What is pickled base called “358”? The pickled base made of salt, koji, and rice called “358 (three, five, eight in Japanese)” is a product of Fukushima prefecture used as an ingredient for Japanese food. As the name indicates, the product is made by mixing salt, koji, and steamed rice in the ratio 3:5:8. By […]
Month: May 2020
Hibi – 10 minutes aroma Today I’d like to introduce a 10-minute aroma that you can easily enjoy at home or anywhere you might be as it is light and portable. The aroma is called “Hibi” and is a bit different from a stick of Japanese incense that you may have seen before. The incense […]
What is Hagi-yaki? According to Wikipedia, Hagi ware (“Hagi-yaki”) is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally originated from the town of Hagi, Yamaguchi, in the former Nagto Province. If you search “Hagi-yaki” on internet, you could find a lot of pictures and explanation of it so I would pass on those in this article but […]