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@ PUMBA21 🧡🍪
2025-05-07 04:27:56
I loooove Japan. It’s clean, safe, and beautiful. The culture is so crafty and thoughtful in every detail. Japanese cuisine has always been my favorite—both to eat and to cook. I love it so much that I could literally eat ramen every day.
But I do feel like Japan is a bit trapped in the ’80s—kind of stuck in that city pop era. I don’t really feel the bright, youthful energy, which makes me feel a little gray sometimes. Don’t get me wrong, though—I love the city pop vibe. I grew up influenced by Japanese culture—anime, J-pop, J-rock—and I still love it to this day.
Kanazawa is where I had the best sushi of my life. I remember it as clearly as if it were yesterday. It was a winter night, and snow was falling. We were so tired from traveling, and at the train station, my husband’s host family—whom he stayed with as an exchange student 20 years ago—was waiting for us. They took us to a small hole-in-the-wall place, but the sushi was so good it brought a tear of joy to my eye. The fresh fish, the flavors and texture of the rice, the shoyu, the sake, the matcha—and the people we shared the meal with—it was unforgettable.
If I visit Japan again, I’ll definitely dive deeper into the culture—cooking (of course), calligraphy, knife making, all the ceremonial traditions. And I definitely want to see a sumo match!
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