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おいしい!!!
Natto, Regularity, and Bugs
Can you use chopsticks?
• Take a basic vitamin for a least the first few
months as your body is being shocked by a new
diet.
• Say goodbye to large steaks… forever….
• Japanese food uses ALOT of rice. You may feel
really tired and have sugar cravings.
• Combini food is tasty but its your next
heartattack.
• Good luck trying to be a vegetarian!
Regularity
• Most of you will be going through a diet
shock and your body will be going through
some trails and tribulations.
• Eat ALOT of vegetables that are high in
fiber. It helps move things along nicely…
Advise for the hot months
• Drinks lots and lots of fluids as it is really
hot and humid!
• Switch from any sugary drinks like coke to
either tea or water. It is really hot this time
of year and you will dehydrate.
• Make sure you are drinking something
other than beer.
Japan has four seasons!
• Japanese cooking is very seasonal!
• Certain foods and dishes are only served
during certain months.
• Your local farm cooperative will be
overstocked with four vegetables for two
months at a time…. daikon anyone?
Strategies for buying
• There a lot of good groceries stores in Ibaraki
with widely varying prices. Jusco would be one
of the cheaper ones.
• Check out a farm cooperative or a mom and pop
food shop. The food could up to a third of a the
normal store price!
• The later at night you go to the store the more
likely you will see a 20%, 30%, or 50% off sticker.
Most stores liquidate any fresh fish or prepared
foods towards the end of their closing hours.
Foreign Food Stores
• Foreign food stores often are geared for
bulk buying and are popping up more and
more often all over Ibaraki.
• Costco is in Chiba and in Tokyo. Should
you crave a 5 kilo can of nacho cheese,
rest assured the option is there.
• Most spices as well as common alcohol
are at places like Yamaya and Kawasaki
What`s that smell?
• Natto or rotten moldy food
• Japan is very hot in humid in summer and
food tends to go bad very quickly
• Seal any packages that you open. Bugs
may invade or mold will develop quickly.
• Make damn sure your rice is secured and
sealed at all times.
Japanese food
• Its an adventure!
• Restaurants in Japan are great for cuisine
but beware the prices. Make sure you the
price of what you are pointing too and
beware a seating charge.
• Eat it even if don’t know what it is. It can
be fun and life changing.
Advise for vegetarians
• Max and Japanese people think
vegetarians are weird.
• Memorize the phrases from page === in
your handbook.
• Stating that you do not eat meat does not
mean you do not also eat cheese, fish,
pork, or chicken as well as fish broth. You
must be very explicit.
Allergies
• If you have allergies make damn sure you
memorize the phrases on page ===
MESA
• If you want to learn how to cook Japanese
home cook`in then go to MESA.
• MESA is ran by some very lovely
Japanese ladies that will show you all the
wonders of Japanese cuisine.
• The class comes with recipes as well as
lunch usually for 1000\ or less!