Hyper Japan – the largest Japanese festival in the UK returned to London after a three-year break on the 22nd to 24th July. While the last couple of Hyper Japan …
Drive My Car won 3 awards at the 2021 Cannes Film festival, Best Foreign Language Film at the Global Globe awards and Best International Feature film at the 94th Academy …
The largest Japanese festival in the UK – with typically over 30,000 vistors attending – is back in London at a new venue in Battersea Park. For those who don’t …
Had a lovely afternoon at The Shotengai Japanese market last month. Shotengai in Japan date back hundreds of years and in many areas of Japan, these free markets become covered …
Last month I attended a company summit close to NYC and on the way back spent a few days exploring the Big Apple. There was a long list of places …
Golden Week in Japan, often written as GW for short, is a week starting from April the 29th to May the 5th, which includes the following 4 national holidays: Although …
Shoryu Ramen is a popular ramen chain serving Tonkotsu ramen in London, Manchester and Oxford. Tak Tokumine, the founder of Japan Centre opened the first restaurant in 2012 and there’s …
First, this is not just a ramen restaurant. Yes, the ramen at Tenmaru is absolutely as good as it looks but their other Izakaya menu side dishes are equally deserving …
Translated into English, Monohon means “the real thing” and many diners declare Monohon as one of their favourite ramen restaurants in London. Monohon Ramen is certainly worth visiting if you …
What is Gyudon? It’s often translated into English as a “Japanese beef bowl” since Gyu means beef and don is short for donburi. Perhaps this still doesn’t make it clear? …
