Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts

2011-03-08

How to open the can

Recentry cans are not necesasry to use the can opener because there are with tab to open.
Japanese many can's tab has just this shape.
Tab floats above top of the can to open easily.
The yakitori can.Yakitori is a Japanese popular poultry foods.










When you open the can it is easy to open having some space between tab and top for insert finger.

There was no space when the can with tab had started to sell in Japan.
I had struggled to open the can but now I can open very easy.
Mackerel can










how about your country's cans?
The pasta source can

2011-03-06

My favorite food "Tofu"

Very famous Japanese and Chinese food "tofu".
Tofu made from soy beans and it is very healthy.

package
Tofu are almost having white and square shape.
How does that tast?











Actually tofu's tast is very bland but somehow very good.
In Edo era that was abot 150years ago, there were over 100 recipis in Japan, perhaps China was more recipis than Japan.
I like tofu and cook some dishes, put into miso soup and mabo-dofu and hiya-yakko.
Mabo-dofu is a Chinese food a little hot, it increase appetite.
Hiya-yakko is the most simple dish I think, that is only cut the tofu into easy size to eat and pour soy souce and some herbs put on if you want. In summer, cold yiha-yakko is good for to take nutrition

Japanese clothing shop worker's job

Look at this picture carefully.
This picture is a Japanese clothing shop "UNIQLO".











Do you know that?

Wow, this collapsed T-shirt can be seen and understood that what print it them.
"NARUTO" that is Japanese very popular manga(cartoon) are designed these T-shirt.
The left ones are Naruto and the right ones are Sasuke (He is a Itachi's younger brother).

Not the all shops are doing same things, but many Japanese workers are thinking what I need to do now for customers.
This is the Japanese worker's job.

Or it is too much work?

2011-02-24

Tatami's life

Tatami is Japanese traditional floor in the room.
Tatami is made of rush grass called "igusa" that is a kind of grass like rice.
Igusa is long grass and for strong corruption and bugs.

But recently Japanese houses have been getting without use tatami because tatami have to change surface regularly and flooring is easier to cleanig.
This picture is my room's tatami.

If you want to feel the taste of tatami easily, you'd buy goza.
Goza is the cheaper than tatami and you can buy at amazon.com.
Goza is a part of tatami's surface like a mat or carpet.
It is very light weight so you can bring and spread out everywhere in the hose and even outdoor if you want.
It can collapse or roll to small, so it is very convenient to bring.
In summer, spread goza over flooring and you lay yourself on it, you can feel cool and have a good nap.


Google image search "Tatami"
http://www.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&source=imghp&biw=1240&bih=939&q=%E7%95%B3&btnG=%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

Google image search "goza"
http://www.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&newwindow=1&biw=1240&bih=939&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1&sa=1&q=%E3%81%94%E3%81%96&aq=f&aqi=g5g-r5&aql=&oq=