Chiba Kanto Benikomachi Sweet Potato (紅小町) Date 4 hours ago Reading Time 13 Mins Read Benikomachi is a Japanese sweet potato cultivar closely associated with Chiba Prefecture. Written 紅小町 in Japanese, it has dark reddish-purple…
Japan Beniharuka Sweet Potato (紅はるか) Date 12 hours ago Reading Time 18 Mins Read Beniharuka, officially registered in Japanese as べにはるか and commonly written 紅はるか in shops, is one of Japan’s best-known sweet potato…
Tea Type Genmaicha (玄米茶) Date 2 days ago Reading Time 10 Mins Read Genmaicha (玄米茶) is a Japanese green tea blended with roasted rice. Producers mix bancha or sencha with roasted rice, usually…
Kagoshima Kyushu Anno Imo (安納芋) Date 2 days ago Reading Time 16 Mins Read Picture a roasted sweet potato split open on a cold evening. The skin is wrinkled and dark, while the flesh…
Article How to Order Food in Tokyo: A Beginner’s Guide to Ticket Machines, Sushi Counters, and Japanese Menus Date 2 days ago Reading Time 12 Mins Read Tokyo is one of the world’s great food cities, but its restaurant culture can feel unfamiliar when you visit for…
Japan Silk Sweet (シルクスイート) Date 2 days ago Reading Time 14 Mins Read Silk Sweet is a Japanese sweet potato sold under a trademarked name, and the name is a promise about texture…
History Sake Medieval Sake in Japan: Temple Breweries, Sake Shops, and Brewing Innovation Date 4 days ago Reading Time 17 Mins Read In 1425, a document kept at Kitano Shrine in Kyoto recorded 342 sake businesses inside and around the capital. By…
Chubu Yamanashi Koshu Miso (甲州味噌) Date 5 days ago Reading Time 16 Mins Read Koshu miso (甲州味噌, Kōshū miso) is a regional miso associated with Yamanashi Prefecture in central Japan. In its traditional form,…
Tea Type Karigane Hōjicha (雁が音ほうじ茶) Date 6 days ago Reading Time 11 Mins Read Karigane Hōjicha (雁が音ほうじ茶) is a roasted Japanese tea. Producers make it from karigane: the stems, stalks, and leaf veins they…
Chubu Toyama Koshi no Aka-gani (高志の紅ガニ) Date 7 days ago Reading Time 12 Mins Read At half past noon in Shinminato, the floor of the fish market turns red. Crab after crab goes down on…
