BLOG , Home Cooking This is a very simple and easy soup to make at home. It is made with tororo-konbu, which are shavings of kelp, soy sauce and hot boiling water. 2025.03.14 2025.09.06 BLOG , Home Cooking This is a very simple and easy soup to make at home. It is made with tororo-konbu, which are shavings of kelp, soy sauce and hot boiling water. Post Share 記事のタイトルとURLをコピーする A yellowpeach punch with shiratama dango and amazake.This is a fruit punch made with shiratama dumprings and amazake.Matcha green tea powder is add... 前の記事 Asakusa today.The 2024 “Star Handprint” Awards Ceremony was held at… 次の記事 Other blogs Vintage Soy Sauce I found a special aged soy sauce from Yamaya in Kumamoto Prefecture. 2025.07.15 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 Soramame, or broad beans are in season in early summer. In Asakusa, they are especially loved because they appear around the same time as the Sanjya Festival- Sanjya Matsuri, held in May. It is often said that when soramame are on the table, the Sanjya Festival is just around the corner. 2025.05.16
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
Soramame, or broad beans are in season in early summer. In Asakusa, they are especially loved because they appear around the same time as the Sanjya Festival- Sanjya Matsuri, held in May. It is often said that when soramame are on the table, the Sanjya Festival is just around the corner. 2025.05.16
