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EPISODE · Jul 3, 2026 · 1H 21M

Demystifying Japanese home cooking

from Unpacking Japan · host Produced by ZenStudio

Meet Nancy Singleton Hachisu, a cookbook author living on a rural farm in Saitama. She sits down to talk to us about coming to Japan, discovering the beautiful simplicty of Japanese farm food, and writing her cookbooks on Japanese home cooking.--0:00 Intro0:45 Meet Nancy5:32 Coming to Japan11:09 Impressions of the food17:12 Moving to a farm23:05 Homeschooling and edible schoolyard32:24 Writing a cookbook38:54 What you should know about Japanese food43:11 How to incorporate Japanese ingredients51:03 Publishing a book in Japan1:07:04 Current projects1:16:27 Where to start with Japanese cooking--Follow Nancy:https://www.nancysingletonhachisu.com/https://www.instagram.com/nancyhachisu/https://www.facebook.com/nancy.hachisuFollow us:https://unpacking.jp/https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japanhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapanhttps://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshortshttps://www.x.com/unpacking_japanhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapanSubscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/

Meet Nancy Singleton Hachisu, a cookbook author living on a rural farm in Saitama. She sits down to talk to us about coming to Japan, discovering the beautiful simplicty of Japanese farm food, and writing her cookbooks on Japanese home cooking.--0:00 Intro0:45 Meet Nancy5:32 Coming to Japan11:09 Impressions of the food17:12 Moving to a farm23:05 Homeschooling and edible schoolyard32:24 Writing a cookbook38:54 What you should know about Japanese food43:11 How to incorporate Japanese ingredients51:03 Publishing a book in Japan1:07:04 Current projects1:16:27 Where to start with Japanese cooking--Follow Nancy:https://www.nancysingletonhachisu.com/https://www.instagram.com/nancyhachisu/https://www.facebook.com/nancy.hachisuFollow us:https://unpacking.jp/https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japanhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapanhttps://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshortshttps://www.x.com/unpacking_japanhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapanSubscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/

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Meet Nancy Singleton Hachisu, a cookbook author living on a rural farm in Saitama. She sits down to talk to us about coming to Japan, discovering the beautiful simplicty of Japanese farm food, and writing her cookbooks on Japanese home...

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