Recipe Ingredients (for 3 persons) Kanten powder … 2g Peach syrup … 200ml Wine (Red, White or Rosé) … 1 table spoon ———————————————- Preparation Put the Peach syrup, wine and Kanten powder in a pot. Mix with a spoon and cook at low heat until fully dissolved. Bring to a boil for 2 minutes at low heat. Ladle into a clean shallow …
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Kanten
Kanten is made from seaweeds such as Tengusa and Ogonori. It different from agar and gelatin. It gives stronger coagulation, but tastes smooth and very soft. Kanten has a lower transparency, so it is often used for Japanese sweets (Yokan, Ammitsu etc) and Japanese cooking. There is a lot of fiber in Kanten, so it’s good for your …
Our Materials
We use various woods in our bracelets that are a staple of traditional Japanese Juzu making: Shitan – 紫檀 Known in the west as red sandalwood or indian rosewood, it has a very fragrant and dense grain with a deep red hue. It has been used for centuries to make fine cabinetry, buddhist statues and …
Shio-Koji Salad
Recipe Ingredients Shio-Koji 1 tea spoon Pepper 1/2 tea spoon Olive oil 3 table spoons Vinaigre 3 table spoons Instructions Put in all and mix with spoon, Put in the salad. ☺ For example, we put the dressing for steemed sweet potatos. It’s delicious !!
Shio-Koji
Kome-Koji is a base of Miso, Soja sauce, Ama-saké, Japanese seasoning and skincare etc. We can get it easily in Japan, so we often make a seasoning to use for daily cooking. It started fermentation culture in Japan. It’s great for your health certainly, it includes many enzymes, so it helps well your digestion and …
Kawachi-bankan Jam
We made the jam Kawachi-bankan. This is a Japanese grapefruit, it’s very big size, so I cannot hold it in one hand. Taste is very good ? but quite different from the standard grapefruit, much more mellow. They are pesticide-free, so we can eat everything, even the skin ? Small recipe ? Kawachi-bankan ? jam …
? Unohana ?
Do you know Unohana (卯の花) ? It’s a Japanese dish, based on the insoluble pulp remaining after making soy milk and tofu (Wiki ?). It’s also often called Okara (おから). Today we’ll present you a classic Japanese recipe. Ingredients (for 5-6 people) 【☆】 Shiitake – (minced) ×3 Carrot – (minced) ×1/2 Colza oil – one …
Designing new bracelets
We’ve been hard at work designing an extension to our line of precious stone bracelets and they are now live in the shop. Inspired by traditional 数珠 (juzu) buddhist prayer beads or meditation bracelets but with a modern everyday look. We’ve added two new 3-loops bracelets which combine precious stones and precious woods for a …
Aoyama Golden Ginkgo Trees
A beautiful sunny Friday outing to see the ginkgo trees (イチョウ) in Aoyama Jingu Gaien park (神宮外苑) It’s a 300 meter long avenue planted with tall ginkgo trees on both side, leading to the imposing Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery building at the end. During the second part of November, when the leaves turn a bright …
Japan Less Traveled Spots – Gifu Castle
Back to our trip to Gifu prefecture last month, I’d like to present you a little excursion to the Gifu Castle (岐阜城) in Gifu city. In the middle of the city there is a small mountain called mount Kinka (金華山) and the castle was first built in the 16th century at the very top. At …