Where I am from, eating together with the family just meant having a good meal and some time talking to your loved ones. In Japan, that is different, you will be socially frowned upon or given weird looks if you were to subvert these social standards that I want to discuss today. Before eating aContinue reading “Japanese Table Etiquette: Boundaries between Japan and the World”
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Japanese Beauty Standards: The Impossible Goal
Recently, I have stumbled upon a video on Youtube which has piqued my interest: In Japan, the term “Yamato Nadeshiko ( 大和撫子 )” symbolizes the image of the perfect woman. Besides a feminine personality, it means a slim, fair skinned body with beautiful hair that women aim for. Asian Boss brings to light this issueContinue reading “Japanese Beauty Standards: The Impossible Goal”
Does a Tourist Experience What Japanese People Eat?
When someone mentions to you “I am going to visit Japan”, what do you think of? Japan has created an image of what ‘Japanese food’ is and it shapes our perspectives. Below is a portion of the culinary guidebook issued by the ‘Japanese National Tourism Organization’: For me, understanding a country’s culture requires you toContinue reading “Does a Tourist Experience What Japanese People Eat?”
About Me: Why Japan and Food?
“Traveling is an easy way of surrounding ourselves, as in childhood, with what we cannot understand “ Iyer, Pico (2000). ‘Why We Travel’ Travelling has always been a way for me to escape the monotonousness of daily routines; to find something that isn’t just the ‘same’. It is analogous to the feeling that I gotContinue reading “About Me: Why Japan and Food?”
Japan through the Food Lens 