Food & Drink How Did Eggs Become an Everyday Food in Japan?
Poultry Farming and Egg Distribution in the Meiji and Taisho ErasDropping an egg into a bowl of soba may seem completely...
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Food & Drink When Did Tsukimi Become Something We Eat?
What is tsukimi? Learn how tsukimi dango differs from tsukimi soba, udon, and modern tsukimi burgers, and why these foods are called “tsukimi.”
Food & Drink The Summer When Japan First Tasted the Fizz
How Cider and Ramune Brought a New Kind of Joy to the Meiji EraDuring the Meiji era, Japanese people encountered a fasci...
Food & Drink A Japanese Summer Tradition: Making Red Shiso Juice at Home
A Summer Drink That Captures the Colors of the SeasonFor generations, Japanese families have found many ways to make the...
Food & Drink Bento Boxes and the Birth of School Lunch in Meiji Japan
How children’s lunches reveal a changing societyWhen lunchtime came, children opened the lids of their bento boxes.Today...
Food & Drink What Is the “32 Chews” Health Method? The History of Fletcherism in Japan
From the Meiji to the Taisho period in Japan, a dietary practice known as the “32-chew method” briefly attracted attenti...