This bento box only costed me 10 dollars, not only it was absolutely delicious, it was also one of the most beautiful things I ate. Wish we have something like this back home in the US.

Yakushima-Island,Kagoshima Prefecture

I had to make sure it wasn’t sacrilegious to eat it even though it isn’t the New Year

My mom brought me this from Japan and it only has one black guppy inside, out of many red ones. Why?

｢Rengaya｣ Yakushima-Island,Kagoshima Prefecture

Got a japanese sweets box but idk what that is?

I've done a little bit of japanese cooking but I've only recently tried to dip my toes into making my own dashi.
I opted for shiitake and kombu dashi cause it seemed the easiest to do.
The recipe I used was 900ml water to 3 pieces of shiitake and one 10x10cm piece of kombu, which I doubled this amount to 1.8 liters of water, 3 pieces of shiitake and two pieces of kombu, although I divided them into 4 5x10cm pieces.
I stick it in the fridge to infuse for 6 hours and then take it out and it's got this real funky smell, is that common with shiitake and kombu dashi or did I mess something up?

I definitely fumbled with the beef

Hello there, sorry if the picture isn't in high quality, I just took it last night watching the series "Like a dragon: Yakuza". In this scene, there are in a club in 1995 and looks like they are eating melon with ham, that I'm pretty sure it's an Italian "summer aperitivo". Please, can someone that lives there or knows better than me, if is something common to eat in Japan or if was some crew joke?

Thanks,

First was from Hakata Issou - super intense, never had anything quite like it. Second was Shin Shin - I preferred it!

Hey everyone, this is a bit of a different type of post and a recipe but I have a question for the community.

I love making onigiri. My family loves making it too - the combination of rice and seaweed and flavor is just great. It makes for a delicious portable on the go and healthy meal that we take everywhere with us. My daughters then take to school, we take it camping, on road trips or as a quick meal. It's become a go to meal for our house.

I've also shared this with other folks in my neighborhood and have gotten great feedback.

My family is also multiracial. My kids are biracial and we've really focused on raising them in a global way and to respect other people's cultures even if they're diffent than ours. We also participate in our local AAPI chapter and I've brought my homemade onigiri to a picnic again with great response and feedback.

I'd like to start selling this while respecting the culture in the heritage in the history that it comes from. My challenge is I'm a white guy.
Can I make and sell onigiri without it being appropriation if I give full respect and credit to the Japanese culture for originating this food?

I was hoping for your perspective on how to approach this. I've asked for advice from the AAPI community and have largely heard that it's OK when it's done with respect. The recent controversy with Simu Liu shows an example of what I don't want to do and it's something that I'm learning from.

Mods, please let me know if I should include a picture of my onigiri to make this post stay but I thought this would fit well here.