There’s a famous saying in Japan, hana yori dango, which literally translates as “dango over flowers” and is used to mean “substance over form." This meaning comes from the fact that dango (sweet glutinous rice balls skewered on a stick) are often eaten at hanami flower-viewing picnics, and while some…

Japan Today - Food

19.11.2024

Pull up, warm up at the Niseko Confidential pop-up this winter - Japan Today

Kicking off on December 5th, Niseko Confidential will be popping up this winter season with craft cocktails, curated dining offerings and cozy house party vibes. Just steps from the main ski runs in Hirafu, the bar will start the night as an après ski and dining destination, evolving into a…

Japan Today - Food

20.11.2024

Foreign tourists showing appetite for Japan's art of food replicas - Japan Today

At a workshop in Tokyo, a dozen or so tourists watched as green and white wax was poured into warm water. As the liquid turned into a sheet, they were then asked to slowly pull it up and roll it, gasping at its transformation into a lettuce. Hands-on lessons in…

Japan Today - Food

21.11.2024

Cheeseburger rice bowls arrive at Japanese beef bowl chain Matsuya, and in our stomach - Japan Today

When it comes to beef, there’s no more broadly beloved dish in Japan than the beef bowl, or gyudon, as it’s called in Japanese. Over on the other side of the Pacific, America’s flagship beefy meal is the hamburger, and by association its evolved form, the cheeseburger. Now gyudon restaurant chain Matsuya is…

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Flying 'dango': Unique tourist site where Japanese sweets are flown to you over a gorge - Japan Today

Pull up, warm up at the Niseko Confidential pop-up this winter - Japan Today

Foreign tourists showing appetite for Japan's art of food replicas - Japan Today

Cheeseburger rice bowls arrive at Japanese beef bowl chain Matsuya, and in our stomach - Japan Today

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