Tea Type Konacha (粉茶) Date October 20, 2026 Reading Time 10 Mins Read Sit down at a sushi counter in Tokyo, and before you have even opened the menu, a tall, heavy cup…
Chubu Japanese Ramen Toyama Nyuzen Brown Ramen (入善ブラウンラーメン) Date October 20, 2026 Reading Time 11 Mins Read Mention ramen in Toyama, and Toyama Black is usually the first style that comes to mind. Yet Nyuzen, a small…
Brands Japan Sake Shichiken Sake: Mountain Water, Tradition, and Japanese Sparkling Sake Date October 19, 2026 Reading Time 16 Mins Read One bottle is lightly cloudy and velvety. Another is dry, with aromas the brewery compares to pink grapefruit. A third…
Kansai Nara Pearl White Strawberry (パールホワイト) Date October 19, 2026 Reading Time 14 Mins Read Imagine biting into a strawberry that looks almost like a pearl, pale with a faint pink blush and dotted with…
Kyushu Ooita Himeshima Kuruma Prawn (姫島車えび) Date October 18, 2026 Reading Time 15 Mins Read Open a box of live Himeshima kuruma prawns, and the sawdust inside may suddenly move. The striped prawns come from…
Kanto Tochigi Milky Berry (ミルキーベリー) Date October 18, 2026 Reading Time 16 Mins Read Imagine a strawberry that looks almost like porcelain, pale and creamy, dotted with tiny red seeds. That is the Milky…
Brands Japan Sake Nabeshima Sake: Saga’s Award-Winning Japanese Sake Brand Date October 18, 2026 Reading Time 19 Mins Read Picture a quiet brewing street near the Ariake Sea, lined with white-walled storehouses. In 2011, a sake from one of…
Chubu Yamanashi Hatsukoi no Kaori (初恋の香り) Date October 17, 2026 Reading Time 13 Mins Read Most strawberries turn bright red when they ripen. Hatsukoi no Kaori (初恋の香り) does the opposite. This rare Japanese white strawberry…
Japanese Wagyu Kyushu Ooita Oita Wagyu: A Guide to Oita’s Premium Japanese Beef Date October 17, 2026 Reading Time 18 Mins Read Oita Wagyu (おおいた和牛) is a premium certification for selected Oita Bungo Beef from Oita Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu….
Brands Japan Sake Kokuryu Sake: The Fukui Brewery That Helped Pioneer Premium Daiginjo Date October 16, 2026 Reading Time 14 Mins Read In 1975, a brewery in Fukui Prefecture released a daiginjo at a time when such highly refined sake was still…
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