The Extraordinary Origins of Ordinary Things

Five Generations of Making Soy Sauce the Traditional Way

How the Japanese Craft the World’s Hardest Food

Pounding Mochi with the Fastest Mochi Maker in Japan

This New Luxury Sleeper Train In Japan Is Beautiful And Insane

Sweeping glass windows for scenic views, specially designed nickel silver cutlery, cypress bathtubs. Japan has a new ultra-luxurious sleeper train in service starting today, and man, it’s unbelievable.

Why Should a Melon Cost As Much As a Car?

My journey to the heart of the muskmelon cult started with a strawberry. A few years ago, I was in a dimly lit Tokyo restaurant that served more courses than it had seats, where I dined on anatomical selections I couldn’t name belonging to species I didn’t know existed, prepared by a chef whose elegance with a knife resembled ballet more than cooking. Back home, an American version of this feast might have ended with a procession of desserts: a palate cleanser of grapefruit semi-freddo; a heftier dessert entrée of coffee buttercream with dark chocolate ganache; then a post-dessert dessert of truffles and sugar-coated jellies, plus a pastry to take home for later. But at my dinner in Tokyo, when the chef presented my dessert, I found a single, sliced strawberry, served alone on a plate.

Biting into one sliver of the fruit, I had the sense I was tasting in color for the first time. The strawberry was perfumed. It tasted of roses, honey, and a kiss. And it made absolutely no sense. Where did it come from? What made it special? Why only one?

Japanese Tourism Video: Correct Bathroom Etiquette

Meanwhile In Japan: Bo-Taoshi

Stony-Faced Passenger Squeezes Onto Tokyo Subway During Rush Hour

Japan Hakone Marquetry

In Japan Moving is More of an Art

Crazy (allegedly) Japanese Inventions

AIDAprima Cruise Ship Construction & Christening in 4K

Get Your Noodles From A Pipe?

Japan VS Las Vegas

Lots of ADULT language! - Lots of ADULT language! - Lots of ADULT language!

Tsunami - Earthquake Japan 2011

A Life in Japan

Portland Japanese Garden

Sushi

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