This tempura restaurant has been operating for 67 years. A feature of Asakusa tempura is the large volume of batter. Using sesame seed oil gives it a delicious aroma that encourages appetite.
This is 'purple puffer fish.' It is found in the neighboring waters in Hagi in Yamaguchi. Purple puffer had been mostly used for processed foods. However, when they tried it as sashimi, it tasted as just as good as tiger puffer.
Keyword: fugu, purple puffer fish, sashimi, Hgai, Yamaguchi
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
Nousaku placed his focus on tin, which was said to be too soft
to be used for tableware. If it bends, then use its flexibility as its selling point. It was undoubtedly a turnabout idea.
Keyword: Tin, Tableware, Nosaku
When the wind starts to get cold, growers begin to harvest Nori (seaweed). They use a vacuum-cleaner like machine to collect it. Raw nori gets shredded, mixed with water, and then it's poured on screens. After the water has dripped off, the nori is taken off the screens, and has a familiar nori l...
The basic flower designs made from toilet paper tubes together creates this fashionable light piece. These pieces can make cute room decorations or coasters.
Keyword: art, craft, toilet paper roll, room, decoration, coaster
'Onigawara are ridge-end roof tile depicting the face of an Oni or Japanese ogre. Since ancient times they've been used as talismans. Today, the designs for Onigawara are not limited to ogres, but include many different designs.
Keyword: roof, tile, archtecture, oni, ogre, talisman, design
Pencil lead sculpture is not limited to lettering. Miniature replica of a shishi-odoshi garden water feature is also made from pencil lead.
Chain sculpture took two months to complete.
Keyword: pencil, lead, sculpture, art
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...
There's steaming hot rice topped with sweet sauce that brings out the delicious flavor of the fluffy eel meat, plus carefully grilled large chunks of chicken on skewers. And then, the fabulous plate of sashimi. The thick tuna slices are pure luxury.
Keyword: japanese food, unagi, eel, yakitori, c...
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