However, if you live in Japan, things are not so expensive because of the long-time deflation problem. And this fact surprises many tourists who come to Japan. Of course some things are expensive. Bar and night clubs are one of them so maybe you cannot go to bars so often. But liquor bottles at shops can be half the price of high-taxing countries like Australia for example.
Cheaper things include electronics, cameras and fashion products. There are also so many types of restaurants in Japan as even the Michelin Guide gave the most stars in the cities of Tokyo, Yokohama and Kamakura. You can easily find good and cheap food casually everywhere.
Ingredients:
mochi-rice (2cups)
an (sweet red bean paste, 1cup)
salt (1/2tsp)
1- Cook the mochi-rice. Wash and drain properly and keep it in the appropriate water for three hours then cook.
2- Mix the salt with the an. If it's too loose, get rid of some water by heating and siring on a pan.
3- When 1 is cooked, push it with a wooden rolling pin roughly.
4- Make a small rice balls and cover the each ball with 2.
Please enjoy the ohagi with a cup of Japanese bitter green tea!
Itadakimasu.
