【For Malaysian】WAttention Tohoku 6th Issue 2019 Spring & Summer Special Edition
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Sendagaya– The main stage for Tokyo 2020 Games
Sendagaya area has mysteriously avoided attention up until now, despite being surrounded by Tokyo's hippest and liveliest neighbourhoods – Shinjuku, Shibuya and Harajuku. A 30 minute walk from Shibuya station, weaving through the cute...
Daikanyama–The New Chic Haven
Vibrant and lively, yet laid back, the stylish Daikanyama area is a well-known hangout for Tokyoites. Only a short walk from the dizzying Shibuya Crossing, getting lost in Daikanyama might be one of the...
Shibuya’s Shoto – A Place Built By Tea
In the western part of Shibuya lies the quiet little district of Shoto where you’ll find a variety of upscale houses, theaters, museums, and a lovely park with a pond in the middle. It...
A FOODIE PARADISE ON ISETAN SHINJUKU STORE’S DEPACHIKA FLOOR
Depachika roughly translates to “an underground floor of a department store”, but it is much more than just a location. Not to be confused with an ordinary supermarket, a depachika, as is the case...
FOODIE TOURS JAPAN: GIZEM’S TASTE OF TOKYO
“No one should be missing out on Japanese food!”
Sounds like a cliché, but everything points to Gizem Sakamaki being born to do this. Even before starting her tour company Foodie Tours Japan, she was...
SUSHI: The Evolution of Sushi
No conversation about Japanese food can go without mentioning sushi, since the popularity of this particular seafood dish has made waves around the world. As mainstream as sushi is within the global vernacular, you...
TEMPURA: Japan’s Deep-Fried Delight
Few food symbols are as iconic as the golden, crispy batter-covered shrimp tempura. In Japanese kanji the “ten” in “tempura” uses the character for “heaven”, and the addition of this traditional cuisine to the...
Unagi: Japanese Grilled Eel and the History of Kabayaki
Seafood has always been a staple of the Japanese diet thanks to the bountiful ocean that surrounds the island country, and unagi (eel) is no exception. Unagi harvested from freshwater is prepared in a...
Soba-kiri: Edo’s First Culinary Hit
Of the top four culinary superstars which emerged during Japan’s Edo period, soba was the first to grace the table. Soba is actually the Japanese word for buckwheat, the main ingredient of the popular...
