Aimono

- As I said before Barack Obama has been quite popular in Japan and they have their version of Obama Girls.  In the town of Obama people are celebrating the US election in many ways including eating.  I was delighted to see these Japanese style bean cakes with an image of Obama.  For a piece [...]

Recently I went to the new Kinokuniya bookstore in Manhattan (in the Bryant park area). Kinokuniya is a large Japanese bookstore that carries books in Japanese and English titles about Japan and Asia. I love this place because I lived in Japan for a while and it brings memories of that time. It is like [...]