Makiko (Maki) Itoh

I run and This account is just for updates of those sites. For my general tweets please follow @makiwi ^_^

[Makiko (Maki) Itoh @justbento]

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[Makiko (Maki) Itoh @justbento]

Gyudon (beef bowl) chain Matsuya introduced a new item on their menu in December at a limited number of locations. It got great responses, so a week ago they took it nationwide. It’s a garlicky chicken dish called... https://t.co/46aBKK6EHD

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It’s a good thing I got this article handed in before my week of woe.

Although I have done at least one article a month for The Japan Times since July 2010, sometimes under really bad... https://t.co/lVlPe3davl

[Makiko (Maki) Itoh @justbento]

This month’s Japanese Kitchen column for The Japan Times is about cheese, especially in relation to reduced tariffs on cheese and other products in Japan from the EU. The... https://t.co/P9vCVhuZS2

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January 17 marks the 25th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake, also known as the Kobe earthquake. January 17 has also been designated as Omusubi Day in Japan, to acknowledge the importance of omusubi... https://t.co/paR1mErzdt

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Japanese donut chain Mister Donu is collaborating with Pierre Hermé, possibly the most famous pâtissier in the world. For a limited time, six of his renowned macaron flavors reimagined in donut form will be... https://t.co/Ectk2kZJFn

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A few weeks ago I wrote about the custom of putting paper (or fabric) book covers on books in Japan. A lot of bookstores also give you a bookmark, which is usually just adsertising.

Some bookstores go above and... https://t.co/CvKAwnFUzG

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Following up on my article about Seijun no hi (Coming of Age Day) and Seijun-shiki, the official ceremony : here's a nice photo essay about the Sejin-shiki held on Sunday in Shiogama, Miyagi, where about 30... https://t.co/LR7yKc6BLc

[Makiko (Maki) Itoh @justbento]

Another thread...about common loan words in Japanese that are *not* English.

https://t.co/IIqr7yN7yz https://t.co/IIqr7yN7yz

[Makiko Itoh (伊藤牧子)未だ故障中 @makiwi]

Re:loan words (gairaigo, 外来語) in Japanese. Most such words are written in katakana esp. if they come fr. European languages. They cause a bit of a problem b/c 1) most ppl assume they come from English and that 2) they can be used as-is in English. Not true in either case. 1/

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I wrote this on my personal page because I'm having this long stream of thoughts about children's books for some reason, but since this one is about a Japanese author... ^_^

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It’s still early January, but here is a festival that celebrates the tradition of displaying Hina dolls on March 3, the Peach Festival, aka Girl’s Day and the Doll Festival. Kasuisai Temple in Fukuroi, Shizuoka are... https://t.co/A68u1cu30T

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For stationery fans...this is essentially a review of the Hobonichi blank notebook.

https://t.co/HSyfJtAkJT https://t.co/qa980KGTBm

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I did yet another longish thread, about KFC’s Osechi campaign! I don’t think this one is nearly as popular as their Christmas campaign, but it is available. The boxes change every year and are adorable imo.... https://t.co/iWq0iIvsUW

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It's neither here nor there really, but...I actually lived in the US for a couple of decades in total. My youngest sister is a US citizen (she was born there, and when she became an adult she decided to... https://t.co/qtu4WpV7km

[Makiko (Maki) Itoh @justbento]

Re: noodles. I did an article about sōmen a while back.

https://t.co/HSAiUT1E9j https://t.co/HSAiUT1E9j

[Makiko (Maki) Itoh @justbento]

Here is another long food thread. It starts with chewy wheat dough and ends with lucky fish paste. ^_^

https://t.co/0eLWrvMrJl

(BTW I am doing these Twitter threads more these days because... https://t.co/0eLWrvMrJl

[Makiko Itoh (伊藤牧子)未だ故障中 @makiwi]

Yesterday in the udon thread I briefly mentioned something called chikuwabu. This is similar in shape to the fish paste product called chikuwa, which is popular in bentos and such. But its made with wheat flour, not fish. It's like a very chewy dense udon.

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Happy Boxing Day! I'm going to try to take some time off (although I still have to work >.<) until after the New Year, but I did wanted to say that I have sort of re-started my stationery Instagram. If you... https://t.co/JWlwkeJNVq

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I did a mildly ranty thread on Twitter that started with steamed veg and ended with tofu. Enjoy! ^_^

https://t.co/bQWeu80PrF https://t.co/bQWeu80PrF

[Makiko Itoh (伊藤牧子)未だ故障中 @makiwi]

There ARE restaurants in Japan that serve hot steamed veggies, sure. But repeating: it is NOT a standard thing at all.

[Makiko (Maki) Itoh @justbento]

This is old, and not Japanese, but is still one of my post popular posts on Just Hungry. And its' the season.

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This is about stationery, which as you may know is one of my big passions. Please read it all the way through before commenting! (The tl;dr version is that you should beware of assuming things on Etsy and... https://t.co/2bjjNZuyz7