What is a warabitsu (わらいずみ/藁櫃)

In this article, I’d like to elaborate more on the straw baskets used to keep rice warm in sushi restaurants … More

What is the difference between Kasago and Onikasago? (カサゴとオニカサゴの見分け方)

I’ve always been interested in differences between the species name of fishes compared to the common market names of fishes, … More

Today, we’ll be introducing a fish sometimes mistaken as golden eye snapper, or kinmedai (金目鯛), which is nanyo kinmedai (ナンヨウキンメ/南洋金目鯛). … More

I occasionally receive questions asking me what equipment I use for the photos on my blog and the set-up I … More