Please check out Hiroko’s About.com sushi video episodes

Posted on Oct 6, 2010 in Hiroko's Blog

I have produced sushi video episodes for About.com.  The producer Heidi Dehncke was a wonderful person to work with. Please check out the below links to learn how to cut avocado and carrot for sushi; how to make nigirizushi; how to make inside out crab roll; how to make sashimi!  Also visit About.com for additional episodes.  https://video.about.com/japanesefood/How-to-Cut-Avocado-for-Sushi.htm   https://video.about.com/japanesefood/How-to-Make-Nigiri.htm  ...

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Photos from Hinai-ya Yakitori restaurant

Posted on Oct 4, 2010 in Hiroko's Blog

Here are some of the photos from our delicious yakitori dinner at Hinai-ya last night.  One skewer of yakitori costs about $4.50 per skewer. So, It is not a cheap meal.  However, the quality is superb and you get what you pay for it.  The Hinai-ya restaurants are among many other restaurants which closely stands next each other in the narrow Ginza Corridor street (people call it “restaurant street”).    If you like an inexpensive yakitori treat, there is a...

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Arrived in Tokyo

Posted on Oct 4, 2010 in Hiroko's Blog

I have checked into my favorite hotel, the Daiichi Hotel Annex, in Tokyo.  The Daiichi Hotel  Annex is an inexpensive creation of the more ornate main hotel, the Daiichi Hotel, which stands next to this building.  The merit is that for a low price – about $200 per night, you can take advantage of all of the facilites of a four star hotel costing $400+ per night. The average double occupancy room at this hotel is 250 square foot; very clean, neat and modern.  The best...

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