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This Kansai food guide spans seven prefectures — Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Shiga, Wakayama, and Mie — and explores one of the most diverse and celebrated food cultures in the country. From the vibrant street food scene of Osaka to the r...

If you're planning a trip to Japan, the Kansai region is probably already on your list. Kyoto, Osaka, Nara are names that almost everyone recognizes. But here's the thing: most travelers spend so much time planning what to see that they ...

If you are a fan of Japanese food, you may have heard or even tried sukiyaki before. However, do you know that there are more than one type of sukiyaki: Kansai style and Kanto style sukiyaki. Today, we want to introduce Kansai style Suki...

Introduction to Kansai Style Okonomiyaki Kansai style okonomiyaki or also Osaka-style okonomiyaki is a Japanese traditional food in Osaka prefecture in the Kansai region. It is a predominant version of the dish, found throughout most of ...

Say “Wagyu” to many travelers, and they picture beef so marbled it looks almost white. Iwaizumi Tankaku Beef (岩泉短角牛) tells a different story. The beef comes from Japanese Shorthorn cattle raised in Iwaizumi, Iwate Prefecture. It sta...

Beneath the grass of the Heijo Palace site in Nara, archaeologists uncovered a well surrounded by hexagonal stone paving. Nearby lay wooden pipes, the sockets of large ceramic jars, and wooden tablets carrying notes about brewing. These ...

In 1697, roughly 640,000 casks of sake arrived in Edo by sea. Almost none of it came from Nada, although that district later dominated Japanese brewing. Edo period sake is not really a story about better brewing, since most of the key te...

It is December 30, and the department store food hall is packed. Lacquered boxes glow under the lights in black, red, and gold. Inside sit glossy black soybeans, golden chestnut paste, pink and white fish cake, bright prawns, and small d...

Kaizoku Ryori translates as pirate cuisine, and it means grilling seafood yourself at the table in southern Tokushima. Spiny lobster, abalone, turban shells, and scallops go straight onto a mesh grill in front of you. Some restaurants si...

Obanazawa watermelon, or Obanazawa suika (尾花沢スイカ), is a summer fruit from Obanazawa in northern Yamagata Prefecture. Growers there work in a mountain basin where August days turn hot, while the nights cool sharply. That gap is gene...