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Meticulously Packaged...  
   

Meticulously Packaged...

... I've never seen food items packaged so carefully like they are in Japan - these individually-wrapped eggs weren't the best example, but do give you some idea of the care that the Japanese put into everything they do. The best example we've seen so far may be the individually-packaged strawberries that are carefully placed inside of little transparent plastic boxes.
Divine Bovine

December 27th 2013
Geo: 34.68, 135.17Why is Kobe beef so exquisite - because the cows drink sake, and are given daily massages? Is it because they are fed sushi with the sake, and the massages are given by geishas, and culminate in happy endings? Without a doubt, Kobe beef is the most famous in the World, with a reputation bordering on the mythical.Today, we went to Kobe for one reason, and one reason only - t ... read more
Asia » Japan

Japanese Flag In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more
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