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Another Practical Guide

December 03, 2018

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Another Practical Guide
on how to act
in Japan.

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https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/japan-tourist-faux-pas/index.html

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Dojo Sukui Manju

Dojo Sukui Manju I got these manju at Marukai at one of their regional road shows. They looked kind of cute, vaguely familiar, and I thought the boys might like them. It turns out that the character is vaguely familiar because it comes from a classic traditional comical dance called Dojo Sukui (scooping loaches), and sometimes a mask is used. The manju is in the form of the mask or dancer's face. The dance, and another called Yasugibushi, and manju are from Yasugi in Shimane Prefecture. Shimane is north of Hiroshima on the Sea of Japan. Have you seen Dojo Sukui or the manju? [link, art, Japan, JT]

Petites Gaufres

Petites Gaufres So we lifted one of these little (actually large) wafers from Rob's box to sample. Nice crisp, light, wafers that sandwich a smear of mildly sweet flavored cream filling. Seems like a very Japanese take of a French confection that would go well with tea. A little search reveals that this particular confectioner, Fugetsu-Do, is a traditional bakery with a long (115 years) history in Motomachi in Kobe. http://fugetsudo-kobe.jp/en/ Their gaufres are perhaps the most well known? There is another Fugetsudo in Ueno in Tokyo that may be related to the Kobe one as the logo of a crescent on a fan is the same? That one has been around even longer -- 270 years! http://www.fugetsudo-ueno.co.jp/ _ Located in the heart of Ueno, Ueno Fugetsudo Main store is the ideal place to pick up gifts and souvenirs of your visit to Tokyo, such as boxes of gaufre and Tokyo Castella cake as well as a number of limited-edition products available only at the Main store._) The Kobe petit gaufres ...

Zaru Soba

Zaru Soba often with tempura has long been a go to meal for us in Japan. So we jumped right in for our first dinner at Aburaya across from Nagano Eki. A well run and comfortable place with a spacious interior and delicious food. They even have their own furikake for soba. http://n-aburaya.com/ 2014.04 [restaurant, noodle, mmm, JT]

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