Find answers to the age old questions: What do Japanese people eat other than sushi? What is wabi sabi? Why are there so few garbage bins in Japan and yet everywhere is so clean? How do Japanese people stay so slim? Why is the cherry blossom the essence of the Japanese aesthetic?
I write about Japanese cuisine, manners and concepts as well as travel adventures throughout Wakayama, the "hidden gem" of Japan. Learn why it has become the number one location for Japanese travellers. What is it about Wakayama that makes it such a desirable “off the beaten path” travel destination?

What is Japanese Cuisine?

Japanese cuisine focuses on fresh seasonal ingredients, and the typical Japanese consumer will eagerly look forward to eating early spring bamboo shoots, autumnal persimmons and mushrooms, or winter mandarin oranges in their specific season. Fresh seasonal food is so essential to the Japanese palate that restaurants and supermarkets sell fish that is still pulsating on the plate!

What are the Principles of Japanese Food?

strawberry cakes .jpg — What are Seasonal Foods of Japan?

japaneseseasoning — What Herbs and Seasonings does Japanese Cooking Use?