Have you ever drank Japanese green tea? It is very popular healthy tea all over the world. Today I will focus on that green tea. Here is green tea production in Japan below. My first guess of the biggest tea producer was Kyoto but Kyoto is actually 5th place … Read more
Are you Vegan or Vegetarian?
There were some discoveries during my trip to London at the end of the year. It was a VG (vegan) recipe on the restaurant menu. The number of vegetarian foods has been increasing little by little in Japan, but vegan foods are still not familiar in Japan, so I … Read more
Drying dried fruits and vegetables
Sustainable life has become a hot topic in the world.
It is very important to eliminate waste. What should I start with?
The previous my house had a garden, and the vegetable garbage recycled into the soil as compost,
but now that I moved to an apartment.
There is … Read more
Morning Farmer’s Market is called “Asa-Ichi”
Recently, a photograph of the producer’s faces is displayed on the vegetables in the super market. This is very good system to purchasing vegetables after knowing the producer correctly. The display sticker which the store provides may also contain clear and correct information. It has become a hot news … Read more
What is Michi-no-Eki? (local farmers market in Japan)
If you go to sightseen in Japan, “Michi-no-Eki” shop is one of most famous local food store. Everybody run to the shop before or after the trip.
“Michi-no-Eki” in Japanese is Station of Road and real mean is Local food shop. It is a little different from the farmers … Read more