Japan Stories Including Eating Up Japan Series

An index to my stories about Japan

bakagaijin

2 min readMar 10, 2022

New stories will be added as they are published.

Eating Up Japan: Articles about Japanese Food

The Delicious World of Ekiben

Exploring Japan's Iconic Train Station Bento Boxes

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Eating Up Japan: Domburi

A bowl of hot steamed rice with a tasty topping

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Eating Up Japan: Curry

How a British import from India morphed into one of the most popular foods in Japan

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Eating Up Japan: You Can’t Have Ramen Without Gyoza

Adding chahan or yakimeshi makes it the perfect food trifecta

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Why I Can’t Stay Away from 7–Eleven, Lawson, and Family Mart

Japanese convenience store snacks keep me going back for more

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Japanese Only

A Chance Encounter with a Kamikaze Pilot Who Lived To Tell His Story

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Singing “Old Black Joe” for the Emperor of Japan

My Life in Vignettes

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Slow Train To Matsue

The scent of smoke transports me to my childhood in Japan

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About Me — Bart Emanuel

A.K.A. bakagaijin, 馬鹿外人 — (a stupid, foolish, dull, or ridiculous foreigner, especially one of European descent).

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