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Welcome to Sakura's Kitchen

When you think about Japanese food.. people usually come up like Sushi, Teriyaki and so on.... Yes Japanese eat them, however, Japanese do not eat Sushi every day.
So I would like to introduce Japanese home cooking recipes. Honestly, I am not good at cooking. However, I enjoy finding delicious Japanese home cooking recipes and cooking them. Many mommy in Japan come out amazing recipes. Thank to them. My husband and I love their recipes.


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