One popular salad dressing in Japan is sesame dressing. It is made from a base of sesame paste kneaded from white sesame seeds. In addition to salads, it is also recommended for use with lightly boiled meat.
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Do you know Okonomiyaki? Okonomiyaki is a Japanese-style savory pancake. In Japan, we usually buy this Okonomiyaki sauce from supermarket. But I wonder if everyone can find this special sauce in their local supermarket.
In this video, I will introduce how to make Okonomiyaki Sauce. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we can make the sauce with using simple items in our kitchen?
There is a local park called “Arakawa-yuen” near my house. After the class, I sometimes go there with my son and we enjoy watching scenery of Tokyo from their ferris wheel. This is one of our favorite activity!
In April, you can also enjoy seeing full-bloomed sakura cherry blossoms all around the park. This year, we visited this park almost everyday because they bloom for only a week! How precious they are!!
Champagne at lunch time.🍾 Because it’s spring! 🌸
The main reason was…It was a belated anniversary for my hubby and me. ㊗️ He proposed me at this Hibiya park 7 years ago. Wow, time flies so fast!!!
I feel grateful that he is always being helpful and the best supporter in both private and business life. I enjoy the journey with him (and my son 👦🏻, Mario 🐶and Luigi🐶). Happy anniversary. 😘🎉
This French restaurant called Hibiya Matsumotoro had nice and quiche interior. I loved it!
Sakura cherry blossoms are about to bloomed here in Tokyo. 🌸🌸🌸 One of the best season has come!!!
In this Vlog, I will guide you to the Shibamata area. This area is famous for one of the Japanese movie called “Otoko wa tsurai yo”. This is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as “Tora-san”, a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as “Tora-san” by its fans. For more about this movie, please check here!
The other day, talented and influential journalist Piti came to my cooking class and we cooked home-style vegetarian ramen together. Piti has her own website “Piti no japao“. We chatted and laughed a lot while filming the video. As she works with famous travel site “Japan travel“, she introduces this video on their site as well. I hope you enjoy the video!!
Some of you might noticed but I hold Japanese cooking class in Tokyo. Many of my guests asked me about the leftover kelp after making Dashi soup stock/broth. I use leftover kelp and also bonito flakes to make other dishes. This time, I will show you one of the easy recipes that you can cook for your family. In this video, I will introduce how to make the Seasoned Kelp. My son (2 years old) will join this video with me. I am sure that just watching what he does while cooking is funny…
Please enjoy the video and try it out!
Strawberry sponge cake (so-called “shortcake”) is one of the most popular and classic desserts among Japanese sweets influenced by western culture. This cake is simple enough to be homemade at home and is a must for Christmas dinners and birthdays. The combination of the fluffy sponge cake texture and sweet whipped cream is very addictive.
Happy Girls’ Festival Day!
To know more about this seasonal Japanese event, please click here!
