{"id":11785,"date":"2025-06-07T13:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T04:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seinan-jo.com\/english\/?p=11785"},"modified":"2025-06-07T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T04:49:08","slug":"takoyaki-cooking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seinan-jo.com\/english\/2025\/06\/takoyaki-cooking\/","title":{"rendered":"Takoyaki Cooking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In our <strong>English Presentation III<\/strong> course, the students have been practicing how to talk about Japanese culture in English. Currently, we are studying Japan\u2019s food and drink culture, so we decided to make this week\u2019s class a practical one by cooking takoyaki. The 10 students soon gobbled up all 120 takoyaki and 30 chocolate hotcakes!! 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Currently, we are studying Japan\u2019s food and drink culture, so we decided to make this week\u2019s class a practical one by cooking takoyaki. 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