Eating Japanese Raw Horse Sashimi
How does Japanese horse meat taste? This week we visit Japan’s largest volcano (Mount Aso), a real life Smurf Land, see Japan’s billion dollar mascot and try horse meat sashimi, all in one place: Kumamoto.
How does Japanese horse meat taste? This week we visit Japan’s largest volcano (Mount Aso), a real life Smurf Land, see Japan’s billion dollar mascot and try horse meat sashimi, all in one place: Kumamoto.
One year ago, Natsuki: The Movie was released on Youtube to an enthusiastic audience. Today, we celebrate its launch and the announcement of a sequel! (SEE PINNED COMMENT).
Fukuoka is home to Tonkotsu Pork ramen, known as Hakata Ramen. In this episode of Journey Across Japan we spend 24 hours eating ramen, seeing Japan’s biggest bronze statue and diving into the nightlife.
How much Japanese can you cram into your head in the space of a day? We journey into Kyushu and learn vocabulary en route so you can test yourself at the end of the video!
Hiroshima and Miyajima Island are essential places to visit on a trip to Japan. We pass through the city in search of Okonomiyaki pancakes, Itsukushima Shrine and Japan’s first Pizza vending machine! Joined by awesome friend and Japan first timer Ellen!
Meeting strangers is half the fun of traveling. On my 2,000km Journey Across Japan, I arrive in the city of Matsuyama, where a friendly Japanese woman takes me under her wing for the day.
Starting out on Youtube can be a daunting experience. In this video I summarise the 6 steps with a behind the scenes look at the Abroad in Japan channel.
In January 2019 a single tuna was sold for a staggering $3.1m. The week before I set off for my 2,000km cycle across Japan, we set off to north Honshu, where all of Japan’s most prized tuna is sourced, to watch them get caught firsthand.
Blowfish (Fugu) isn’t a delicacy to be taken lightly, given that the poison within the fish can cause paralysis. Ryotaro and I travelled to Yamaguchi – Japan’s home of Fugu – to see the dish being prepared and to taste it for the first time.