Kamen Rider Chips - What's Cool in Japan - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
A bag of potato chips that went on sale in October 1999 is a hot item among Japanese boys in elementary and middle school. What's so special about this ordinary snack? The secret lies in the card that comes with it; the boys are buying the chips mainly to collect these cards.

Yakiimo - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Baked sweet potato, or yakiimo, is a favorite winter snack in Japan. The hot and tender potatoes taste delicious in cold weather and always make people want to eat more. Making a fire with a pile of fallen leaves and slowly baking sweet potatoes in them is a common sight in winter, and it's a perfect way to make excellent yakiimo.

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Eating It My Way | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
More and more people are blending foods like rice and soy sauce themselves for the thrill of creating something new. The trend for custom blending has now spread from ingredients used in main dishes to those used in desserts.

Edible Gold | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Tiny letters float on your cup of coffee, reading "Happy Birthday." Bright and shiny, they almost seem to be made of gold. In fact, they are! A new form of ultra-fine pure gold that floats on drinks is now being used to enliven refreshments at parties and other events.

Creative Juices | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
A battle for ideas is heating up among bottled tea producers, who are engaged in a fierce competition to create tasty beverages that capture the public's imagination.

Vinegar Vitality | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
As more and more consumers recognize the health benefits of su (rice vinegar), vinegar bars and cafes offering beverages that combine rice vinegar with ingredients like fruits and vegetables have begun to appear in Tokyo.

Delectably White | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
White-colored foods are enjoying a surge of popularity this autumn. White versions of curry, tea, fish burgers, mushrooms, and many other foods and dishes feature prominently in this trend.

Tofu With a Twist | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Brands of tofu with unusual names like "Handsome Tofu" and "Johnny the Tofu Maker, Blowing in the Wind" have been attracting attention on the Internet and around town, not just for their names but also for their exquisite flavor.

Vinegar Drinks Catching on | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Vinegar, known as o-su in Japanese, is considered to be good for the health, particularly for improving circulation and countering fatigue. Now more and more Japanese are seeking the benefits of vinegar by drinking vinegar-based beverages.

Japan's Queen of Homemaking | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
When it comes to the art and science of Japanese homemaking, Harumi Kurihara reigns supreme. Kurihara's reputation went global in February when her English-language book, Harumi's Japanese Cooking, was selected as Best Cookbook of the Year 2004 at the 10th Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

Waste Not, Want Not | Business and Economy | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Fruits and vegetables that are rejected for sale because they are irregularly shaped or bruised are often thrown away. Now, however, these otherwise perfectly good foods are being used in purée form under the brand name Nepurée.

Paying Premium | Business and Economy | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Premium beer is selling well in Japan. When producing this beer, extra attention is paid to the malt used and the brewing process, and the resulting beers are generally priced about 10% to 20% higher than ordinary beers.

Edible Gold | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
Tiny letters float on your cup of coffee, reading "Happy Birthday." Bright and shiny, they almost seem to be made of gold. In fact, they are! A new form of ultra-fine pure gold that floats on drinks is now being used to enliven refreshments at parties and other events.

Eating It My Way | Lifestyle | Trends in Japan | Web Japan
More and more people are blending foods like rice and soy sauce themselves for the thrill of creating something new. The trend for custom blending has now spread from ingredients used in main dishes to those used in desserts.

Balloon - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
When two boxes of tangerines arrived at Dai-go Elementary School in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, in November 2001, school officials at first were puzzled as to what they were for. Reading the letter that was attached to them, though, they soon realized that the unexpected present was a return gift from a tangerine grower in Wakayama - some 120 kilometers away - who found a red balloon that drifted from the school.

Dagashi - Monthly News - Archives - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
Kids living outside the city of Yamagata are attending a different kind of "school" once a month to learn traditional pastimes. On the fourth Saturday of each month, a plot in front of a candy store and an adjacent park become transformed into open-air classrooms for the dagashiya gakko, or "candy store school."

Penny Candy Stores (Dagashiya) 3 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
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Penny Candy Stores (Dagashiya) 2 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
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Crème Caramel 3 - What's Cool - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan
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