Despised Snack ...

... one of the truly terrible things we ate last time in Japan were grilled snacks called dango - they looked fantastic, grilled over charcoal and then smothered in a sweet sauce, but they turned out to be no more than doughy blobs of badness. We had no choice but to take a picture like this to mock the dreaded dango.

Simplexity

October 3rd 2016
Geo: 35.4973, 138.755Japan can be a funny place - while there are some aspects of life and culture here that are beautiful in their simplicity, there are others that are overly complex. More often than not, things that appear simple at first, end up being overly complex. It's a uniquely Japanese quality, so for the purposes of this discussion, we'll call it Japanese Simplexity! A good ex ... read more

Asia » Japan

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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