Cooking in the dorms was definitely a fun and worthwhile experience for me. Since our dorm rooms had a small kitchen area but no means of cooking, one of the first appliances I bought was an induction heater. Although the kitchen work space was very limited, I adapted to be able to work comfortably within it and eventually became used to the layout of the kitchen. It was fun cooking in Japan because I would start to learn which shops to go to, how to look for deals, and expand my options by learning to cook new things.
One key thing I noticed about Japan was the variety of foods, not only within Japanese cuisine, but it also had a lot of variety based on the region or depending on what season it was. Just as quickly as the seasons would change, so would the food options. In this section I will discuss the special foods that appeared during festivals (matsuris), the foods that are special to certain regions of the country and the foods that come and go with the seasons.
AvailabilityIn this post, I’ll go into a little bit of detail about convenience stores (conbini), American fast food, and Japanese fast food in Japan, which was a decent portion of my diet in Japan. The main reasons for why I ate this kind of food was due to the cheap prices and the fact that they are literally everywhere, especially conbinis. For instance, next to our dorm in Gumyouji, there were about four conbinis within a five minute walking distance, with one of them being right next to the dorm. Not only this, but also in the Gumyouji area, there was also about a half dozen Japanese fast food establishments as well.
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AuthorI am Kyle Sablan and I studied abroad at Yokohama National University (YNU) during the 2016-2017 academic year. This blog was created as one of the requirements for receiving the Gilman Scholarship. The purpose of this blog is to share my personal experience with everybody and encourage interest in studying abroad. Archives
April 2018
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