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The highly talked-about specialty store for brown rice pasta, “Japan’s Most Delicious Brown Rice Pasta UN-GLUTEN,” which opened last October, has undergone a renewal and has become even more powerful starting this February! Although brown rice has various health benefits, such as dieting, detoxing, and a low G.I. effect, …
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What is Taiyaki? The first Japanese sweet I had ever tried was during winter in Setagaya, a suburb in south-western Tokyo. A local confectioner was making these little fish-shaped pieces of waffle, grilling them to shape on a specially designed mold. They weren’t expensive at all, around 100 yen or …
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Baskin-Robbins will release the limited edition “Ania Dinosaur Cake” on Thursday, February 16th, 2023. The famous toy “Ania” dinosaurs debut on the Baskin-Robbins ice cream cake! The dinosaurs are imagined living surrounded by large rocks, trees, rivers, and more. Children will love the large chocolate Tyrannosaurus and …
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The tea brand “T TO” targeted towards the millennial generation, developed by the 75-year-old tea maker, Harima-ya Tea Shop Co., Ltd., will release a new product, “CLEAR TEA” blended with rare buds and hojicha tea, on Friday, February 10th. About the brand T TO, a wellness tea brand, is a …
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Asahi SoftDrink Sales Co., Ltd. will launch a new green tea brand, “Asahi SOU,” on April 4th. They aim to sell 5 million boxes annually. Product Features Asahi has launched a new green tea product called “Asahi SOU,” a different kind of green tea with a unique and vibrant aroma …
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Kagome Co., Ltd. will propose “Hiroshima Pasta” using Hiroshima’s famous seafood and agricultural products and tomato products for the “G7 Hiroshima Summit” to be held in Hiroshima Prefecture in May 2023. Furthermore, in collaboration with the Hiroshima Summit Citizens’ conference, they will disseminate the appeal of food ingredients produced in …
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If you didn’t know it, sushi is vinegared rice. And six different kinds of sushi have come down to us from that vinegared rice. Now you may think that six doesn’t seem like a lot of variety, but within those six categories lie over one hundred different variations and examples …
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Suntory will launch a limited edition of “Suntory Premium Highball (Hakushu) 350ml Can” starting on June 6 nationwide. The year 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the founder of Suntory, Shinjiro Torii, who first started making whiskey in the land of Yamazaki. To celebrate the occasion and to show appreciation …
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You’ve had the experience of watching the bonito flakes dancing along the wafts of steam rising from simmering balls of the gooey batter cooking on the grill, right? That means winter is upon us and winter is truly the season for takoyaki. So together with family and friends, sit back …
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Soba What is Soba? Made from buckwheat flour, soba is a traditional Japanese noodle dish and is considered to represent Japanese cuisine in the same way that sushi and tempura do. Easily underestimated because of the simplicity of its appearance, freshly made and eaten soba is genuinely one of the …
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