Drinking Japan Sake How to Read a Japanese Sake Label: A Beginner’s Guide Date 3 hours ago Reading Time 26 Mins Read You pick up a bottle in a Japanese liquor shop and turn it around. On the back, you find a…
Fukushima Tohoku Kōyō-zuke (紅葉漬) Date 11 hours ago Reading Time 8 Mins Read Kōyō-zuke (紅葉漬), also written koyo-zuke or koyozuke, is a ready-to-eat fermented salmon specialty from northern Fukushima Prefecture. Producers make it…
Ibaraki Kanto Beniazuma Sweet Potato (紅あずま) Date 13 hours ago Reading Time 17 Mins Read On a cold evening in Tokyo, the aroma of yaki imo, Japan’s roasted sweet potato, still drifts through shopping streets….
Article Asakusa Sweet Potato Food Guide: Yakiimo, Daigaku Imo, Imo Yokan and More Date 2 days ago Reading Time 12 Mins Read Walk a few blocks from Kaminarimon Gate in Asakusa, and you start to notice a pattern. One shop sells candied…
Akita Tohoku Thank You Melon (サンキューメロン) Date 2 days ago Reading Time 9 Mins Read Japan’s most famous gift melons wear a fine white net. Thank You Melon (サンキューメロン) does not. Instead, this pale, smooth-skinned…
Iwate Tohoku Fukuda Pan (福田パン) Date 2 days ago Reading Time 11 Mins Read Fukuda Pan (福田パン) is not known for croissants or elaborate pastries. Instead, this family-run bakery in Morioka, the capital of…
History Japan Sake Modern Sake History: War, Mass Production, and the Ginjo Revival Date 3 days ago Reading Time 22 Mins Read In fiscal 1973, Japan’s breweries shipped about 1.77 million kiloliters of sake, more than in any year before or since….
Iwate Tohoku Iwaizumi Tankaku Beef (岩泉短角牛) Date 3 days ago Reading Time 11 Mins Read Say “Wagyu” to many travelers, and they picture beef so marbled it looks almost white. Iwaizumi Tankaku Beef (岩泉短角牛) tells…
History Japan Sake Nara and Heian Sake: Court Brewing and History Date 4 days ago Reading Time 22 Mins Read Beneath the grass of the Heijo Palace site in Nara, archaeologists uncovered a well surrounded by hexagonal stone paving. Nearby…
Japanese Seafood Miyagi Tohoku Hoya (ほや) Date 5 days ago Reading Time 12 Mins Read Early summer at a Sendai fish counter can bring a strange sight. Knobbly, orange-red lumps sit in the display, and…
