Oh My iPhone Loves It!

Posted on Aug 5, 2013 in Hiroko's Blog

This is a really cool treat for your or anyone’s iPhone. I now carry this very unique product – iPhone Rest and Amplifier – at my COOKBOOKS PLUS. Please visit here: https://hirokoskitchen.com/shop/ The numbers are limited until next shipment, so please do not miss this chance. My iPhone happily rests in a recently acquired, colored Masu cup, when I am not carrying it around. In this way my iPhone is always easy to spot. In addition, when I listen to music...

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Skipjack Tuna and Women’s Social Status in Japan

Posted on Aug 2, 2013 in Hiroko's Blog

Continuation of skipjack tuna, katsuo. By the way, during the Edo period (1600-1868) Edokko (citizens of Edo, the present Tokyo) went crazy for the first taste of katsuo, skipjack tuna. Hatsugatsuo (the first season skipjack tuna) was very expensive. So, the famous saying was born; “Nyobo wo Shichi ni Iretemo Hatsugatsuo” (I have to taste the first season skipjack tuna, even if I had to pawn my wife.) Well, if my men during the Edo period really pawned their...

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