For part of the latter half of our Japan trip, we stayed in the neighborhood of Kamata (蒲田) within Tokyo. We chose the Urbain Hotel (アーバイン東京), whose small rooms were compensated by a reasonable price of about 12000 yen a night, or roughly $100. I don’t think Kamata is a particularly famous region, and there wasn’t any major tourist sites nearby… Read More »
One thing great about cultures of the world is that each has it’s own set of foods, and usually there are some that haven’t quite become popular outside that country. For Japan, the wide variety of fish products and the many ways they can be used in cooking is very unique. When I first heard… Read More »
It’s been quite a while since I’ve come across any great Japanese restaurants, but this weekend me and my family happened to dine at an incredible, authentic Japanese place which I’ll review in this post. Mikan Japanese Restaurant (http://www.mikansushi.com/) is a newly opened restaurant in Pembroke pines, not too far from the Trader Joe’s grocery… Read More »
There are some aspects of Japanese culture you aren’t likely to come across until you live with a Japanese family – whether that is in Japan or elsewhere. One of those is ふりかけ (furikake), which literally means “sprinkle” and is a Japanese condiment which is commonly sprinkled on top of rice. There are many varieties with… Read More »