Your Guide to Meiji

Views Across Borders

1. Which popular foods from your native country cannot be found in Japan?

Banitza

Bulgaria

 

A traditional Bulgarian pastry dish prepared by layering a mixture of whisked eggs and pieces of cheese between filo pastry and then baking it in an oven.

 

İskender Kebab

Turkey

 

Doner kebab is a famous dish in Japan as well; İskender Kebab is a deluxe edition of doner kebab with the doner kebab on thin, baked bread garnished with tomato, yogurt, and melted butter.

 

2. What is your favorite Japanese product not found in your native country?

Washlet Toilet

Turkey

 

Portable ashtray

Turkey

 

It keeps the town clean.

Suica card (prepaid rail pass card with built-in IC chips)

Germany

 

It’s just convenient!

Prikura (instant photo machine to make tiny stickers)

Germany

 

There are instant photo machines in Germany at stations, etc., but they do not have a rich selection of frames and decorations like Japanese prikura. Japanese prikura is special!

Calpis (a lactic acid bacilli beverage)

France

 

There are no delicious beverages made from lactic acid bacilli like this in France!

3. What can you most proud of about your native country?

Culture

France

 

French art, fashion, and cuisine are proud aspects of French culture reflecting a long history!

History

Turkey

 

Turkey has a long history going back to the Ottoman Empire.

Football

Germany

 

Germany has a strong football team that has won the FIFA World Cup three times (as West Germany), came in second four times, and has advanced to the finals seven times!

Language

Hungary

 

Hungarian is an original and beautiful language.

Music

Bulgaria

 

In Japan, yogurt has become a well-established image of Bulgaria, but Bulgarian folk music is something that represents Bulgarian culture. Bulgarian folk music differs slightly from region to region, but it is something that can always be heard on holidays and at weddings and parties. It is popular with men and women of all ages.

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