Similar to American Black Friday, shoppers line up early for their chance to snag one of the limited numbers of lucky bags available. One of Japan’s most popular shopping events, fukubukuro sales attract large crowds. Fukubukuro was originally invented as a way for shops to sell excess inventory and empty shelves in order to start clean in the new year. In Japanese superstition, it’s believed that one must not enter the new year with unwanted items. Through K okoro Care Packages, I would love to see many customers overseas enjoy the hand-selected authentic and healthy Japanese food.įukubukuro, often referred to as “lucky bags” in English, are a New Year’s tradition that involves buying an assortment of mystery items at a set price, often at a steep discount. Many Japanese restaurants are gradually being found overseas, but it might be difficult to access the individual foods or ingredients themselves. I highly recommend Kokoro Care Packages to anyone who loves Japanese food, is interested in Japanese food, or wants to introduce great Japanese food to their loved ones. The delivery was also convenient and secure.ĭo you have any comments for those who are thinking of ordering a Kokoro Care Package? It's easy for anyone to enjoy right away even if they don't know anything about Japanese food. Plus, all the recipes and recommended uses are available on the Kokoro Care Packages website. An English brochure is included in the box that explains all the ingredients so they could check the ingredients right away even if they had never seen the food before. What do you like about Kokoro Care Packages? Many of the items were completely new to them, but they enjoyed the experience of trying new Japanese food. There are some Japanese restaurants in Europe, but there aren't that many supermarkets or grocery stores that offer a wide range of Japanese food.
Instead, we d ecided to send them a Kokoro Care Package to show our appreciation for their care and support. T hey were both so excited to receive the Care Package! We wanted visit them for the New Year, but weren't able to due to my boyfriend's work. You sent our Care Packages to your boyfriend's family in Spain and Switzerland for the New Year. He dislikes ramen because he thinks it’s too fatty. He likes natto (納豆) because the smell reminds him of Swiss cheese. I missed natto tamagokake gohan (納豆 卵かけご飯 ) the most when I was overseas because both natto and raw eggs are not easy to find outside of Japan!Īre there any Japanese foods your boyfriend likes/dislikes? What Japanese foods did you miss while living abroad? It was so hard at that time just to collect what I needed to cook one single Japanese dish. Ultimately I asked my mum to send this seasoning directly from Japan. Although I could buy most of the ingredients there, I couldn’t find the most important seasoning called mirin (sweet sake or cooking sake) at the local convenience store. It's made from stewed meat (beef or pork), potat oes, onions and carrots with a sauce of sweet sake, sugar and soy-sauce.
At that time I didn't really have much experience cooking at home as I was very young, so my mum recommended that I cook one of the most common, authentic Japanese homemade dishes called ' Niku-jaga'. Just before returning to Japan, I had the chance to host an event for more than 20 people including my host family, friends and church members.
It was more than 10 years ago but many of the locals at that time were interested in Japanese food and talked about how healthy the Japanese diet is from their perspective. I did a homestay for a year when I was in high school in California. Tell us about your experience with Japanese food while you were overseas. I've studied overseas twice: one year in a high school in the US when I was 16 years old and another year in a university in Australia.
Ever since I was a child, I've been interested in learning about foreign cultures, languages, movies and music. I was born and raised in Japan and currently live in my hometown of Yokohama, a famous costal metropolitan city next to Tokyo. Thank you for being a part of the Kokoro Community! Tell us a little bit about yourself.
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