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“From Japan with Love (and Dashi)” produced by foodie and filmmaker
Daniel Klein gives us all an amazing glance at some of Japan’s most
iconic dishes. It gives a fine glimpse into the soul of Japan and is
guaranteed to leave you hungry for Japanese cuisine.
“From Japan with Love (and Dashi)” is the first video from season
three of Daniel Klein’s food-focused series, “The Perennial Plate,”
available on the video sharing site, Vimeo. The three-minute clip
captures highlights from the cultural exchanges and exotic meals that
Klein encountered during his two-week stay in the land of the rising
sun.
"Houses depreciate in value over 15 years after being built," says Tokyo-based architect Alastair Townsend, "and on average they are demolished after 25 or 30 years, so the owner of a house doesn't need to consider what a future buyer might want.
TOKYO — The trailer for next year’s much-needed Godzilla remake was released
this week online along with a new poster for the film. The somewhat
campy 1998 American remake of the classic was more of a whimsical
adventure featuring baby Godzillas and the cast of The Simpsons.
As you may know, people in Japan are pretty serious about their
baths. Not only have they developed an entire bathing culture, there is
also a general belief that the contents of the bath can have strong
physiological effects. This naturally includes the various different
minerals that appear in hot springs, but also encompasses the bath
salts, bubble bath, essential oils, fruits, vegetables, and whatever
else goes in the bath at home.
Now that the colder weather is upon us, we thought we’d share some of
the body-warming, circulation-improving bath add-ins popular in Japan. Ginger
Ginger is said to increase appetite, protect against colds, and be a
mild sterilizer. Fans say that a ginger bath keeps them warmer longer
than a regular one and that the strong aroma clears their head.
Recipe: Remove the skin from fresh ginger and cut off some thin
slices. Put these slices in a tea bag or something similar. Add to a hot
bath and let it sit for 10 minutes. Ginger can overstimulate sensitive
skin, so it’s best to start with a small amount and add more later. Kombu
Kombu is a type of kelp commonly used in Japanese cooking for making
stock. But it can also be used to give your bath some extra flavor.
Kombu contains amino acids and minerals that are supposed to be good
moisturizers and protection against winter-chapped skin. Says a fan,
“You’ll feel like you are in a pot of soup!”
Recipe: Cut one sheet of dried kombu into 5cm strips and boil them in
a pot of water for a few minute. Pluck out the kombu strips and add the
water to your bath. Yuzu
Yuzu is a smallish Asian citrus fruit, kind of like a cross between a
lemon and a mandarin orange. They have a pleasant citrus aroma and are
said to promote circulation and reduce sensitivity to cold, making them a
very popular winter bath add-in. In fact, taking a yuzu bath on the
winter solstice is a common tradition. The citric acid and vitamin C in
the peel is also supposed to be good for your skin.
Recipe: This one’s easy. Just throw a few in the bath as is. Mikan
Also in the citrus family, we have the mikan orange. Not only are
they delicious, they are said to prevent dangerous drops in body
temperature. A bath raises your body temperature and adding mikan to the
mix is said to keep that temperature up longer, allowing your
temperature to slowly return to normal rather than dropping off sharply
when you step from the bath into the cold air (traditionally, bathrooms
are not heated in Japan).
Recipe: After eating your mikan, tear the peel into little strips for
drying. You can do this by putting them outside in the sun for a week
or by microwaving them on a paper towel for about two minutes. Tie up
the peel from 3-5 mikans in a piece of cloth or handkerchief and add
this to the bath. Garlic
You may not want to try this one if you are expecting anyone to
cuddle with you afterwards, but garlic is supposed to be good for blood
circulation, making it good for beating the chills. It’s also said to
relieve nerve pain and be good for the skin.
Recipe: Put one bulb of peeled, raw garlic in a tea sac or similar
bag and add to the bath. If the smell is too much for you, add a slice
of lemon. Wine
OK, this one might be less about the health benefits and more about
promoting the annual release of Beaujolais Nouveau in Novemeber, but the
Yunessun resort in Hakone holds a wine bath every year that is very
popular among Japanese and quirky-Japanese-experience-seeking tourists.
Supposedly, red wine is good for your skin and this recipe is easily
recreated at home.
Recipe: Dump some red wine in your bath. Or drink it. That works too.
The creation of the now ubiquitous California roll helped to propel sushi forward, as crab and avocado were more palatable to Americans than slabs of glistening raw fish. Cosmopolitan cities like New York and Chicago soon followed suit with sushi spots of their own, and by the late 1980s, sushi was a full-on craze, with an enormous rise in the number of Japanese restaurants towards the end of the decade and into the 1990s.
Japan
Airlines (JAL) will be serving the special in-flight meal - Air
Kentucky Fried Chicken - on their international flights from Dec 1
through Feb 28.
Air Kentucky Fried Chicken includes bite-sized fried chicken, green
salad, coleslaw, biscuit, and chocolate nut cake. It will be served
before arrival in Premium Economy class and Economy class on flights
from Narita (Tokyo) to Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Boston, New
York, London, Frankfurt, Paris, and Helsinki.
Between
1945 and ’72, the U.S. ruled the islands, and to this day the U.S.
military controls two of them — Kuba and Taisho. The U.S. used Kuba for
bombing practice until 1978. The status-of-forces agreement between
Tokyo and Washington says that “the facilities and areas used by the
United States armed forces shall be returned to Japan whenever they are
no longer needed for purposes of this Agreement.” Yet the pair of
islands remains under U.S. control 35 years after the U.S. last
conducted bombing runs there.
