Another great item we picked-up at Ramen Expo USA 2017 were Akebono Corporation’s Gokubuto (thick) and Tornado chopsticks. Both chopsticks were amazing! I consider myself an average chopstick user, but with these I felt like I was an expert. We eat quite a bit of Japanese food, and regularly use chop sticks, but the Gokubuto and Tornado chopsticks shine brightest when eating ramen–or any other … Continue reading Akebono Gokubuto and Tornado Chopsticks Review!

As most of our readers know, we picked-up plenty of ramen samples during our visit to Ramen Expo USA 2017. Today, we will be looking at Yamachan Ramen! Yamachan Ramen is a family-owned company out of San Jose, California, and are the only Japanese raw noodle manufacturer operating under Japanese management in Northern California. We decided to make Miso Ramen today, so we used Yamachan … Continue reading Yamachan Ramen-Miso Ramen Review!

A new music festival is coming to Japan—“Fantasia”! It will celebrate Japanese beauty through music, fashion and media art. It will be held at the Makuhari Messe, Chiba Prefecture on November 18, 2017. Checkout this video about “Fantasia”: The full title is “Fantasia–Episode 1 Princess Kaguya”, which will be based on the Japanese tale “Taketori Monogatari” or “The Tale of the Bamboo cutter.” There will … Continue reading “Fantasia” Music Festival In Japan!

This year the first Ramen Expo USA was held in Austin, Texas, and it was as Ramen-tastic as you can imagine! Checkout the following video of Ramen Expo USA 2017! Read below for our detailed review of the event. As you can see by the video, there were a lot of vendors providing samples of their おいしい (delicious) ramen, and other ramen-related goods. The great … Continue reading Ramen Expo USA 2017!

The Anime Tourism Association has just announced that more than 80 cities, towns, and wards have been selected for the “Anime Tourism 88-Stop Pilgrimage.” The locations will contain places that were shown-in or inspired scenes in various different anime. The 88-Anime Pilgrimage is based on the the Shikoku Henro–the 88-Buddhist Temple Pilgrimage. Some of the locations are the Shinjuku Ward of Tokyo and the City … Continue reading 88-Stop Anime Pilgrimage In Japan!

Ramen fans get your chopsticks ready! Ramen Expo USA is coming to Austin, Texas on October 9 and October 10, 2017! Do you own a restaurant? Do you want authentic Japanese ingredients and products? Do you dream about swimming in a pool of ramen? I know I do! Well, if you answered yes to any of these then you need to checkout this event! Ramen … Continue reading Ramen Expo USA 2017!

It looks like one of the cool ways to play some air guitar is while wearing your Sumo gear or Samurai armor. At least this is what Shota Monden–better known as “Show-Show”–did at the Air Guitar World Championships. His amazing routines earned him 3rd place, and he definital had fun doing it. Checkout his routines here: So put down your katana and pick-up your air … Continue reading Japan Gets 3rd Place In Air Guitar!