Tokyo Photo

The biggest international photo event in Asia,「TOKYO PHOTO 2012」was held at Tokyo midtown hall from September 28 to October 1.

32 galleries from cities like New York, Paris, London, Berlin, Beijing participate. Over 1000 arts will be exhibited.

If you like photos and are planning to go to Tokyo next year, mind this event! 

where to buy japanese ingredients in Montreal

There are a few Corean/Japanses grocary shop in Montreal. One is on st-catherine, 1 block east from the AMC at water.

Eden in La Cite ( a bit pricy).

There is 2 in NDG called Banzai and Miyamoto.

And most of Chinese grocery shops has some japanese products, too.
Generally, chinese stores are cheaper.

Mirin

 A must buy to cook japanese cuisine. Mirin. 

Tsuyu

 There are several brand of tsuyu ( combination of dashi(fish bloth), soy sauce and mirin). this is useful when you don't want to be bothered to major how much each of those 3 ingredients to put.

Dashi

 You can make dashi from scratch with Bonito, Niboshi(small dried fish) or Kombu, too.