{"id":873,"date":"2015-04-26T13:08:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T04:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transenzjapan.com\/blog\/?page_id=873"},"modified":"2020-12-19T15:35:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T06:35:42","slug":"japanese-culture-and-cooking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.transenzjapan.com\/blog\/japanese-culture-and-cooking\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing, Food, and Daily Life: Guides for Living in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div id=\"pl-873\" class=\"panel-layout\"><div id=\"pg-873-0\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-873-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-873-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- DullGrayLinkAd --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5833612346624328\" data-ad-slot=\"1050832894\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>Living in Japan - as part of a bicultural family - has given me the chance to compare customs and holidays, to travel well beyond the usual touristy sites into the heart of the country, and to try my hand at cooking my own variety of soul food, without access to my usual tools or ingredients. Below are a collection of my stories and guides.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-873-1\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-873-1-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-873-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\"><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Housing in Japan<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-873-2\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-873-2-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-873-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child\" data-index=\"2\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transenzjapan.com\/blog\/japanese-houses-rent-buy-build-basics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japanese Houses: Rent, Buy, or Build &ndash; Introduction<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-873-2-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" 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data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.transenzjapan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Japanese-house-rent-buy-build.jpg\">\n\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-873-2-1\" class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\"><\/div><div id=\"pgc-873-2-2\" class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\"><\/div><div id=\"pgc-873-2-3\" class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\"><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-873-3\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-873-3-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-873-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\"><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Vehicles and Getting Around in Japan<\/h3>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-873-4\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-873-4-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-873-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child\" data-index=\"5\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transenzjapan.com\/blog\/how-to-buy-a-used-car-in-japan\/\" target->How to Buy a Used Car in Japan<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-873-4-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\"><div class=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-dbf295114b96-873\">\n\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.transenzjapan.com\/blog\/how-to-buy-a-used-car-in-japan\/\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transenzjapan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-buy-used-car-japan.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.transenzjapan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-buy-used-car-japan-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transenzjapan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-buy-used-car-japan-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" title=\"How to buy a used car in Japan\" alt=\"How to buy a used car in Japan\" class=\"so-widget-image\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.transenzjapan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-buy-used-car-japan.jpg\">\n\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-873-4-1\" class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\"><\/div><div id=\"pgc-873-4-2\" class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\"><\/div><div id=\"pgc-873-4-3\" class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\"><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-873-5\" class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\"><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-873-5\"><div id=\"pgc-873-5-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-873-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\"><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-873-5-0-0\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><h1>Essential Expat Recipes: If you can't buy it, make it!<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-873-6\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\"><div id=\"pgc-873-6-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\"><div id=\"panel-873-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child\" data-index=\"8\"><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-873-6-0-0\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transenzjapan.com\/blog\/pumpkin-pancakes-recipe\/\">Pumpkin Pancakes Recipe<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-873-6-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\"><div class=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-873\">\n\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transenzjapan.com\/blog\/pumpkin-pancakes-recipe\/\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transenzjapan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pumpkinpancaketop.jpg 1000w, 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