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JETAA London had a great 2021 and are looking forward to even more events in 2022. We will be hosting the AGM (and first in-person meet-up of 2022) at The Somers Town Coffee House on February 24th . The evening will kick off at 19:30 [...]
Meat or quorn- 200g
Potatoes - 5
Carrot - 2
Onion - 1
Dashi powder - 1tbsp
Sugar - 3tbsp
Mirin - 3tbsp
Soy sauce - 3tbsp
Sake - 3tbsp
First, peel and chop your potatoes into quarters. Then chop your carrots and onions into large chunks too.
Cook all the vegetables in a pan with oil, on a medium heat, until the onion [...]
image by Ma Shimaro
Pancake day is one of the most fun and universally loved UK holidays. When I was in Japan, Japanese people loved to hear about the holiday and always wanted to have a go at joining in with the cooking (or just the eating). If you're not be able to introduce pancake day to Japanese students this year, why not try introducing a Japanese recipe to your panca [...]
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan is a fascinating and exciting documentary series about the unification of Japan.
Netflix has gathered a large group of historians from Japan, the UK, and America to tell the tale of the Nobunaga and the feudal lord's who used his conquest to try and gain power for themselves. One of these historians is Lesley Downer, Jet alumni and [...]
Please give us a brief introduction to who you are and what you do
I’m a writer, historian, speaker and occasional broadcaster, focussing on Japan, and also a freelance journalist with a much wider brief. I’ve written some 14 books on Japan and fronted two television programmes on Basho’s Narrow Road to [...]