Japanese Culture

I’ve tried google searching japanese sites and I found a couple good ones, including asianfoodgrocers and veryasia, but I was wondering if theres a better site. I’m looking for a site with decent prices and shipping rates, and lots of food variety. I especially want Japanese bread, which I’m finding isn’t very common on online shops. Please give me a list of as many japanese online shops you know, preferably only ones you know are reliable.

Hmart is Korean, however they do have some Japanese goods.
http://www.hmart.com/ reliable? yes.
how to get free shipping:
http://www.hmart.com/event/2012_bts_spring.asp

J List (Japanese):
http://www.jlist.com/category/822
I’ve only ordered from here once, and it was a good experience.

Mitsuwa:
http://shop.mitsuwa.com/eng/eindex.php

Mt. Fuji
http://japanesefood.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=japanesefood&cdn=food&tm=68&f=00&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&st=10&zu=http%3A//www.mountfuji.co.uk/acatalog/Japanese_Food_Shop.html

I’m looking for easy, cheap and fun Japanese food I can cook for all my flatmates. I only have 4 hobs, a microwave, toaster and a kettle and a portable oven.

Make mochi ice cream!
How to do it:
Mix flour, sugar, vanila and water in a bowl until it turns into a paste. Put it in the microwave for 1 and a half minutes or until the dough is cooked through all the way.
Roll out the dough and wrap it around scoops of ice cream.

I have to do an assignment for Japanese and we have to find 3 foods from Japan and explain where they originate from. I chose Okayu but I can’t find where it comes from, maybe you could just tell me where it’s mainly eaten?

?? (okayu) — is a Japanese form of congee served to invalids and is often an infants first food. Congee, the food, was prevalent in China as early as the pre-Qin period (221 – 207 B.C.) and may have originated there. The congee recipes used in India show Chinese influence. The origin of the food is somewhat confused as the word "congee" itself is believed to have originated with the Dravdian people of India.

I’m learning, or trying to learn, Japanese. The book I have is good but it says "ryouri" is "food, cooking." Do they mean cooking as a noun or a verb?
I am confused because they also say that "Japanese food" is "Nihon ryouri." So if you wanted to ask the question above wouldn’t it be redundant because you would be saying "ryouri" twice?

"ryouri" is a noun; "ryouri suru" when used as a verb

most commonly used form is "nihon ryouri dekimasu ka?" or "nihon ryouri tsukuremasu ka?"

I live in a small town with very few items to choose from. We have a Walmart and an HEB grocery and both of the Asian aisles are frankly quite disgraceful.

I need a site that is reliable and fairly priced to order Japanese food from.

Anyone have a good recommendation?

http://www.marukaiestore.com

I’m from Japan and I have been to different websites to purchase Japanese food.
This one is the best!!!

Hey,
So I was in an Asian store buying food and I noticed that a lot of the food products have French writing on them (as well as Japanese)
Does anyone know why this is?
Thankyou!

It will depend on the country you were in, but in many SE Asian countries, Vietnam and Cambodia were French Colonies and French is one of their major languages.

The people in Japan live the longest, healthiest lives, with the lowest obesity rate. Therefore their diet must be good!!!
Japanese food is yummy but I have never prepared any myself. I want to start reverting my diet from more western to more like the Japanese, how would I start?
Like what groceries should I have right from the start, what are some simple but good meals I could start with, any meal ideas?
Do you think this is a good idea?

Japanese cuisine is renowned for its emphasis on fresh, seasonal ingredients with the key ingredients of most meals being rice, soup and a main dish. Seafood features heavily in Japanese cuisine. The following are some healthy Japanese food that you can easily add to your diet.

Healthy Japanese Food
http://japan-australia.blogspot.com/2011/02/healthy-japanese-food.html

The key to Japanese cooking is using the right ingredients. The following is a list of the essential Japanese pantry ingredients.
http://japan-australia.blogspot.com/2010/03/basic-japanese-cooking-pantry.html

I usually eat Japanese food during the weeks and of course I mean that I cook it myself. But this week I have had a stomach bug so my stomach is very weak. That is why I wonder what kind of Japanese food is very easy on the stomach and yet easy to cook. Plus I don’t want to go hungry since I will be doing regular exercise as usual. Any tips?
Any particular dishes you can recommend?

Normally in Japan, when we are sick or have a weak stomach, we eat Okayu, which is like a thick porridge or soup of rice. It is very easy to digest and eat when you don’t feel well.

were doing a project at school and im doing japan but we need to make the page interesting maybe stick things on it like its risen off the page abit and ive got pictures of japanese food but dont know how to put them on the page and what else to stick on to make it interesting
Any Ideas ? thanks

djmadawa
thats my skype id
add me on skype i will make some for you..

I research about Japanese food, so I would like to hear your opinion. Please tell me your opinion.

I love Japanese food. It is one of the healthiest in the world. The Japanese Cooking technique is to preserve and enhance the natural flavour of ingredients. Their respect for using ingredients in season means produce is fresh and full of flavour. It is also extremely well presented and almost seen as an art-form in Japan.

Japanese Cooking
http://japan-australia.blogspot.com/2011/01/cooking-japanese-food.html