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Sencha

Sencha: The Most Popular Japanese Green Tea

Many Japanese people regard green tea as a the main type of tea. However, there are many subcategories of green tea. Sencha is a whole-leaf green tea that can be drunk hot...

Sencha: The Most Popular Japanese Green Tea

Many Japanese people regard green tea as a the main type of tea. However, there are many subcategories of green tea. Sencha is a whole-leaf green tea that can be drunk hot...

The Japanese Delicacy (VIII): Kombu

The Japanese Delicacy (VIII): Kombu

Kombu is an essential ingredient in Japanese cuisine because it endows Japanese cuisine with a unique flavor. Its main use is making dashi (Japanese soup stock). Since it contains high...

The Japanese Delicacy (VIII): Kombu

Kombu is an essential ingredient in Japanese cuisine because it endows Japanese cuisine with a unique flavor. Its main use is making dashi (Japanese soup stock). Since it contains high...

Mochi

The Japanese Delicacy (VII): Mochi

Mochi is a very popular traditional Japanese confection that covers a wide range of flavors and styles of Japanese rice cakes. They are soft, chewy, mildly sweet, and slightly sticky....

The Japanese Delicacy (VII): Mochi

Mochi is a very popular traditional Japanese confection that covers a wide range of flavors and styles of Japanese rice cakes. They are soft, chewy, mildly sweet, and slightly sticky....

Japanese Arts (V): Kyogen

Japanese Arts (V): Kyogen

Kyogen is one of the classical forms of theater in Japan. It is comic relief between two Noh plays (more serious in nature) in the same program. Kyogen plays are...

Japanese Arts (V): Kyogen

Kyogen is one of the classical forms of theater in Japan. It is comic relief between two Noh plays (more serious in nature) in the same program. Kyogen plays are...

Japanese Arts (IV): Noh

Japanese Arts (IV): Noh

Noh is the one of oldest performing arts in the world. It is a Japanese theatrical performance that combines dance, drama, music, and poetry. It has been inscribed on the...

Japanese Arts (IV): Noh

Noh is the one of oldest performing arts in the world. It is a Japanese theatrical performance that combines dance, drama, music, and poetry. It has been inscribed on the...

The Japanese Delicacy (VI): Fugu

The Japanese Delicacy (VI): Fugu

Fugu, the pufferfish, is a fish that can kill you because of its poison. However, its amazing flavor makes people willing to take a risk. In Japan, a chef needs at least...

The Japanese Delicacy (VI): Fugu

Fugu, the pufferfish, is a fish that can kill you because of its poison. However, its amazing flavor makes people willing to take a risk. In Japan, a chef needs at least...