Food/Drink

Shojin Ryori

Shojin Ryori is a type of Buddhist cuisine that is followed by monks and many believers from areas historically influenced by Chinese Buddhism. Today, I’d like to introduce a restaurant in Roppongi that offers Shojin Ryori called “Sougo”. https://www.sougo.tokyo/about_e.html Shojin Ryori that Sougo provides is a casual vegetarian cuisine, which follows the profound spirit of […]

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Culture/History | Food/Drink

Key to longer lives – Part 3

Effect of fermented soy-bean foods on health A lot of people in Japan know that “Natto”, Japanese fermented soy bean dish, has very good health benefits, which has now been officially confirmed by the research. The National Cancer Center Japan (“NCC”) announced that based on its research, people who eat fermented soy-based foods such as […]

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Culture/History | Food/Drink

Key to longer lives – Part 1

According to Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, life expectancy of Japanese men and women were 81.25 years old and 87.32 years old, respectively in 2018. So why Japanese people live so long..? Japanese food One answer to the question above is definitely the food that Japanese people eat on a daily basis. You may […]

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