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Only In Japan ...

... the restaurant offered both fans and blankets, in case you were either too hot or too cold. I imagine you might start with the blanket, but then switch to a fan once the eating got hot and heavy. They also had Q-Tips in the bathrooms in case you ate so much beef that rich, delicious beef fat oozes out of your forehead and gets into your ears. Solidified beef fat in your ears is tres gauche in Japan, after all.
Art of Sake

October 4th 2016
Geo: 35.4893, 138.688There may not be a more prime example of the Japanese proclivity for converting the simple into the complex than sake production, the art of turning rice into rice wine. As far as staples go, it doesn't get any simpler than rice, which comprises the bulk of the diets of nearly 50% of the world's population. It's a simple carbohydrate with a simple and plain tas ... read more
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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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