Sankei via Getty Images
Three of the eight islands
In
fact, Japanese citizens cannot land on either of the islands without
first getting permission from the U.S. military, Akira Kato, a
professor of political science at Tokyo’s Obirin University, said in an
April report by the East-West Center in Washington, D.C.
In fact, ex-yakuza members can have trouble fitting into normal society due to their missing digits. Fortunately for rehabilitated citizens, there are a few companies that can give them new fingers.
Perhaps influenced by Scandinavian smorgasbords, at some point in time “Viking” became the word used to describe buffets in Japan, and by extension certain all-you-can-eat promotions. The Japanese language lacks a “v” sound though, so the pronunciation became corrupted to baikin
U.S. ambassadors to Japan can be grouped into three categories, Nakayama said. They are big political names, Japan experts and those with close ties to the president. Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale and former Senator Mike Mansfield fall into the first type. Edwin Reischauer, President Kennedy’s envoy, would be the second.
TOKYO — The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo may still be almost seven years away,
but it's never too early to get psyched for the Japanese setting with a
video of men in business suits dancing like robots.
The video "Welcome to Tokyo" was created by World Order,
a Japanese group whose previous choreographed music videos on YouTube
have garnered millions of views. They've stayed true to their name,
dancing from Japan to places like the United States capital.
You can see the group perform their characteristic slow-motion dancing
amid crowds at markets and on the streets of Tokyo as they sing about
the rhythm of love, hope and building a bridge for the world in their
native Japanese.
Their characteristic style of dance features things like dramatically
walking in sync punching into the air. At times the highly choreographed
dancing looks almost like synchronised swimming, but in business suits
and without the water.
The end of the video asks, in English, "Are we ok?" Yes, you are more than ok. You are wonderfully entertaining.
Gasoline
prices reach highest level since Oct 2008
Aug. 08, 2013 - 06:41AM JST
TOKYO — The average retail price of
regular gasoline topped 160 yen this week for the first time since October
2008.
The Agency for Natural Resources and
Energy said Wednesday that the highest price on Monday was 160.1($1.66 us)
yen per liter ($7.02
us per gallon) in Kochi Prefecture, Sankei Shimbun reported. Prices
were up in all prefectures, with the highest being in Kochi (up 6.2 yen over
last week) and Tottori (up 4 yen over last week).
The agency said the rising prices
were due to the weak yen and turmoil in Egypt which has pushed up the price of
crude oil.
Few people are granted access to the radioactive Fukushima
exclusion zone in Japan, which remains abandoned and frozen in time on March
11, 2011 -- the day a massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami caused a triple
nuclear meltdown in the city. Channel 4's Alex Thomson ...
Sport
fisherman Henry Liebman, from Seattle, holds his record-breaking
shortraker rockfish at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game office on
Friday in Sitka, Alaska. The fish measured more than 40 inches and
weighed almost 40 pounds.
On March 11th 2011 Japan was hit by the greatest tsunami in a thousand years.
Through compelling testimony from 7-10 year-old survivors, this film reveals how
the deadly wave and the Fukushima nuclear accident have changed children's
lives forever.
The story unfolds at two key locations: a primary school where 74 children were
killed by the tsunami; and a school close to the Fukushima nuclear plant,
attended by children evacuated from the nuclear exclusion zone.
Credits
Director : Dan Reed
Producer : Dan Reed
Executive Producer : Alex Cooke
Writer : Dan Reed
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Norman Grubb gave this series of addresses in 1954 at the Evangelical Missionary Association of Japan and Deeper Life Conference in Karuizawa, Japan. In these eight days of love and fellowship he pours out his own 'missionary heart' to them as only one who has "walked their walk" can do!
The creation of the now ubiquitous California roll helped to propel sushi forward, as crab and avocado were more palatable to Americans than slabs of glistening raw fish. Cosmopolitan cities like New York and Chicago soon followed suit with sushi spots of their own, and by the late 1980s, sushi was a full-on craze, with an enormous rise in the number of Japanese restaurants towards the end of the decade and into the 1990s.
TOKYO —
Japan
Airlines (JAL) will be serving the special in-flight meal - Air
Kentucky Fried Chicken - on their international flights from Dec 1
through Feb 28.
In fact, ex-yakuza members can have trouble fitting into normal society due to their missing digits. Fortunately for rehabilitated citizens, there are a few companies that can give them new fingers. 
Perhaps influenced by Scandinavian smorgasbords, at some point in time “Viking” became the word used to describe buffets in Japan, and by extension certain all-you-can-eat promotions. The Japanese language lacks a “v” sound though, so the pronunciation became corrupted to baikin
U.S. ambassadors to Japan can be grouped into three categories, Nakayama said. They are big political names, Japan experts and those with close ties to the president. Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale and former Senator Mike Mansfield fall into the first type. Edwin Reischauer, President Kennedy’s envoy, would be the second.
TOKYO — The average retail price of
regular gasoline topped 160 yen this week for the first time since October
2008.
The Agency for Natural Resources and
Energy said Wednesday that the highest price on Monday was 160.1($1.66 us)
yen per liter ($7.02
us per gallon) in Kochi Prefecture, Sankei Shimbun reported. Prices
were up in all prefectures, with the highest being in Kochi (up 6.2 yen over
last week) and Tottori (up 4 yen over last week). 
