On Japanese food – I adore wasabi – I once had some after a week on a yoga course where all the breathing exercises must have really cleared my nasal passages – it was like breathing fire! I’ve always fancied doing that again but somehow the whole week of yoga hasn’t happened and wasbi without it, though very yummy, doesn’t have quite the same effect.

I’d guess some British food might be odd to a Japanese person. Certainly japanese curry I’ve had is very different from English curry, which is about the only common reference I can think of of the top of my head.

I was hoping to visit Japan this year, but the state of currency exchange has conspired to make it look like poor timing.