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I grew up with Hayao Miyazaki

3 June 2016
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One of the most important takeaways of my first visit to Japan was my discovery of Hayao Miyazaki’s films, which I fell in love with at first sight. That love has not diminished, although it has changed its focus somewhat. It has been quite a feat for Miyazaki to hold onto a place in my […]
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“Bento”, or Japanese style lunch in a box

18 March 2016
Kinga Petre
Similar to the traditional Hungarian packaged lunch of old times (raw onions, raw bacon, and bread, or, if we believe the fairy tales, “pogacsa” (a type of puff pastry) baked in ashes), there is the Japanese counterpart of real boxed lunches, called “bento”, and rice balls called “onigiri” (rice balls), to be taken with us […]
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Love Hotel

1 January 2016
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Here’s another Japanese invention, something we have never heard of although it can be found everywhere in Japan as a very normal segment of the hotel industry. It’s a form of accommodation – although rest and relaxation are hardly what it’s about... History-wise, it dates from the Edo Period (1603-1868). You might call it a […]
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Company hanami

23 October 2015
Kinga Petre
As a company with multiple links to Japan, it was apt that we joined in celebrating a delightful and much-loved holiday like the hanami (“the picnic to celebrate the beauty of the cherry blossoms”). Luckily, there is a Japanese cherry tree orchard in the gardens of Budapest’s Technology University with two types of Japanese cherry […]
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Cubicle sized bathrooms, or student dormitories in Japan

14 August 2015
Kinga Petre
Japan is known throughout the world for its miniaturization skills. Examples of this talent are everywhere (from microchips to hotel rooms). This little note is focused on the compactness of a student dormitory, including a kitchen and bathroom, which I had the dubious fortune to live in. When I got home again the locals were […]
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NATTO – it’s ugly, stinks, BUT tastes so good!!!

5 June 2015
Kinga Petre
I have finally found a shop in Budapest – it just opened – that promises to be a long-term source of natto. Until now I couldn’t buy natto anywhere and it must have been about 3 long years since I’d been able to indulge in this treat of fermented soybeans. I suppose I’d best start […]
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