Living japan :

Tokyo Tower

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We've been living in Japan for almost 4 years (in Tokyo for almost 3), yet we had never before been inside Tokyo Tower , one of the more well-known icons of Tokyo. I've been to a few towers around Japan, including the Umeda Sky Building during our[...]

Navidad 2009

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We celebrated Christmas this year with a couple of my Japanese mum friends and their toddlers at our humble abode. Yuki and Mariko are ex-students who gave me lots of help (and stuff) to prepare for Zak's birth, and it was really good to see them[...]

Japanese Melon

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A sample of an ordinary melon here in japan, ordinary? yes, these one is only 1,000 yen.. we haven`t tried the pricey one.. but these melon really is sweet.. love the texture and the sweetness.. and now, after tasting these one, we would love to try[...]

Our New Fridge

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Nothing extraordinary, just a simple fridge for the two of us, it was delivered last Sunday. The fridge's freezer is at the bottom part, so we can easily access the commonly used stuff without bending a bone, lazy lazy.....kidding aside, its more[...]

Baby Leaf Salad

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Baby? yes.. there are ten (10), different kinds of baby leaves in our salad.. 1. Pino green 2. Mizuna 3. Red Romaine 4. Mibuna 5. Tasai 6. Red Asian Mustard 7. Rukkora or Arugula 8. Red oak 9. Spinach 10. Detroit- ?? just added[...]

Sashimi: Maguro

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We spent our Sunday enjoying ourselves at a nearby city, Takasaki, and with that we did our weekly grocery yesternight. Hubby bought some sashimi , for he`s been wanting to have one for quite some time now, just a simple sashimi, maguro[...]

It's summertime!

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Summertime in Japan for me is not just about (enduring) the humidity and muggy warmth, but also about the matsuri (festival) season that it entails. We'd experienced amazing and unforgettable matsuri during our year-long stay in inaka[...]

French Macaroons

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choco and strawberry YUM Been out for a couple of days and I guess you know why... yes! its getting colder so I`m getting lazier, actually was busy last Friday, our friends came over, prepared some dish, get a little drunk and[...]

Chicken Teriyaki

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Are you familiar with Farmville (FV)? it`s one of Facebook Application/Games. Hubby and I loves spending some of our time playing that, we have one farm, coz we only have one Facebook account. Anyway, if you are playing FV you would know about[...]

Improbable Quiche

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I don't know why this quiche is called impossible, because it really is possibly the easiest quiche one could make! Perhaps it's referring to the relative improbability that mixing all the ingredients would produce a great pie dish? I was rather[...]