Drinking Japan Sake How to Drink Sake in Japan: A Beginner’s Guide Date 10 hours ago Reading Time 18 Mins Read You sit down at a small izakaya counter, and the staff slide over a menu with a long column of…
Chubu Toyama Tsukisekai (月世界) Date 17 hours ago Reading Time 14 Mins Read Picture a small, plain white rectangle sitting on a plate next to a cup of tea. At first, it looks…
History Japan Sake Contemporary Sake in Japan: Craft, Globalization, and a Living Tradition Date 1 day ago Reading Time 26 Mins Read In 2025, Japan exported about 45.9 billion yen of sake to a record 81 countries and regions. Meanwhile, the country’s…
Drinking Japan Sake How to Read a Japanese Sake Label: A Beginner’s Guide Date 2 days 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 2 days 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 3 days 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 4 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 4 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 4 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 5 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….
