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FELISSIMO – Canned bread with flavors of each of the 6 prefectures in the Tohoko region – collaboration with “Ampan-man” creator Yanase Takashi

By Stephen - [13/5/2013 - 05:23] - 0 - Food

Online shopping site, FELISSIMO, just started accepting orders for canned bread with the flavor of local specialties of the 6 prefectures in the Tohoku area of Northern Japan. It’s a collaboration with famous Ampan-man author, Ya[...]

FELISSIMO – Canned bread with flavors of each of the 6 prefectures in the Tohoko region – collaboration with “Ampan-man” creator Yanase Takashi

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LOTTERIA – Ramen burger produced jointly with famous ramen restaurant, “Menya Musashi” – out for a limited time only

By Stephen - [8/5/2013 - 04:30] - 1 - Food Offbeat

Venerable Japanese burger chain, LOTTERIA, will roll-out an interesting ramen burger produced under the supervision of a famous Japanese ramen restaurant called “Menya Musashi”. For a limited time only!! It consists of rame[...]

LOTTERIA – Ramen burger produced jointly with famous ramen restaurant, “Menya Musashi” – out for a limited time only

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Mars Company – Sea Snow – Innovative ice made from salt water that will keep seafood and sashimi fresh longer

By Stephen - [25/2/2013 - 05:30] - 0 - Misc

Here in Japan, we take our sushi very seriously. And keeping it fresh is a priority. A small Japanese company called MARS Company has developed technology that creates super cold, long-lasting ice to do just that. This technology has m[...]

Mars Company – Sea Snow – Innovative ice made from salt water that will keep seafood and sashimi fresh longer

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Bandai’s new Envangelion new gaddget? A 4,500 Yen EVA Cake and Asuka Figurine

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/7/2011 - 03:15] - 1 - Offbeat

Only limited to Japanese customers this is Bandai’s latest Evangelion Goodies, a 4,500 Chocolate Roll-cake sold with a tiny (13cm) Asuka Knife holder and an Evangelion Sword replica. If you are interested please note that you can pre-o[...]

Bandai’s new Envangelion new gaddget? A 4,500 Yen EVA Cake and Asuka Figurine

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Nikko displayes 3D Measurement System For Food Processing

By DigInfo TV - [20/6/2011 - 07:45] - 0 - Science

Nikko displayed a 3D measurement system that it developed jointly with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, at FOOMA Japan 2011. This system uses four pairs of stereo cameras to measure objects moving o[...]

Nikko displayes 3D Measurement System For Food Processing

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Furukawa’s SWITL Moving Sol-Gel Materials While Preserving Their Shape

By DigInfo TV - [9/6/2011 - 10:39] - 1 - Science

At FOOMA JAPAN 2011, Furukawa Kikou demonstrated SWITL, a pick-up and conveyor system using unique technology. SWITL scoops up and moves materials in a sol or gel state, without them losing their shape. The demo used a compact robot ha[...]

Furukawa’s SWITL Moving Sol-Gel Materials While Preserving Their Shape

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[O.T] Inside a Japanese Supermarket

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [23/12/2010 - 06:57] - 12 - Offbeat

Well as you know today is a public Holiday, and my family and I decided to head back to our country house in Izukogen until next Monday. While doing my shopping on Ito only supermarket, I decided to shoot some picture with my iPhone fo[...]

BioJapan 2010 World Business Forum

By Akihabara News Team - [27/9/2010 - 12:11] - 0 - Science

The BioJapan 2010 World Business Forum will start the day after tomorrow, September 29, for a three-day run at the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Hall in Minatomirai, Yokohama. Over four hundred companies from all over the world, from ve[...]

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Only In Japan, the Giga Pudding!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [15/2/2010 - 01:19] - 7 - Misc

First of all, a huge Thanks to Maki on this one who sent me this link… No if this appears to quite old news (December 2008) I do not recall to have ever heard about this, but hey… Better late than never! So here you are the Giga Puddin[...]

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DogPets, have fun feeding your dogs.

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [19/1/2010 - 03:03] - 1 - Misc

I am not sure if this product is unique to Japan, however, I have to admit that I am pretty much loving this stuff… If you happen to own a dog, the DogPets is kind of a “Pez” like food dispenser that will toss meat cubes to your dogs… [...]

Ampan-man Bento maker

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [19/1/2010 - 01:24] - 0 - Toy

Bandai has its Ampan-Man Nokri Maki bento maker, and now it is SegaToys turn to unleash is full set of Ampan-Man Bento maker… Now seriously if I had such lunch box when I was a kid I would have never refused to eat my vegetables!

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Akihabara News Jumps Into the World of Fake Japanese Food Making

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [17/7/2009 - 11:25] - 0 - Misc

If you’ve been to Japan, or other Asian countries like China, Korea… you may have noticed that many places display “food” samples in front of their shops. Since living in Asia I’ve wondered how and who was behin[...]

Akihabara News Jumps Into the World of Fake Japanese Food Making

Bandai’s Cooking Toy Line-up

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/7/2009 - 05:31] - 4 - Misc

Bandai announced their gyoza maker last week, and today at the Tokyo Toy Show we had the pleasure of not only seeing the gyoza maker in the flesh and taste gyoza made with it, but Bandai’s nori maki maker, sandwich maker, and som[...]

Bandai’s Latest Gyoza Maker, a Must Have for all Fans of Chinese Food

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [1/7/2009 - 03:50] - 6 - Misc

Gyoza is a traditional Chinese fried meat pocket and extremely popular in Japan… There are gyoza restaurants everywhere with quality from ultra good to disgusting… depending of course where you eat them… There are also a lot of restaur[...]

Bandai’s Latest Gyoza Maker, a Must Have for all Fans of Chinese Food

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A Years Worth of Japanese Food in Tokyo

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [22/2/2009 - 12:02] - 3 - Misc

Ever wonderedabout the daily dietary needs of a Japanese blogger? Guess what, Danny CHOO has THE answer for you with a 3 minute 25 sec slide show of different plates he ate in a whole year…

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Japanese has Big Mac Fever… (What’s Hot in Japan Now?)

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [13/3/2008 - 10:02] - 10 - Misc

And no, Japanese do not only eat healthy food like sushi or sashimi every day, they also eat a lot of burgers… Like the 23 Million Mega Macs they ate during the limited promotion period made a couple of month ago in Japan (In Tokyo you[...]

Japanese has Big Mac Fever… (What’s Hot in Japan Now?)

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The ramens emergency kit!!!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [5/9/2007 - 05:18] - 0 - Misc

Here’s the emergency kit to make sure you can prepare some ramens! Including: -5 packages of Ramens -3 bottles of water -a pan -some fuel -a lighter -some rods You can finally go to sleep, no matter what happens, delicious ramens[...]

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Shark – Oxe Tongue… Ice Cream

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/7/2004 - 05:14] - 0 - Misc

Wants some Ice cream ? here you are a short selection of the best Japanese ones ! Are you READY ?!?!?!?! Cheval / Horse Requin / Shark Eau de mer / Deep Sea Water Langue de boeuf / Oxe Tongue Poulpe / Octopus Wasabi Crabe / Crab Anguil[...]