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Category: Misc

What are Japanese Pincer Pots? (Yattoko Pot/やっとこ鍋)

The intimate design of Japanese counter seat restaurants Compared to the major fine dining institutes in Europe and America, I … More

Nigiri by Jeff, Bay Ridge has bootlegged this website’s photos

It has come to my attention that an instagram account for a takeaway sushi service, Nigiri by Jeff (https://www.instagram.com/nigiri.by.jeff/), from … More

plagiarism

What is a warabitsu (わらいずみ/藁櫃)

In this article, I’d like to elaborate more on the straw baskets used to keep rice warm in sushi restaurants … More

straw basket, warabitsu, warazumi, わらいずみ, 藁櫃

What is the difference between Kasago and Onikasago? (カサゴとオニカサゴの見分け方)

I’ve always been interested in differences between the species name of fishes compared to the common market names of fishes, … More

Izukasago, Kasago, Onikasago, scorpionfish, イズカサゴ, オニカサゴ, カサゴ

Nanyo Kinmedai (ナンヨウキンメ/南洋金目鯛)

Today, we’ll be introducing a fish sometimes mistaken as golden eye snapper, or kinmedai (金目鯛), which is nanyo kinmedai (ナンヨウキンメ/南洋金目鯛). … More

kinmedai, Nanyo Kinmedai, 南洋金目鯛, 金目鯛

My Photography Equipment and Set-Up

I occasionally receive questions asking me what equipment I use for the photos on my blog and the set-up I … More

Carl Zeiss, Distagon, Leica, M10, MS-Optical, MS-Optics, Sonnetar
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