Apr 10, 2023 | Events, News JACCU, Partners
Children’s Day in May Come and enjoy a Sunday afternoon full of interactive workshops for your children! In Japan, the 5th of May is Children’s Day, Kodomo No Hi [子供の日]. It “celebrates the healthy growth and future success of all children”. JACCU, the Japanese...
Jun 12, 2022 | Articles, News NL, Partners
Taiko Experience Valencia @ Casa Lo Es, Dos Aguas, Spain Hosted by Circle Percussion’s Erwin OudshoornAs experienced by Jim Gubbels Update: Our Taiko friends and House of Circles are preparing for their yearly summer retreat, and you are welcome join their Taiko...
Feb 13, 2022 | Articles, Partners
JACCU is delighted to announce our collaboration with Haiku Kring Nederland to start a Haiku group in Utrecht. Haiku Kring Nederland is an organisation that promotes the Japanese art of Haiku and Tanka poetry in the Netherlands. To kick-start this collaboration, we...
Feb 13, 2022 | Cooking, Partners
Umami, the 5th Taste The taste of umami [旨み] was discovered by Professor Kikunae Ikeda in the beginning of the 20th century. It was a whole century before the umami taste receptors on the tongue were discovered by scientists in 2002, next to our tastes of sweet, sour,...
Nov 15, 2021 | Articles, Partners
JACCU proudly presents Shokudo Japanese Food & Design a traditional Japanese restaurant near the city centre of Utrecht. Genuinely Japanese In Spring of 2021 Emi Matsumoto (from Nagasaki) and her companion Keiji Aikawa (from Yamanashi) started their own restaurant...
Aug 4, 2021 | Cooking, Partners
Tamagodashimaki (卵だし巻き) is sometimes called a “Japanese Omelet”.I do not think it is like an omelet at all, except for the fact that it contains egg and that it is fried. The Japanese version is creamy, sweet and savoury at the same time. When visiting Japan, one of...
