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2012-12-04

Photo - Tommy Indian Food

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Lunch at a very nice, local Indian restaurant, Tommy. The pictured sets are only 800 yen each, which includes a desert and drink (not ...

Photo - Yakult Soful Yogurt

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This is Yakult's probiotic yogurt brand. ソフール ヤクルト

Photo - Meiji Love Brand Milk with Disney Characters

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Love is Meiji's fortified milk brand. It is one of several Meiji products that currently have Disney characters on the package.

Haagen Dazs Pumpkin

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Pumpkin is a popular flavor in Japan and is not used nearly enough in the West, in my opinion. This special fall pumpkin flavored variety ...
2012-12-03

Setchubai Sake from Niigata

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This is another sake I enjoyed at the tasting last week. I am not really an expert, but all the sakes were very smooth and nice. Nothing ...

McDonald's Magnet Giveaway

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In addition to selling full sets of magnets, McDonald's is giving away one magnet each with each large set. I got one of the magnets r...

30 Years of Natori Cheese Tara

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Natori is celebrating 30 years of their Cheese Tara チーズ鱈 product. These cheese strips are contain fish (cod) for extra flavor. The site ex...

Haagen Dazs Murasaki Imo

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This looks very good, but I would assume it might not do as well outside Japan. Japanese purple sweet potatoes are very popular and are a ...
2012-12-02

Natori Bite Size Beef Cubes

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Last week a reader was nice enough to contact me as she and her family were visiting Japan. We had some exchanges about foods that she fou...

Photo - Sake Tasting Shirakawago

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Shirakawago 白川郷 is a famous nitori にごり type sake from Gifu. The unfiltered rice ads flavor and this sake is pretty strong. http://www....