Finding Joy in an Imperfect Friday 🇯🇵 | Grocery Shopping & Homemade Ginger Pork

Hi! I'm Tuma, a Japanese woman living in Tohoku, Japan. Enjoying the solo life. 🇯🇵 Finished work by morning, so Friday afternoon was all mine. Wrong pen refill, spontaneous miniature purchase, forgot the pork. A perfectly chaotic errand run. 🤣 Still made it home in time for ginger pork and My Neighbor Totoro. Mistakes? Just little detours. 🌱 I hope you enjoy a perfectly imperfect Friday in Tohoku with me! ───────────────────── ▶ RECIPE ───────────────────── 🐟 Shirasu Rice Bowl Ingredients (1 serving) ・Cooked rice — 1 bowl ・Shirasu (whitebait) — as needed ・Wasabi — to taste ・Soy sauce — to taste Instructions ① Top rice with shirasu. ② Add wasabi and soy sauce to taste. ───────────────────── 🥩 Ginger Pork Ingredients (1 serving) ・Sliced pork loin — as needed ・Cabbage — as needed, finely shredded Sauce: ・Mentsuyu — 1 tbsp ・Mirin — 1 tbsp ・Grated ginger — 2 tbsp ・Sugar, salt & pepper — to taste Sides: ・Tomato — as needed ・Mayonnaise — to taste Instructions ① Finely shred the cabbage and pile it high on the plate. ② Grate the ginger. ③ Cook both sides of the pork in a frying pan. ④ Mix mentsuyu, mirin, grated ginger, sugar, salt, and pepper for the sauce. ⑤ Add the sauce and stir-fry with the pork. ⑥ Plate and serve with tomato and mayonnaise on the side. ───────────────────── 🎬 Quiet daily life of a solo woman living in rural Tohoku, Japan. ───────────────────── #livingalone #japanvlog #Tohoku #ruralJapan #dailylifeinjapan #gingerpork #shogayaki #japanesefood #fridaynight #japanfood #ghibli #totoro #japaneserecipe #simplelife #japandailylife Your support helps me keep sharing good food and simple moments ☕️ Thank you always 🤍 🍙 https://buymeacoffee.com/Tumadaily