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TsukuBlog A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

TsukuBlog A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

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TsukuBlog Ending the Year With Buckwheat Noodles- A Deeper Look at Toshikoshi Soba (年越しそば)- again 31 December, 2020 There was a one hour wait to get these TOSHIKOSHI SOBA noodles last year – but it was WELL worth it! By Avi Landau After sunset on December 31st, families all across Japan will be sitting down to eat buckwheat noodles, which for the occasion are called TOSHIKOSHI SOBA ( literally, passing-from-one-year-to-the-next-soba). This custom became widespread among the merchant class sometime during the Edo Period ( 1600-1868) . It was obviously a convenient FAST FOOD for th...

Swift Solar Secures Over $8M in Series Seed 2 Funding with Climate Tech and Deep Tech Investors Solar PV technology company Swift Solar announced today that it secured more than $8 million in Series Seed 2 funding, with an additional $1.5 million expected to close soon, for a total of $9.6 million. The round was led by GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij and cryptocurrency expert James Fickel. Other participants in the round include climate tech and deep tech investors Good Growth Capital, Safar Partners, Climate Capital, Jack Fuchs, and Sierra Peterson, crypto and finance professionals Jona...