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Japan's tap water is very drinkable. The national water infrastructure is reliable and purification facilities are well-maintained, so the tap water is of good quality and easy on the stomach. Though in the north of Japan (which would include Tokyo), the water tastes slightly more mineralised. In fact tap water is sold in Japan. Bottled Tokyo tap water is available for sale. This product was created for Tokyo PR purposes, so it can be purchased for around 100 yen a bottle.   Is the taste different? Some visitors to Japan, particularly those from Europe, may notice something strange when they ...

Some Japanese toilets are an attraction all in their own, with a range of technological features that are sure to alarm the first time user. The high-tech toilets, which are in most homes, hotels, and shopping centers, feature an electronic panel that controls an array of handy features including seat warmers, hot air dryers, and tiny robotic arms that squirt warm water at the guest. These technological marvels have become commonly known as washlet, a name that is the trademark of Toto, the largest manufacture of these high-tech bidets. Japan is the world’s leader of toilet technology, some toilets can ...

In Japan, iced coffee has been drunk since Taishō period (around the 1920s) in coffeehouses. It is served with gum syrup and milk. Japan's summer is very hot and iced coffee is loved by many people. Cold tea was already popular, so it was natural to drink cold coffee. Freshly brewed and full of flavor, Iced Coffee is the perfect pick-me-up any time of day or night, giving you the boost you need to keep on running! It takes some planning, but its full, rich flavor makes the wait worthwhile.   How is it made? The ideal coffee for this ...

Haushi, chopsticks, are tableware, but they have symbolic caning for the Japanese. It is said that the Japanese start and end their lives with chopsticks. At each turning point in life, there is a ceremony using chopsticks. A baby and its parents celebrate me 100th day after its birth as kuizome (first meal) and the baby meets chopsticks. Other celebratory hashi are enmusubi (match-making) hashi, meoto (married couple) hashi at the wedding, and chõju (longevity) hashi. In Buddhism, when one dies, his/her family members moistens the lips of the deceased with matsugo no mizu (last water before death) applied using ...

Sake is made from rice. Kōji (malted rice) and water are added to steamed rice, and this mixture is placed in a vat and left to ferment with yeast for 20 days. After fermentation, the mixture is ready for pressing, filtration, and heating. Sake, often called Seishu (literally, "clear sake"), is a fermented alcoholic beverage made from rice. Among all brewed alcoholic beverages, it has the highest alcohol content, often around 15-20%. Sake has been a traditional Japanese alcoholic beverage since ancient times, with records of its production dating back over a thousand years.   Sake has a wine-like aroma ...