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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 7 days ago (http://thesoulofjapan.blogspot.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: edible flowers chrysanthemum
This article explores the meaning of the chrysanthemum and its edibility. A picture is shown with links to explain what exactly a chrysanthemum is and how it tastes. This flower is a true delicatessen. read more »
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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 40 days ago (http://www.japantoday.com)
Category: Foreigners | Tags: labor hit hard
Downturn in Japanese economy has effective the foreign laborers' market. A very interesting story about how a foreign who had a pie-in-the-sky dream, hit rock bottom waiting in the unemployment line. read more »
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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 40 days ago (http://www.suntory.co.jp)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: white yoghur pepsi
First cucumber pepsi, now yoghurt pepsi ! Wow. This stuff is not too bad. It's white and available at major convenience stores all over Japan. read more »
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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 43 days ago (http://thesoulofjapan.blogspot.com)
Category: Sightseeing | Tags: hakone moonlit quiet work hotspring
Bathing under a moonlit starry night sky deep in Hakone, away from the humdrum of work and ridiculously overly obsequious people. Another place of quiet respite, sitting in silent lucidity. read more »
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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 43 days ago (http://thesoulofjapan.blogspot.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: chicken karaage
Make no mistake ladies and gentleman chicken karaage should be the main staple of the Japanese diet. read more »
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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 46 days ago (http://www.japantoday.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: natto kume sukiyaki
The original article doesn't do this product any justice at all. I'm speaking from personal experience and as a natto lover so please read this. I am the king of natto !

I have sampled just about every natto product in Japan and I'm here to say that kume natto is one of the best. With th read more »
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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 46 days ago (http://yokohamaramen.blogspot.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: zaru ramen
What I'll probably miss most about summer is zaru ramen. Cold noodles dipped in delicious sauce over a nice ice cold beer. read more »
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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 51 days ago (http://thesoulofjapan.blogspot.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: echizen fukui
Firstly, I am a local foods geek. I love local specialties from Japan. One of my favorite dishes is called Echizen oroshi soba noodles which uses graded daikon radish – not a very common topping for soba in Japan. The nice texture and sweetness really makes this a great specialty item from this p read more »
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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 51 days ago (http://thesoulofjapan.blogspot.com)
Category: Food and Drink | Tags: chinese food bamiyan tokyo
Ever have a taste for Chinese food then look no further because this restaurant is all over Japan ! read more »
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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 51 days ago (http://www.japantoday.com)
Category: News | Tags: ambassador japan visit
Now this is an interesting article. I wonder who'd be the best foreign candidate for the job ? I nominate myself. read more »
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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 52 days ago (http://edition.cnn.com)
Category: Sightseeing | Tags: no room foreigners cnn
I pulled this snippet off CNN this morning about Japanese ryoukans refusing foreigner guests. Interesting read. read more »
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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 52 days ago (http://thesoulofjapan.blogspot.com)
Category: Photography | Tags: autumn ms. hakone beauty
Autumn is a woman. She's beautiful. She's stretching. She's yearning. read more »
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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 55 days ago (http://thesoulofjapan.blogspot.com)
Category: Sightseeing | Tags: autumn kansai turkey
This is a simple post by a simple guy who finds beauty in the things we take for granted. read more »
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Avatar Posted by mcalpine 56 days ago (http://thesoulofjapan.blogspot.com)
Category: Girls | Tags: jukujo craze cadillac
The latest craze in Japan is the Jukujo, not the cute little 20 something, pretty as a Christmas cake,hazakashii doll face Japanese lady. Introducing the Cadillac of Ladies. read more »
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