When my friends and I desperately needed a break from Japan, we decided to escape to Korea. Here’s what we found in the land of kimchi and crazy pop stars. Continue reading »
The JWs spend their Easter Sunday at the annual Spring sumo exhibition in Ise, Mie. Much wrestling, cheering, laughing, salt-throwing, chest-pumping and wedgie-picking ensues. Continue reading »
The JWs visit Restaurant Fleur, where the chef creates local food at its best, by making all of his dishes from ingredients collected in the garden that morning, and Thousand Winds cafe at the nearby Fishing Sanctuary. Continue reading »
In their second stint as press sidekicks, the JWs make tracks around the 2012 Tokyo Game Show – 50,000 footsteps worth of tracks, to be exact. Tune in for exclusive photos, tales and secrets of TGS 2012! Continue reading »
Part review, part shameless plug, genkiduck shares her thoughts on Kevin Schut’s recently published book on Video Games & Christianity that she played a role in the making of. Continue reading »
This vegetarian dahl is simple yet full-bodied. It has pleased both my vegan friends as well as my meat-a-tarians (it’s a personal choice). Most importantly, you can easily customize this recipe to suit your own tastes! Continue reading »
A fusion of flavours served up by the Nepalese diaspora in Japan and some semi-traditional Japanese ingredients. Although I’ve yet to see kabocha made into a soup anywhere in Japan, I eat it almost on a weekly basis as a curry at my favourite Nepalese restaruant. It is also omnipresent in most of my work bentos. Continue reading »
Basic yet flavourful: the perfect base to a soup. Tailor this simple vegetable stock recipe to suit your soups. Continue reading »
I’ve started contributing to a new website project called “Mie as Cool” as my alter-ego Janelle Weibelzahl (who’s that?!). Here’s my first made-for-mieiscool post! Continue reading »
My students give a little window into their Japanese high school life through comics they made for me in English class. Continue reading »
In honour of Pancake Day, genkiduck reveals the secret of how exactly she laces her pancakes with “crack,” without getting deported. Continue reading »
