Category: Food & Recipes
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Toyosu Market — A Day of Learning About Ingredients
Almost six years have passed since Tokyo’s Central Wholesale Market relocated from Tsukiji to Toyosu. Although I had hoped to visit sooner, the opportunity never seemed to align—until recently. Many of the ingredients used in Kaiseki (traditional tea ceremony meal) are difficult to find in regular supermarkets, so I was excited from the moment I…
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Seasonal Fruit Daifuku — Cherry
In mid-June, I usually finish my grocery shopping through an online supermarket, but that day I felt like taking a short walk and headed to a nearby market. The seasonal fruits displayed were beautiful, though a little outside my budget. Feeling slightly disappointed, I checked the discount corner—and there I found perfectly ripe American cherries.…