The Hanshin Tigers, the Japan Series and the CURSE OF COLONEL SANDERS
I have never been much of a sports fan. Australia is mad about the AFL, my dad loves tennis, and my sister can teach you surfing in a professional capacity, but for me nothing has ever really stuck. But if you live in Japan, and especially if you live...
Tsukimi
Tonight in Japan, it is Tsukimi! This is the moon viewing festival, when people celebrate the harvest, and the moon is considered to be at its most beautiful. Tsukimi takes its origins from the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a major event in the Chinese lunar year. Tsukimi and...
Super Boil, Nissin’s (failed) Great Innovation
Momofuku Ando, creator of the world’s first instant ramen, founded the company that would go on to be Nissin in 1948. Originally called Chuko Sosha, it sold salt until its founder’s brainwave in 1958 to flash-fry noodles and sell them with chicken-flavoured seasoning. Not long after that, the company...