For various reasons, rice, which is as important in Japan as pasta to the Italians or baguettes...
Food
This was the sight that greeted us the other day when we returned home. Rather than a...
This is the fourth of my food quizzes in an ongoing series. I’ll be honest and say...
These are some pictures of my breakfast a couple of weeks ago — or at least, part...
Like the mystery item in my previous food quiz post, this was purchased from Gyōmusūpā and looks...
Gyōmusūpā — literally”business supermarket” — sells things like catering-size bottles of sauce and sack-size bags of coffee,...
For a long time, whenever I ate lunch with the students I couldn’t help noticing that they...
The kocho-sensei at my junior high school was originally a science teacher, and under his guidance, the...
We have recently taken possession of a second-hand car, thanks to a very nice friend of onii-san’s...
Obviously I have been breaking into spontaneous renditions of God Save The Queen at least three times...