Japanese Tableware & Kitchenware

Jubako: The Tiers Are a Recipe, Not a Stack

Each tier of an osechi box has assigned contents. If you are not making osechi, buy the size you will actually use ra... Read More

It holds 80–120 ml, not 350, and there is no handle — because Japanese tea is not brewed at boiling. If the cup burns... Read More

Twinbird builds where 95% of Japan's flatware is made. Neither the toaster nor the coffee maker has a 120V version — ... Read More

Keep-warm dries rice out over hours. A sawara cypress tub buffers moisture instead — better cold rice, not hotter. An... Read More

Balmuda sells a real 120V model, and Amazon lists the 100V Japanese one beside it. Twinbird is 100V only. Why voltage... Read More

Japan's version is a stovetop pie iron, not an electric press — so there is no voltage problem. The halves detach int... Read More

No voltage problem — it runs on gas. But canisters cannot be shipped, so buy the model sold where you live. Iwatani's... Read More

A snow cone machine crushes; a Japanese one shaves ribbons. Manual models need no power at all — and the ice you free... Read More

Most bamboo matcha whisks are Chinese-made and bleached. Takayama bamboo is dried for two to three years. Which chase... Read More

Japanese rice cookers run on 100V and a transformer costs more than the cooker. Buy the 120V version — Zojirushi's be... Read More