Ken from What Japan Thinks joins us today as a special correspondent to report on his doughnut eating and cake tasting adventures at Kobe Sweets Festa 2009.  This is one event that I’m sorry I missed but there will be cake for everyone from May 1-6 in Kobe!  Tell us all about it Ken… At […]

Also known as Kinki or Kinai, the Kansai region of Japan includes the prefectures of Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Mie, Hyogo & Shiga.  The region lies just south of the mid-point of Honshu, Japan’s main island, and spans the country from east to west with borders on both the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of […]