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On Eating Foreign Sushi in Japan

Posted on March 20, 2013 by E.

I turned on the TV in a Thai hostel last year, and compared international news broadcasts. Fox and MSNBC were covering the shootings in Colorado; Al Jazeera was reporting on what nations could buy with the tax revenue they lost … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Tradition | Tagged food, globalization, japan, sushi | 9 Comments

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

Posted on November 21, 2011 by E.

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 →