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Train Food and Seasonal Everything in Japan: Sakura Onigiri, Nanohana Tempura Onigiri

Posted in Japanese culture, omiyage, rice dishes (ご飯類), veg on Mar 29th, 2008

Train Food and Seasonal Everything in Japan: Sakura Onigiri, Nanohana Tempura Onigiri (さくらおにぎり・菜の花天婦羅おにぎり)

Just before catching a bullet back to Kyoto, I ducked into the omiyage/gourmet food court at Shinagawa Shinkansen Station (in Tokyo) to get some omiyage for Paku and some ‘bento’ for my two and a half hour train ride back to ‘old’ Japan.

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homecooking: Tako Meshi (Octopus Rice)

Posted in home cooking/recipes, rice dishes (ご飯類) on Feb 23rd, 2008

homecooking: Tako Meshi (Octopus Rice) タコ飯

Tako-meshi is a quick and tasty rice dish that combines octopus and rice with the flavors of ginger and shiso.
If you have always wanted to try an octopus dish, but couldn’t quite muster the courage for raw, fermented, etc this might be just the dish to try!

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