Special number plate to commemorate Tokyo Olympics 2020

A special number plate for car to commemorate the Tokyo Olympics in the year 2020 will be issued to the whole country by the end of next year.

The government has created the special colorful number plate including the design that symbolizes Japan like the Olympics mark and Mt. Fuji etc. for a limited time until the fiscal year 2020, and has enabled for the applicants to acquire. 

It is planned to save a part of the furnishing price to the savings fund, and to allot it to the improvement of traffic service for the Olympics.
 
As per the law it is prohibited to use the designs other than the number and character in the number plate of the car, but the law is revised to raise the Olympics, and directed for an exceptional service.

The issue will be stopped after the end of the 2020 Olympics, but the issued special number plate could be used continuously.
 
The applicant can receive the delivery of a special number plate by paying to the contribution fund of about few hundred yen along with the issuing charges of the plate.
 
The number plate that has already been owned for the car can be replaced to the special number plate. 

Kushikatsu – Japanese food

Kushikatsu is a Japanese word that means the Japanese-style of deep-fried kebab.
If you say Osaka, the gourmet that rivals the octopus fritters and okonomiyaki is the Kushikatsu. 
Kushikatsu means any of the deep-fried breaded meat or vegetables on skewers, or Japanese style of deep-fried kebab, or deep-fried mixed kebabs.

Kushikatsu is made by adding the breadcrumbs to the meat or seafood, and frying it in oil. There are abundant varieties, and it is a standard to say Kushikatsu with beer in one hand.

There are many Kushikatsu shops in Osaka, and the famous one is Shinsekai.

Recently it is recommended for sightseeing, and lot of couples and families are also visiting.

If you say Kushikatsu, there is a rule “Dip a skewer only once” or “Do not re-dip after having a bite”

In other words, it is decided that you can dip the Kushikatsu only once in the sauce kept in the table, because other customers are also using the sauce together, and hence the rule is that you do not dip the item that you have bite once.

The Kushikatsu specialty shop is not available in entire Japan, and it is present in the area where the Kushikatsu is eat from the past or at the center of large cities.
I wish you to eat at the Shinsekai where there is lot of specialty shops, and it is most famous in Japan as well.

SUZUKI Hustler - Light car

A very cute car now on sale from SUZUKI.
 
The name is Hustler. 

The development is focused on making a car that is not present now, and with just one car, the entire shop looks buzzing, and attracts the eyes. 

It is said that the project Hustler was started from the sudden uprush by matching the desire of development, sales, and business.

Suzuki has the Jimny the propriety 4WD light SUV that is found useful all over the world, and is in glory when driving in rough road and snow road.  

It is not a difficult thing for Suzuki having such a technical ability to make is more soft, and to combine the comfort in urban area and easy to use in the indoor.

With the passion to make new and interesting car with such a concept, shrewdly combining the tag of the knowhow that has been cultivated until now, it is the car that is supposed to come from Suzuki, and the car that came from Suzuki.
I actually felt that it is The Hustler.

The Hustler website of SUZUKI
http://www.suzuki.co.jp/car/hustler/

 

Japanese invention taking pride in the world?

Did the Japanese invented that? There are unexpectedly many such commodities.
Though they are usually benefited, many might learn it for the first time through the media.
The following is the result of the questionnaire, when they were asked about what they think as the Japanese invention that takes pride in the world. The result is as follows.

1st place: Instant noodle 64.4%

Lot of people in various regions of the world think that it is actually useful.
The entire world loves the instant noodle, as the flavor is created not only from Japan but also from various countries.

2nd place: Contact lens 29.3%

Inserting a plastic in your eyes, just cannot think about that.
Hat’s off for spreading this concept.
This is a great achievement where lot of people were able to use it conveniently.

3rd place: Light emitting diode (LED) 28.5%

The electricity charges is less, and because of very long life, the contribution to the environment is very high.

4th place: Automatic ticket machine 26.5%

Many opinions was collected that the foreigner will sure be surprised.
This is an indispensable item during the commuting rush hour in Japan.
It is sure to have taken part in the increase in the passengers getting on and off the train.
The automatic ticket machine is the machine set up at the ticket barrier at the train station and airport (boarding gate), and it performs the ticket checking role in place of man.
If you have a special card, then you can pass the gate without showing the ticket.

5th place: Retort curry 21.0%

It is a useful food item during emergency times, with abundant variety and easy to eat by just inserting in the hot water and warming the food.
It is sold all over the world similar to the instant noodle. Moreover, all the foods are delicious.

These inventions will not surprise you, and are the items ranked in that are invented in Japan, selected by the Japanese, and they are reaping the benefit.
I wish that they would keep producing the items that would surprise you in the future.

Cafe Mountain

Cafe Mountain is a shop in Nagoya. 

However, it is not usual and has various meanings.
The point that is not usual are, the variety of menu is abnormally high, the quantity is randomly large, very fatty etc. but the best feature is the exhaustively strange menu.
It has already shown up several times on the television, and is nation-wide famous.

First, let us introduce the sweet items. 

Sweet green tea Kokura spa

Originator of sweet spa.
Red bean jam and whipped cream topping in green noodle.
Menu representing the mountain

Sweet strawberry spa

Whipped cream and strawberry on the noodle. Sweet smell of drifting steam and strawberry.
The flavor is of course Strawberry. 

Sweet banana spa

With only the whipped cream, banana, chocolate, and sugary smell on the top gives great impact.

Sweet kiwi spa

The toppings are edible cherry and pineapple in whipped cream that is the arrangement of the sweet series in addition to the Kiwi (naturally). The noodle is sweet, but it is balanced with the sour taste of Kiwi.

Sweet melon spa

Noodle mixed with the melon, and plenty of whipped cream.

There are many interesting menus other than these items.

Will the shop people worry if the customers come to the shop? Well if it is a holiday

It is a popular store with customers lining up even on a rainy day.

Please visit the shop if you come to Nagoya.  

Shop map.

Fascinating 4000 foods in 6 days at “Ramen week” Paris

The “Paris Ramen Week” to PR the Japanese ramen culture ended on the 25th. 

For 6 days from 20th January, people came flooding greatly exceeding the expectation, and about 4,000 foods was sold in a day that exceeded the expected sales 500 foods per day.

The “Japanese food” has become the intangible cultural heritage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the people of Paris are pouring a hot glance into the “taste of common people” of Japan. 

In this one week, people queued up the Japanese food stalls, and on every day, a long row of people continued to stand until the corner of Hotel Petit Champ in Paris. 
People were standing from the restaurant of the hall to the opposite side street over many meters.

The popularity of Ramen seems to extend to Europe.

It will be difficult to cover about Ramen in a blog article in one week, and hence I will introduce various flavors and shops of Ramen in the future.