When thinking about Japanese soda flavors, one in particular is the most popular. We know what you’re thinking but no, it’s not radioactive green melon soda.

You might be learning the Japanese language, started dating someone who is Japanese, or simply want to express love in a new way to your significant other.

Let’s not be under any pretenses here: being a vegetarian – let alone vegan – in Japan can be hard. But with a bit of knowledge and preparation, it is doable.

In Japanese culture, it is just as customary to receive fruit as a gift as it is to receive wine or chocolate. In fact, Japanese melons in particular are so expensive that they may even cost more than a year’s salary.

Japan loves fast food as much as anywhere else. Did you know that sushi was originally designed as high-class fast food? Japan’s love of fast food as we know it started after WW2, as Japan became more westernized.

When Spring appears, you’ll find everyone in Japan doing one thing: picnicking. Whether it’s at the park with friends, near the river with family, under cherry blossoms or pre-cherry blossom season, everyone will take their own special type of Japanese picnic food to share with guests.