Japanese Buddhist vegetarian cuisine If you are ever in Japan, please try some different Japanese food or Washoku. Some has meat and some, like the type described below, is vegetarian and has a long history. 精進料理をいただくEnjoy Japanese vegetarian food By YAMAMOTO Hiroshi 今回は「精進料理」を紹介します。 精進料理とは、肉や魚を使わないで、野菜や穀物、豆腐、海藻、木の実、果物などの植物性の食材のみで作った料理のことです。 これは道元というお坊さんが、仏教の教えである生き物を殺すことをしないで作る料理...
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Enjoy Japanese vegetarian food Featured
Japanese Buddhist vegetarian cuisine If you are ever in Japan, please try some different Japanese food or Washoku. Some has meat and some, like the type described below, is vegetarian and has a long history. 精進料理をいただくEnjoy Japanese vegetarian food By YAMAMOTO Hiroshi 今回は「精進料理」を紹介します。 精進料理とは、肉や魚を使わないで、野菜や穀物、豆腐、海藻、木の実、果物などの植物性の食材のみで作った料理のことです。 これは道元というお坊さんが、仏教の教えである生き物を殺すことをしないで作る料理...
Japanese people and rice Featured
Rice in Japan Rice is the staple food in Japan. It is eaten daily by people – often for all three meals in a day. But there are some reports that as Japan modernized and society underwent changes, other food started to be consumed as an alternative more and more. And this included bread and noodles. In this blog for Japanese learners, Japanese teacher Yukiko Takane explains the connection that ...
Lovely melon buns Featured
Bread in Japan Bread first arrived in Japan with the Portuguese in the 16th Century. After that Japan became closed to trade for 400 years, until the end of the Edo period, so it was not until the last few centuries that bread eating became popular in Japan. There are many bakeries all over Japan and many types of bread that are unique to Japan. In this blog for Japanese learners, Japanese teach...
Pre-match food Featured
Japanese food for all occasions Japanese people like to celebrate different occasions with special food. Washoku is a cuisine that often combines decorative elements of the ingredients to celebrate a specific meaning or event. There are unique dishes to celebrate the New Year, Girl's Day and a host of other holidays or special days in the calendar. In this blog for Japanese language learners, J...
Chill or heat the body Featured
Chinese medicine in Japan Chinese medicine is known as Kanpo in Japan. It is based on herbal medicine that has a long and traditional history and was brought to Japan from China around the 5th century. It is often viewed as alternative medicine by most people in modern Japan, but you can also use the national health insurance to receive herbal remedies, so it is officially acknowledged as a via...