News from Asakusa Asakusa today.The 51st Shoe Blessing Festival Market is currently being held at… 2025.11.22
BLOG , Home Cooking , Seasonal Topics Hot pot is one of the most lovedwinter meals in Japan. You can add all kinds of ingredients- vegetables, meat, fish, and tofu- and enjoy them gently cooking together in the pot. Hot pot soups vary, from simple kelp dashi to richer with soy sauce- or miso- based broths. The ingredients themselves bring beautiful flavour to the soup.This is buta-shabu, one of our favourites. Simply cook any chopped vegetables left in the fredge in dashi, add thinly sliced pork, and let it cook until the colour changes. Then roll the vegetables together with the meat. It’s especially delicious with ponzu, a citrus and soy sauce condiment.Our tip for dashi: kelp as usual- and plenty of garlic! 2025.11.21
News from Asakusa Asakusa today.The 2nd Sumida River Tour will be held at Sakurabashi Bridge, whi… 2025.11.16
News from Asakusa Asakusa today.The 13th Hirosaki Neputa Asakusa Festival is currently being held… 2025.11.15
BLOG Can you guess the secret ingredient in these little finger pieces?It’s a playful creation made with canned pork luncheon meat, simply layered with sliced cheese.I love the cross-section – it looks beautiful even though the idea is very simple. This is my style of cooking: easy, but full of fun and creativity! 2025.11.14
News from Asakusa A notice.The popular Asakusa Geisha Ozashiki Odori dance will be held for the f… 2025.11.14
BLOG Why not try this quick and easy miso soup with canned yakitori and cheese? My original recipe uses the latest tinned yakitori- kimchi-flavoured- along with cheese, nira, ginger, and garlic. Packed with these ingredients, it will warm you up from the inside- perfect for a cold winter day! 2025.11.11
News from Asakusa notice.Asakusa Tourism Federation event cover girl for the 2025 “Asakusa … 2025.11.11
News from Asakusa Asakusa today.The rain stopped and the blue sky became visible.A taxi got lost … 2025.11.09
BLOG , Home Cooking , Ingredients Surigoma, or ground sesame, is ready to use straight from the pack. Of course, it’s much more fragrant if you roast and grind the seeds just before cooking, but in everyday life we don’t always have much time. So I sometimes use this kind of ready- made products- it’s really handy. Sesame comes in white, black, and golden varieties. 2025.11.08