Here is some news from Japan on my latest stay just before the Christmas this year. Christmas has become a popular annual event. It is a necessity. No religious connection. Christmas-featured pastry, goods, gifts, Christmas tree, street light illuminations, songs related Christmas is everywhere. Christmas Eve Dinner has decided to be chicken thanks to Kentucky Fried Chicken’s decades long campaign. Restaurants (eat-in and take-out) feature and promote chicken Christmas...
Read MoreUnique Tour to Japan
Join me Hokkaido with Hiroko next year (2017), a unique tour combining the best of the culinary and natural worlds of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. This is the second year of operation. The complete information, including fare and application form, is available who which to receive them. Please write me at hiroko@hirokoskitchen.com or call me at 212-727-3085 (NYC). The tour is limited to nine (9) passengers. ...
Read MoreHokkaido with Hiroko, May, 2016
I have been operating a culinary and cultural tour of Japan for a very limited number of participants – less than dozen people in the past years. For the 2016 trip I am taking you to a very different destination: a visit to the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido that is focused on the natural environment as well as the amazing local Japanese culinary scene. The tour has been thoroughly researched and experienced during my recent trip to Hokkaido, Japan. Here is the...
Read More2015 Culinary Tour to Japan with Hiroko Part 1
Dear Allison, John, Jane and Steve, Thank you very much for joining the 2015 Culinary Tour to Japan with Hiroko. It was a great pleasure and honor to travel my country with you, a wonderful family. Here I am going to post some of the photos and comments from our journey. Second Day Very Early Morning: Stood in a line with tourists who had the exact same goal – have a sushi breakfast at one of sushi restaurants in the inside market of Tsukiji Fish Market. We waited...
Read MoreCulinary Tour to Japan/ Sakura and Japanese
Join me the Culinary Tour to Japan, March 21st through 31st at the time of the height of beautiful sakura, cherry blossom, season. We can still accommodate few people in this very exciting, special tour. Please take a look at the itinerary information and get back to me as soon as possible. https://hirokoskitchen.com/2015/01/think-cherry-blossoms-special-experience-japan/ Toward the end of March through the beginning of April Japan (the whole country) is covered with...
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