamaji
• Yamanashi Prefecture’s Local Cuisine: Houtou
• お盆：The Mid-Summer Obon Holiday: A Story of Dumplings
• 夏祭り (Natsu Matsuri) – Japanese Summer Festival