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Takoyaki, the Japanese, fun-sized snack that's sure to rock your world! たこ焼き (takoyaki) literally translates to octopus (tako) and fried (yaki). Takoyaki are small balls of flour batter cooked in specialized takoyaki pans. In each ball, there are pre-cooked octopus bits. Takoyaki is usually eaten with takoyaki sauce, mayonnaise, green seaweed bits, and dried bonito shavings. Most takoyaki contain ingredients besides octopus, such as green onions, pickled red ginger, and tempura scraps. The t

Few weeks ago we introduce you the SYLVANIAN FAMILIES one of the best known dollhouse sets ever. Created by the Japanese company Epoc in 1985, Sylvanian Families is a collectible line of dollhouses and animal figures. Although first Sylvanian Families were made of porcelain, nowadays they are made of other materials like plastic, metal and fake fur. In our previous post we introduce you a carefully selected list of ou

My Neighbor Totoro is one of the best known Japanese animation movies of all time, and probably the best movie from its animation studio, Ghibli Studio. For most of us My Neighbor Totoro was our first Japanese animation movie, the one who introduced us to the Japanese animation, and in many cases the movie who awakened our interest. This beautiful story and one of its main characters, Totoro, that scary and at the same time cute monster, teach us to protect and love the mother nature.