No15 [Record] Great dishes in little boxes
There exist approximately 3,000 varieties of ekiben across Japan. Zoom Japan is going to let you in on which ones are the best. Jérémie Souteyrat […]
Month: October 2013
No15 [Trend] Food to go Japanese style
We investigated how the relationship the Japanese have with ekiben has changed over the last few decades. For many people in Japan, ekiben conjure up […]
No15 [Culture] The art of eating on a train
Since the end of the 19th century, the Japanese have known how to combine the pleasure of travelling with eating well, with the station lunch […]
No15 [Literature] From Murakami with love
The author of Coin Locker Babies is back with a novel that has a lot to say about Japan’s years of crisis. Murakami Ryu is […]
No15 [Event] The British museum unveils “Spring Pictures”
Japanese eroticism is the source of many fantasies. From the 17th to the 19th century, shunga enthralled Western audiences. This beautiful exhibition tells their story. […]
No15 [Cinema] A good film to see in Coventry
From the 31st of October to the 3rd of November, Coventry welcomes the East Winds Festival, one of the most important events dedicated to Asian […]
No15 [Travel] Extraordinary Dazaifu
Just twenty minutes from Fukuoka, this beautiful sanctuary is the result of a most fantastic story. The story of this shrine is one of the […]
No15 [Cooking] Tempura
Tempura Deep fried seafood and vegetables in a super light and crispy batter, Tempura distinguishes itself from […]
No15 [Interview] Uesugi Tsuyoshi, King of Ekiben
For 40 years this modest high school teacher has been collecting everything to do with station lunchboxes. Passions can take many different forms and often […]