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Today we are going to show you a Scandinavian style reversible cutting board. BREAD & FRUIT CUTTING BOARD has slits on the side for cutting bread, which prevent scattering of bread crumbs. Made of natural wood, each of them has its own individuality.  As its charm grows over time, even just bread and fruit would look better on it. Let's enjoy your breakfast in simple but sophisticated Scandinavian style and culture!

Copper pans can warm up quickly and conduct heat evenly so that it can cook ingredients slowly over low heat. This enables us to make beautiful tamagoyaki without burning it. Also, copper tamagoyaki pans have excellent functionality to cook various kinds of dishes other than tamagoyaki. We would like to show you how to cook a Spanish omlette with a copper tamagoyaki pan. Seeing is believing! Try them on your own!

Molding rice is common and familiar in Japanese food culture, and rice molds are very useful when you serve a plate lunch or make the dishes more photogenic for SNS posts. Of course, this isn’t their only functionality, and we should also be aware of another practical functionality to retain heat. We will show you 2 different shapes of mold and demonstrate how to use them. Let's try using rice molds and upgrade your daily meals!

Have you ever had difficulty with eating hard ice cream kept in a freezer for a long time or scooping ice cream from the cup? The aluminum spoon we are going to show you can solve those difficulties. We tested functionality of the spoon by using it for very hard ice cream, and we are going to show you how it actually worked. 

The history of "Kutani Ware", a traditonal Japanese craftwork, dates back to 360 years ago. Among its variety which has been expanding along with development of Pottery/Porcelain Culture, paired wine glasses are the best for Mother's Day gifts. The wine glasses with full of colorful flowers will make your table look great. With moderate thickness, the rim will comfortably touch your lips. Giving them to your mother, hopefully along with your favorite wine or birth year wine, would make her the happiest ever.

Rabbits are adored as a symbol of abundance and especially known for Easter, but also they appear in other annual events in Japan. We would like to show you a series of Kutani Rabbit Painting Ware, which is designed by traditional Kutani Painting techniques but also is modernized. This series of Kutani Rabbit Painting Ware might bring new possibility to Japanese traditional craft works and lead product designing in Japan. Why don’t you get this cutting-edge trend on your table!

Spring is full of hopes and fun such as school entrance ceremony, moving, new encounters, and new challenges. Let’s lighten your table with seasonal items and with this spiritual spring power! We would like to show you "hiracle" Kutani Ware with sakura motif. Hiracle products are individually handmade and each might be slightly different in shape and colors. However, including those differences, you can enjoy Japanese traditional craft works as well as seasonal atmosphere they bring you.

We’ve been showing how to make sashimi at home in our 3 serial blog posts and here's the final topic: How to process/slice "Saku" (fish fillets). In the first blog, we showed “Washing” (how to prepare fish with head and guts) and in the second blog, "San Mai Oroshi" (how to cut a fish into 3 pieces). In our final blog for sashimi, we are going to show you how to process Saku and slice it into sashimi!

San-Mai Oroshi (cutting a fish into 3 pieces) might sound easy, but you should know there are a few points to take special care. Cutting a fish just randomly without thoughts will spoil its taste and looks. However, if you are aware of some tips, it isn’t so difficult. Just be sure of the important points we are going to show you.

As with a global trend of pursuing healthy food, more and more people now eat raw fish, get impressed by awesome sushi or sashimi, and wish to cook them by themselves. We would like to show you in our serial blog posts how to prepare a fish to make sashimi. The topic of the first post is “A Basic Process to Prepare a Fish”.

Ramen is a representative Japanese food. Ramen chefs in Japan take incredibly a lot of time and efforts to serve just a single bowl of Ramen. It is very interesting that while those enthusiasm for cooking Ramen spread nationwide, a basic concept of Ramen has been established.

We would like to show you this basic concept ― what Ramen is like, and its variety.

Today we would like to show you “fire safe enamel containers” manufactured by Noda Horo. Noda Horo containers can be used not only for food storage but also cooking itself. Also, they are heat resistant enough, even oven safe as well as have excellent heat conductivity, heat retention and coolability. The more advantages of Horo containers you know, the more possibilities you’ll find about how to use them.

We would like to show you Sekimagoroku Santoku Knife. The historical sword manufacturing technique since over 500 years ago has created such wonderful knife with a good sharpness, user-friendliness, price, design, and performance. It's the best knife for those who are looking for one for multi purposes. You should try it firsthand!

In cooking, kitchen scissors might be essential. We can find them to be an excellent cooking assistant for opening food packages or cutting trashes for disposal. In terms of hygiene, sharpness and design, we would like to show you 2 kitchen scissors. Why don’t you try and find your lifetime cooking partner?

As in breakfast of toast and egg or lunch of sandwiches, bread is now essential staple food in Japan. We all would hope to have happy meals each time, every day. Can you ever imagine that a bread slicing knife affect the taste? Try Tojiro Bread Knife and its professional sharpness not only for bread.

Kutani ware is one of representative Japanese traditional crafts. We would like to show you "Collaborations of Kutani Painting and Wakasa lacquer chopsticks" produced by Seikou.Co.,Ltd and their 15 designs with all different meanings behind. Let's find your favorite and enrich your table with Japanese traditional Kutani-painted chopsticks!

We would like to show you a traditional luxury sake cup painted with Japanese traditional Urushi. Not only its unique design, Urushi sake cups but also have history, tradition, Japanese spirit and lucky charms. Nothing is better than it for a gift to your beloved ones especially who are interested in Japanese tradition and culture or who have sophisticated sense of beauty.

