This is the campus of Hokkaido University, which first opened its doors in 1876 as Sapporo Agricultural College. Its historic agricultural science department is a flagship institution in Japan with a long history.
The best-selling product here is what is called 'Shibori Tomato,' or dry-farmed tomatoes grown in Tamakawa village. It looks just like other varieties of tomato, but is different. It has much higher sugar content than usual tomato.
Keyword: tomato, Tamakawa, shibori
Out came a clam bowl filled with so many clams it hides the rice. The clams have a nice texture. Wonderful smell and very succulent. This dish presents the clams at their very best. It has taken the chef years of practice to bring out this flavor.
Keyword: asari, clam bowl
In the process of making frozen udon, a huge freezer comes into play. The udon noodles are placed on serving-size trays, and frozen immediately at minus 35 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes.
Because the udon is frozen quickly at its best condition, it retains the freshly boiled texture even after defr...
The Oumi-cho market is the locals’ kitchen. There are 183 stalls, selling crab and seafood from the Japan Sea, and local Kaga-brand vegetables.
Keyword: Oumi-cho, Local, Market
You can find rare fish at this conveyor belt sushi restaurant, such as scalpel sawtail, scarbreast tuskfin, and Kamagari.
Kamagari is also called black croaker.
When you open its big "croaker," or mouth, you can see that its mouth is black inside.
Keyword: Conveyor Belt, sushi, fish, rare
Every scenes of this picture book is made of sweets. Such as the colorful castle, the merry-go-round, and even the large Ferris wheel - everything is made of cookies, cakes, chocolates and other sweet treats. It took 7,000 sweets to put together this one book.
Keyword: picture book, children, s...
This fantasy scene of a castle is a handcrafted creation of a single artist. The material he used is a common, everyday item. The other one is a representation of an airport on the ocean. For the boat, you can see the swinging lanterns and all the other minute details, such as the Japanese-style pa...
The artist loved washi masking tape, so she uses it to create something unique and different. For 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer, she has used pink and flower-pattern tape to create a pretty picture quite different in tone from the original. It took her a week to complete da Vinci's 'The La...
Everything except the loaves and French breads in this backery are 100 yen. An unbelievable 80 different varieties are there. Bean jam buns and buns filled with cream, breads with sausage hearty enough for a meal, and fancy original creations. Even sandwiches with pork cutlet and other fillings are...
Grapes need a lot of care, such as trimming the vines, pruning leaves and the fruit has to be handpicked. So much time and effort is required, but high quality grapes are traded at a good price. Okushiri grapes, grown in the sea breeze, have a rich coating of minerals. The grapes are crushed, as the...
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