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Update, how to donate.

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Pondering a little about religious and cultural traditions, and food.

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Yesterday, I had the opportunity of visiting the World Headquarters of Serious Eats in New York. What a great place it is.

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Take a look at some homemade osechi ryouri, or traditional New Year's Day feast food.

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Happy New Year! 明けましておめでとうございます。

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I finally made it to Taimeiken, an old time yoshoku restaurant in Nihonbashi, to indulge in the original Tampopo Omuraisu (rice omelette). Yes, that Tampopo.

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A little slice of old Tokyo in an out-of-the-way area of Tokyo, Obana is an unagi-ya (eel restaurant) that even someone who's not an unagi fan can love.

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Scenes from the Shin Yokohama Ramen Museum (新横浜ラーメン博物館)

A museum that pays homage to a single type of dish? Why not - this is Japan after all.

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It's matsutake season! Let's see just how much you pay for one of the most expensive foodstuffs on earth.

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