From traditional tea ceremonies and cooking lessons to relaxing with owls and revving through the streets, these are traveler’s picks for the best things to do while you’re seeing Japan.
cooking (Page 19)
Mothers always say to their daughters, “You’ll understand when you’re a mother,” and it’s so true.
Satisfied diners say the food was “delicious.”
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Meg steps into the SoraKitchen, and steps back out with a strawberry shortcake in record time.
Here’re the simple secrets behind these mysterious eggs that video game fans and foodies alike have fallen in love with.
The next new trend for gourmets is green tea pastes, in four differently coloured tea varieties.
Possibly the world’s first knife where the soft grip wrapping and slicing edge are made of the same thing.
Samurai-style swordsmithing techniques can be used to create a professional knife from just about anything.
SoraNews24 goes back to the kitchen to go back in time as we taste-test the first written record of how to make curry in Japan.
Meg decides to get back to basics by using the natural cooling power of snow to create a delicious matcha dessert.
As the old saying goes, the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, not through sewage pipes.
A tasty, clever way to say “We’re just friends” in a country where women give chocolate to both lovers and platonic male acquaintances on February 14.
In Japan, women give chocolate to men on Valentine’s Day, but are guys going to get what they really want?
Who needs love, when you’ve got friends, and 15.2 people’s worth of chocolate? And we can at least help with the last one, with a yummy recipe!
No magical powers required to create sweets, ice cubes, and juice snacks that look like the anime’s Silver Crystal and more.
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