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“Shiitake” is an edible mushroom very common in Asia. It is one of those things I always buy when I go to the supermarket, it’s yummy and you can put it together with almost whatever: pasta with shiitake, soup with shiitake, asparagus with shiitake, whatever with shiitake :). Shiitake has tons of vitamin D, and [...]

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This post is for all of you who want to learn Japanese or who are starting to study Japanese.
1.- Learn Hiragana and Katakana
The first step to learn Japanese is to learn the syllabaries Katakana and Hiragana. You can start learning Japanese without knowing Hiragana and Katakana but I would never recommend it. What would you [...]

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Previous posts from the Tokyo 2008 series:

Tokyo Pictures 2008 - Kids
Tokyo Pictures 2008 - People

In order to take these pictures I used these lenses with my Nikon D40:

Sigma 10-20mm
Nikkon VR 18-200mm
Sigma 30mm F1.4
Nikkor 50mm F1.8

Jardines Hamarikyu

Jardines Hamarikyu

Tocho iluminado

Nuevo edificio en Shinjuku

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Japanese are pretty extreme when it comes to protecting their skin against solar rays. Most people use 50 factor protection creams, parasols or gloves; but the most advanced technique consists on using the “megaprotector”!

This pictures was taken a few days ago, at the end of November!

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That’s cheese flavored with tuna. Do you want to try?

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This is my second post from my “Tokyo pictures 2008″ series. I started with people pictures and in this post I put together some of my kid pictures I took during this year in Tokyo.

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Matcha is a powdered green tea variety used in the traditional Tea Ceremony. It is also used to flavor sweets, cakes, ice creams etc. It is easy to recognize since its color is the darkest amongst green teas. The first time I drank matcha I didn’t really liked it, but the more I drink it [...]

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We found this map in Hiroshima. These messy maps are pretty usual in Japanese cities, but this one was more dense and complicated than usual.

My friend Albert together with the map.

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