Brewing Japan Sake Filtration (濾過 / Roka) : Refining Sake After Pressing Date 44 minutes ago Reading Time 19 Mins Read Freshly pressed sake is not quite finished. It looks a little cloudy and pale. A faint yellow or green tint…
Japan Japanese Food Japanese Hot Pot Japanese Cream Stew (クリームシチュー) Date 7 hours ago Reading Time < 1 Min Read Few dishes say “home cooking” in Japan like cream stew. It is warm, creamy, and gently sweet. A pot of…
Japan Pressing (上槽 / Joso): How Moromi Becomes Sake Date 1 day ago Reading Time 16 Mins Read Imagine weeks of careful fermentation finally complete. The tank holds a thick, milky mash called moromi. Yet this cloudy mixture…
Japanese Fruit Kansai Nara Black Jack Watermelon (ブラックジャック) Date 2 days ago Reading Time 8 Mins Read Picture a watermelon with a jet-black rind. It has no stripes at all. Slice it open, and deep pink-red flesh…
Brewing Japan Sake Sokujo (速醸): The Modern Yeast Starter Date 3 days ago Reading Time 17 Mins Read Nearly every bottle of sake you drink starts the same way. It begins with a yeast starter called moto. So…
Japan Japanese Food Japanese Hot Pot Yamakujira Nabe (山くじら鍋) Date 4 days ago Reading Time 5 Mins Read Picture a cold mountain village in old Japan. A heavy iron pot bubbles over the coals. Inside simmers dark, marbled…
Brewing Japan Sake Yamahai (山廃): The Simplified Traditional Starter Date 4 days ago Reading Time 13 Mins Read Some sake tastes bold, savory, and wonderfully complex. That depth often traces back to the yeast starter. So what is…
Brewing Japan Sake Kimoto (生酛): The Traditional Yeast Starter Date 5 days ago Reading Time 15 Mins Read Have you ever tasted a sake with firm acidity, deep umami, and a quietly earthy structure? There is a good…
Japan Koro gaki (ころがき) Date 5 days ago Reading Time 5 Mins Read Koro gaki is a premium dried persimmon from Yamanashi Prefecture, made from large Koshu Hyakume persimmons. Farmers peel the fruit,…
Japanese Fruit Kyushu Miyazaki Taiyo no Tamago (太陽の卵) Date 7 days ago Reading Time 7 Mins Read Some fruits cost more than a fine bottle of wine, and Taiyo no Tamago mango is one of Japan’s most…