East Asia Blog Round-Up : 4/7/2010


Here is this week’s Sunday edition of the East Asia Blog Round-Up :

  • Jay Dee in Japan – Jay Dee lists some of the food he can’t get enough of in Japan.
  • Just Hungry – Maki shares her recipe for tamago dofu, a cool savoury egg custard treat which is perfect for the hot summer months.
  • Konnichiwa – Bartman says sayonara to Japan after his 2 and a half year stay in the country.
  • Kyoto Foodie - The Foodie talks about soba boro cookies, a traditional Japanese cookie made from buckwheat flour.
  • Nihon Shock – Lloyd learns some crime-related Japanese vocabulary.
  • Red Cook – Kian shows his support for the recent ban on the sale and consumption of shark fins in Hawaii and shares his recipe for a delicious vegetarian “shark fin” soup.
  • Sake, Kimono & TabiThe author visits the Yakumo Shrine in Kawai, Okutama Town.
  • Shizuoka Gourmet – Dragonlife talks about traditional Japanese clogs,or geta.
  • Speaking of China – Jocelyn offers some advice to a reader who is debating whether or not to move to China to be with her Chinese boyfriend.
  • SweetPersimmonThe author is offering readers a chance to win one of three prizes : a CD of haiku poems, a copy of the book Tea Here Now and a red raku tea bowl. The competition closes on July 10.
  • The China Beat – Mark Frazier gives a lengthy and informative introduction to Chinese labour within contemporary Chinese society and politics.
  • The Daily Bubble Tea – Todd stumbles upon some Formosan Rock Macaques while hiking along the Songboling Trail in Ershui, Taiwan.
  • The Japanese Food Report – Harris reminisces about a visit to Amazakeyokocho, an old shopping street in Tokyo.
  • Tsukublog – Avi explains some of the customs associated with Japan’s Tanabata Festival.
  • Waiguoren Critic of South China : Matthew talks about one of the things he misses about Shenzhen : affordable lychees.

The next East Asia blog round-up will be on Wednesday 7 July, 2010.

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