Ganguro Fashion

The Ganguro street fashion become popular among Japanese girls in the early 2000s. The Ganguro style consists of bleached hair, a dark tan, fake eyelashes, black and white eyeliner and platform shoes. A typical look for a Ganguro Girl is to wear brightly coloured outfits, mini-skirts, and tie-dyed sarongs.

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Japanese Street Fashion

Japanese Fashion Lolita Fashion

Lolita Fashion contains many different styles and themes. Lolita has become one of the larger, more recognizable styles in Japanese Street Fashion. This is now gaining interest worldwide. Lolita is seen as one of many different styles that brings the “cute” in Japan. The Lolita look consists primarily of a knee length skirt or dress, headdress, blouse, petticoat, knee high socks or stockings and rocking horse or high heel/platform shoes.

Some of the styles and themes contained within Lolita include Gothic Lolita, Sweet Lolita, Punk Lolita and Classic Lolita.

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Japanese Fashion

Japan Fashion Culture Hit Around the World

Japan Fashion has become a hit around the world. Japan is a highly fashion conscious country and has tended to follow European Western fashions, but Japan is now becoming a fashion leader and powerhouse in its own right. A lot of new young fashion is being created on the street of Tokyo and other major Japanese cities and this is influencing fashion around the world. This so called “Street Fashion” is a term used to describe fashion where the wearer customises outfits by adopting a mixture of current and traditional trends. More recently, Japanese hip-hop which has long been present among underground Tokyo`s club scene, has influenced the mainstream fashion industry.

Japanese Street Fashion

Street fashion is still prominent in Japan today. Urban fashion districts in Tokyo such as Harajuku, Ginza, Odaiba, Shinjuku and Shibuya are the centers for this fashion in Japan. Some of the subculture attire that can be seen in these areas include Lolita, Ganguro, Kogal, Bosozoku, Visual Kei and Cosplay.

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Cosplay Fashion

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Kogal Fashion

Ganguro Fashion

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Easy Japanese Cooking Recipe Vegetable Tempura

This month's Easy Japanese Cooking recipe is Japanese Vegetable Tempura

Preparation Time: 25 mins
Cooking Time: 10 mins

1 cup self-raising flour
2 tbsp cornflour
1 ½ cups iced water
½ tsp salt
Extra self-raising flour for coating

1. Combine flour, cornflour and iced water and whisk to a slightly lumpy batter. Add more water if you want a slightly thinner batter but authentic Japanese tempura is slightly lump.

2. Place extra flour and vegetables into a plastic bag and shake to coat vegetables.

3. Dip vegetables in batter.

4. Heat oil until a faint haze appears and cook vegetables in batches until batter crisps.

5. Drain on kitchen paper and serve with a low sodium soy sauce and pickled ginger.

In Japan we use tempura batter with vegetables like onion, potato, sweet potato, pumpkin, shitake mushrooms, green pepper and carrot. It also works great with prawns and white fish.

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Japanese 100 Yen Shops

Japanese 100 Yen Shops or hyaku-en shoppu have steadily gained in popularity over the last several years. 100 Yen shops are located everywhere in Japan and stock a variety of items ranging from clothing to stationary, houseware to food, with each item priced at 100 yen. Please note with the current Japanese sales tax of 5% the total cost of one item will actually cost 105 yen. This corresponds to roughly one US dollar per item, making the shops a great source for travellers and residents on a budget.

The biggest and best 100 Yen Shop in Japan is the Daiso chain which first opened in 1991 and now have around 1300 stores in Japan. One of the largest 100 Yen Shops in central Tokyo is Daiso Harajuku in Takeshita Dori, just a few steps from Harajuku Station. Large 100 Yen Stores can be found all over Japan in major cities and include: Daiso Sapporo Chuo (South 2 West 2, Odori Station), Daiso Nagoya Sakae Skyle (Sakae Station), Daiso Osaka Nihonbashi (Nihonbashi Station), Daiso Kobe Promena (Promena Kobe, Kobe Station) and Daiso Fukuoka Kotsu Center (Fukuoka Kotsu Center, Hakata Station).

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Essential Japanese and Asian Sauces for your Pantry

The key to Japanese and Asian cooking is using the right ingredients. The following are the essential sauces needed for your pantry to make Japanese and Asian food.

1. Kikkoman Soy Sauce: Soy Sauce comes in both normal and light varieties. Light soy is best for vegetable dishes or noodles. Darker soy is best for dipping sauces. Try dark soy with a little minced ginger or chopped red chilli for a great dipping suace.

2. Mizkhan Mirin: Japanese cooking rice wine. Is used extensively in hotpots such as nikujyaga, nimono and teriyaki.

3. Mizkhan Rice Vinegar: This is a sushi rice essential. It can also be used to make ponzu sauce by adding soy, cooking sake and a bit of dashi.

4. Yeo`s Pure Sesame Oil: The nutty roasted flavour is the secret to great Asian Cooking. Sprinkle a little in soups, broths, stir-fries, meat dishes and noodles or add to dumpling fillings. It is also great in salad dressings and marinades.

5. Kewpie Mayonnaise: This iconic Japanese mayonnaise with its extra-creamy rich flavour is a household favourite in Japan and is now sold in most western supermarkets. It is perfect with sushi, seafood or chicken.

6. ABC Chilli Sauce: This Indonesian chilli sauce is a distinctive blend of chillies, garlic and sugar. It is a great all-rounder. Try it with grilled seafood, as a glaze for roast chicken , in fried rice and noodles, or o its own as a dipping sauce.

7. Lee Kum Kee Panda Oyster Sauce: Lee Kum Kee invented Oyster sauce in 1888, and its Panda brand is renowned for its great taste, smooth texture and appetising aroma. Use this classic sauce as a marinade, in stir fries, or as an everyday dipping sauce.

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Obon

Obon (お盆?) or just Bon (盆?) is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the departed (deceased) spirits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves, and when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars. It has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance, known as Bon-Odori.