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おいしいインドネシア料理―家庭で作る本格レシピ50選

おいしいインドネシア料理―家庭で作る本格レシピ50選

The first Japanese book covering everything about Indonesian cuisine.

2007

村上百合, et al.

村上百合, 榎本直子

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About Me — A Kimono Woman Writes, Reads, Edits and Nominates On Medium

My updated profile

Sep 10, 2024

About Me — A Kimono Woman Writes, Reads, Edits and Nominates On Medium

Sep 10, 2024

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My Boosted Stories: Experience Art, History and Japan Through My Eyes

62 articles approved by Medium, plus 3 posts to know me

Feb 17, 2024

My Boosted Stories: Experience Art, History and Japan Through My Eyes

Feb 17, 2024

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Japan’s Sumo: How Diverse Fans Have Kept Pushing Wrestlers onto the Dohyō for 1,500 Years

The expansion of the fanbase has transformed the ancient Shinto rituals into an international spectacle

Oct 28

Japan’s Sumo: How Diverse Fans Have Kept Pushing Wrestlers onto the Dohyō for 1,500 Years

Oct 28

Now We Japanese Are Being Pushed Toward UK Citizenship — What’s at Stake?

Nearly 30,000 Japanese nationals hold indefinite leave to remain in the UK, and I am one of them

Sep 29

Now We Japanese Are Being Pushed Toward UK Citizenship — What’s at Stake?

Sep 29

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Japan Is Practising and Gamifying Litter-Picking — And the World Loves It

How our clean-up habits have permeated society and evolved

Sep 23

Japan Is Practising and Gamifying Litter-Picking — And the World Loves It

Sep 23

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Why So Many Japanese Find It Hard to Explain Our Faith — Shinto

Our Kami are somewhat different from the gods of other religions

Sep 4

Why So Many Japanese Find It Hard to Explain Our Faith — Shinto

Sep 4

What Happens When a Kimono Woman Visits Norwich in England

She meets mushy peas, a helter skelter, tofu, and many lovely people

Aug 25

What Happens When a Kimono Woman Visits Norwich in England

Aug 25

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Edamame: Japan’s Timeless Nutritious Snack Now Goes Global

How the Japanese have been nibbling these ‘emeralds of the field’ for centuries

Aug 18

Edamame: Japan’s Timeless Nutritious Snack Now Goes Global

Aug 18

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Taiko: How Japanese Drums Have Amplified Minority Voices

A musical instrument truly for you, whoever you are

Aug 4

Taiko: How Japanese Drums Have Amplified Minority Voices

Aug 4

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New East — July 2025 Updates: Japan’s Watermelon Culture and Yōkai

We had a relatively quiet month

Jul 30

New East — July 2025 Updates: Japan’s Watermelon Culture and Yōkai

Jul 30

Yuri Minamide

Yuri Minamide

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London-based, Kimono-clad Japanese Writer & Translator | Medium Boost Nominator on Asia/Art/Culture | Owner of the Asia-centric pub 'New East' | Cat person

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