I've always been a bread girl. I don't eat nearly as much now as I did in my younger years (rice is more of a staple in the Uncover Japan household) but oh, it's torture to walk past a bakery here and not buy something. And when it comes to breakfasts, I leave the eggs to my... Continue Reading →
Good Eats: Nokkedon at Furukawa Market (Aomori)
Most visitors to Japan never make it up to Aomori, the northernmost prefecture on Japan's "main" island of Honshu. To them, Japan means Tokyo and sushi means "Tsukiji", the market where a disproportionate amount of the world's seafood is brought to be bought and traded. I once thought that Tsukiji was the "be all and... Continue Reading →