Category Archives: Food

On Drinking Too Much in Japan

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

When someone assures me, with profound sincerity, that they don’t have a drinking problem, I assume they have a sincerely profound drinking problem.

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On Making Ice Cream Out of Plastic in Japan

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Somewhere near the divine Buddhist wholesale district of Tokyo is Kappabashi-dori, the street with the highest concentration of plastic food manufacturers in Japan.

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On Selling “Latin Biorhythms” in Japan

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

When I stopped by the konbini for lunch at the start of Spring, I made my cursory glance through the constantly rotating stock of temporary soft drinks to see if anything caught my eye. Something did.

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On Getting Ramen (and a Hangover) in Japan

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

I took a cardboard box full of instant ramen with me to college. 

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On Grocery Shopping in America in Japan

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Costco may be in Japan, but Japan is not in Costco.

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9 More Foods to Try (Or Try to Avoid) in Japan

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

A few weeks ago, the fellows at Nihongoup, the online Japanese-language community, invited me to do a guest post. I went to my default Japanese conversation tactic: I started spewing out the names of foods I like. So I’ve got … Continue reading →

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