It’s Spring!
Apr18

It’s Spring!

It’s Spring here in South Korea! Or so they say. The weather is a bit bipolar with some days a little bit warm and others still wintery cold. But, if there is anything that signals the coming of spring here and in Japan, it’s the appearance of sakura or cherry blossoms! Last time I’ve seen any was about sixteen years ago. The university where I went to hosted a hanami (cherry blossom viewing) party for us exchange...

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Take Three
Apr18

Take Three

I wonder how many “takes” will it make to get this thing finally rolling consistently? If you must know, life again happened to me and it’s only been now that I have a bit of time to pick things up from where I left off. When was my last post again? February 2017. Yep, that’s more than a friggin’ year ago. How busy have I been? Try moving to another country and having another kid. This time I’m...

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Sugoi Eats: Tokyo Banana
Feb19

Sugoi Eats: Tokyo Banana

We start off with our regular disclaimer. Sugoistuff is not affiliated with any of the company or products mentioned here. All products featured in this post were personal purchases and we received no payment monetary or otherwise for posting about it. We recently had our Christmas vacation in the motherland and we had to fly there with a layover at Haneda International Airport. We saw these fun sweets on our first flight but decided...

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Japanese Grocery
Feb06

Japanese Grocery

Jeez. This would have been posted a long time ago if not for the back to back to back life events that happened in the family. But look- here we are, a new year with a new post. Again, a disclaimer – Sugoistuff is not affiliated with any of the places or brands featured in this post. We did not receive any fee, perks, or payment in any form. We bought all the groceries ourselves with our own money. That said, one thing we love...

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Sugoi Eats: Onigiri
Nov19

Sugoi Eats: Onigiri

Seems like I’m mostly posting about food here. But what’s not good about food anyway? Especially Japanese food! This is an easy recipe I invented as I have been running out of easy lunch ideas for me and the little one. I always make it a point to make meals that both of us can eat. This means it should be quick, easy, must have little to no salt, and nutritious but with lots of flavor. This is not your traditional...

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