Japan Web Round-Up 03-08-08
Mar 8th, 2008 by Ad Blankestijn
Watashi to Tokyo writes about yoshoku, “Japanese original Western food” as Turkey rice, American dog and Napolitan Spaghetti - a category sadly ignored by Michelin.
Ampontan has an interesting piece on the Imperial Warehouses (Gyofu) where originally the spoils of war were kept - except a Chinese rock (Korosei) of great historical importance these have now been returned.
Chris Salzberg in Global Voices comments on the decline of pachinko and as usual translates some interesting posts from the Japanese internet.
The “haircut indicator” as mirror of the economy in Japan gets an unexpectedly serious update from Businessweek (via Yahoo - also see my post from some weeks ago).
And the Michelin Tokyo guide debate rages on, now in the New York Times (see my original review)
