Dango-jiru is one of my favorite local specialty in Oita. It is made by boiling flat noodles made from wheat flour together  with ingredients such as radishes, carrots, burdock roots, aroids,  and shiitake mush …

Dango-jiru (だんご汁)…の続きを読む

I took a typical Japanese breakfast today consist of steamed rice,  soybean soup with asari clams, tsukune (chicken meatloaf with egg,  dried laver seaweed, natto ( fermented soybeans) and raw egg mixed  w …

Breakfast today (今日の朝食）…の続きを読む

Ohagi is a traditional Japanese sweet, made from boiled glutinous rice coated  with a red-bean jam, sweetened soy bean powder, or sweet sesame paste. Traditionally Ohagi is eaten only on special days set aside for B …

Ohagi (おはぎ）, traditional Japanese sweet…の続きを読む

Udon is a very popular cuisine among Japanese people. It is noodle from wheat flour, and is a little thicker than  Soba noodle. 　 Udon is eaten either from bowls filled with hot soup, or by dipping it into  spe …

Udon, Wheat Noodle (うどん）…の続きを読む

Buckwheat noodle is long, thin brownish noodle made  from buckwheat flour to which is added wheat flour, egg, and  sometimes yam starch. It is eaten either in hot soup, “Kakesoba” or as a cold dish, …

Buckwheat noodle (そば)…の続きを読む

Kunisaki Peninsula, began to develop 1,300 years ago as a sacred religious  ground influenced by mountain and nature worship, Buddhism, and Usa shrine  rising in the region. Here remains in Bungotakada cit …

Kunisaki Peninsula listed on the World A…の続きを読む