We Globalkitchen Japan would like to express our deepest gratitude for continuous support from our customers last year. Thanks to those support, we could bring wonderful Japanese culture and products to the customers all over the world and make them happy. With our Omotenashi spirit, we will work even harder to serve as a bridge between customers and skillful manufactures to spread lifetime kitchen tools and cutlery as well as other Japanese crafts.

Chirashi sushi is a type of sushi but more like a homemade family dish with ingredients you like. What does "chirashi" means? It's "sprinkle". Imagine your favorite toppings are sprinkled all over sushi rice... How attractive is it? Let's have a look at this simple recipe and enjoy Chirashi sushi with your favorites!

Cooking starts from cleaning - To cook better, you need to clean better. This blog introduces durable and convenient "Kamenoko tawashi" that can remove persistent stains without any hassle. Let's take a look and learn how supportive it is. We promise that it will make your kitchen life drastically easier.

What kind of dishes do you think of when you hear the word “Japanese food”? You might say Sushi, Sashimi, Tempura etc... “Sukiyaki” is also one of the most popular Japanese food. This luxurious meal for special occasions should be able to top off your year nicely. We explain how to cook and enjoy Sukiyaki in this blog.

The Japanese have given great importance to the hospitality since ancient times and that spirit is originated from plateware. Also, sakura is one of the typical Japanese symbols and lets us foresee the bright future. Let's take a look at this blog and see the best way to deliver your hospitality to your beloved ones.

What would you associate the term of “Wasabi” with? The weird feeling stimulates deep inside of your nose... You might think of typical traditional Japanese dishes because Wasabi is an essential ingredient and condiment for Japanese cuisine. However, do you know much about Wasabi? This blog gives you some ideas.

Giving gifts to your beloved ones on various occasions is very important for making better relationships or building stronger bonds. Frequent gift senders might think it'd be great if a happy surprise can be added to their very special gifts. This blog suggests you an awesome gift wrapping technique with "Furoshiki".

One of Japanese typical winter dishes is a hot pot. As the winter comes, every family has many opportunities to enjoy various hot pots. That much the hot pot is close to the Japanese. We have tons of types including local ones. Here you can check five simple recipes. Enjoy Japanese classic hot pots at home in winter!

Tetsubin, an iron kettle, offers even more elegant life with its unique features. Among Japanese tetsubin, Nambu ironware has a long history in Northeast Japan. How can you care tetsubin? To fully enjoy your graceful life with Nambu ironware, have a look at this quick guide we've prepared for you!

Tinware is fascinating about the unique tone and several benefits, appealing to many discerning customers in Japan. Among many brands, Nousaku tinware is made of 100% pure tin so it's an artwork as well as a traditional craft. Give your precious person this perfect gift! We will also describe how to care for the tinware :)

Donabe, a clay pot, has been used since the Jomon period in Japan. It has been drawing more attention recently to boil tasty rice. If you experience donabe rice, you can no longer eat rice cooked by an electric rice cooker. Do you want to know more about the secret of donabe? Then, don't miss this blog!

Halloween is a big event where adults and children both can enjoy parades, costumes and a home party. I can imagine how excited you all are! Of course, sweets give color to this special day. Why don't you bake spooky and cute cookies with your family, friends and lovers to enhance a Halloween mood?

Takoyaki is a popular food in Japan. Especially in Kansai area, they own a takoyaki pan per family. If you are into Japan, try Takoyaki Party (Tako-pa) at home! In the first place, what is takoyaki? What do you need to make it? How can you make it? You can learn everything you need to know about takoyaki in this blog!

Ohitsu is a wooden tub you can see at Japanese restaurants, especially at sushi places. This tool has been used mainly to keep steamed rice warm for long in Japanese food history. It's basically the wooden tub and the lid but not merely for keeping warm or stocking cooked rice. Let's take a look at this craft!

Tamagoyaki is one of the most classic cuisine you can encounter literally everywhere from sushi places to local deli shops, no matter if they are high-grade or ordinary, even at home. We have several types of tamagoyaki but the way you cook is pretty much same. This blog introduce a dedicated cookware for tamagoyaki.

Rice ball called onigiri is one of the representative Japanese home-cooked food. It is quite simple food as it only has rice and fillings wrapped in seaweed. Imagine you can make your own onigiri with your favorite fillings at home... Here, we have an interesting item to make onigiri like the ones bought from stores.

Japanese food is now a big trend all over the world. I'd say the most famous and popular one is especially sushi. Do you know there are some types for sushi, for instance, nigiri or rolls? In this blog, I'd like to introduce a great film that allows you to easily make sushi rolls. Put inside what you like and enjoy!

Have you ever heard about "Hangiri" (or "Handai")? This is one of essential cookware for traditional Japanese restaurants to make Japanese cuisine, especially sushi. Once you understand its functionality, merit or maintenance, this magical tub helps you to make upgraded Japanese food.

Tofu is one of Japanese healthy food made from soybeans which is called "meat from the field". Tofu recently draws attention as a healthy option with good protein, low fat and low calories all over the world, however, the method of production is not widely know. This blog post shows you how to make your own tofu.

Japanese knives are frequently appreciated all over the world. Our technology of knives manufacturer constantly makes progress over time. It's very natural for you to be interested in the great Japanese knives, however, there is a challenge to keep using them... it's maintenance. Don't worry. Super Togeru assists you.

Frying pans are absolutely essential in the kitchen. There are several cookware which is often used in daily life but frying pans are one of the most used items to cook. Today, Teflon-coated household pans are commonly used. However, the number of people who use iron or aluminum pans at home is also increasing.

Nothing can be better than these textures when you eat fresh toast. The flavor and fragrance of grilled wheat match with anything like classic butter or sunny-side up egg and lettuce with salt and pepper... However, the most important process is grilling toast just right.