This time of year I reflect fondly upon the times when I would join my Japanese friends for picnics in public parks in Tokyo.

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The Japanese dish ochazuke (or rice submerged in green tea) has always been a bit of a head-scratcher for me. It’s basically leftover rice decorated with bits of savory toppings doused in hot ...

Once the rice is cooked ... the kind for Japanese barbecue, not the thinly sliced meat for shabu-shabu/hotpot. It is easy to slice the meat yourself, though. The amount of topping is sufficient ...

TOKYO -- Japanese discount store chain Don Quijote has scored a big hit with foreign visitors to Japan who can't get enough of its raw-egg-flavor rice topping. At Tokyo's Mega Don Quijote Shibuya ...