Beautiful Japanese Vocabulary and Beautiful Japanese Philosphy

 "Japanese Words You Need In Your Life", inspired by Buzzfeed: KOMOREBI (n) sunlight filtering through trees. Ikigai. Wabisabi.

The Japanese Pantry

Stock your pantry with these Japanese sauce and ingredients to get started cooking Japanese food at home. Here are some recipe book recommendations too, from someone who interned and homestayed in Japan.

Japanese cooking uses a lot of mayo, eggs, tomato

There are many species of Japanese cucumbers even if they look similar. Some are sweeter, crunchier, some are meatier. 

Douban sauce is also sold in Japan to make Sichuanese food. It's a slightly less spicy, salty, and a sweeter version of the Sichuanese version. 

It's also worth it to invest in a good pair of cooking tool such as a Japanese knife. Japanese knife konosuke fujiyama white #2 270mm gyuto. It really makes cutting and serving sushi easy. 

Instant Ramen Museum | CupNoodle Museum

 Visiting the instant ramen museum in Japan. Your itinerary. What can you do at the instant ramen museum in Japan?

Do you like instant ramen? Also check out our previous  blog post on premium instant ramen from ippudo and michelin-starred instant ramen.

Nakiryu michelin-starred instant ramen

https://wtfjapantoday.blogspot.com/2018/01/japan-facts-001-japan-has-michelin.html

Ippudo instant ramen

https://wtfjapantoday.blogspot.com/2018/01/try-ippudo-instant-ramen-japanese.html

Japan is one of the few places in the world, including Hong Kong that has michelin starred ramen / noodles.

Japanese Pranks

You might have seen Japanese pranks on youtube. Sometimes these pranks are funny, sometimes down right dangerous and offensive. Did you know there's also an award for Japanese pranks?うわっ！ ダマされた大賞 . One of the simple yet effective prank is the 100 People Prank, aka 100 People Tsunami (in Japanese)

Celebrities in Japan

 Where do celebrities go in Japan?

Conan rents a Japanese family in Japan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzaXw2ztCqU

Conan visits the city dedicated to Detective Conan in Japan

Ed Sheeran: did you know that a cat island has publicly appealed to Ed Sheeran for him to visit and love Japan? This cat island made a cat video to lure Ed Sheeran for VIP visit in Japan

https://people.com/pets/japan-cat-island-video-for-ed-sheeran/

Steve Aoki

Previously we wrote about Steve Aoki in Japan!

https://wtfjapantoday.blogspot.com/2018/07/things-steve-aoki-did-in-japan.html\

Where did he go in Japan? Did you know that Steve Aoki's father is a Japanese-American entrepreneur and restauranteur? todo youtube