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A deeply browned crust, tender slices of beef, a touch of wasabi, and a bowl of steamed rice can turn a simple steak into a satisfying Japanese-inspired dinner. The key is not an elaborate marinade. It is controlling the heat well enough...

At half past noon in Shinminato, the floor of the fish market turns red. Crab after crab goes down on its back, packed shoulder to shoulder across the concrete, until the whole hall looks carpeted. Buyers are already crouching over the r...

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...

Ancient sake in Japan was not the clear, filtered nihonshu poured today. The term covers a loose family of rice-based alcoholic drinks tied to farming, ritual, and early political life. Some were cloudy. Some were probably closer to a th...

Tekonezushi is a traditional regional sushi dish from Mie Prefecture, made with red-fleshed fish marinated in a soy sauce tare and folded through vinegared rice. Bonito is the classic choice, though tuna appears often. Shiso, ginger and ...

The history of sake stretches back roughly two thousand years, at least if you use the word broadly for Japanese alcoholic drinks made from rice. Yet the earliest rice-based drinks were nothing like modern nihonshu. The sake people pour ...

Kyoho grapes are large, dark purple Japanese grapes. Their juicy, sweet flesh and refreshing acidity make them genuinely hard to resist. If you have never tried one, you are missing something memorable. What Are Kyoho Grapes? The Kyoho g...

Firefly squid, known as hotaru ika (ホタルイカ) in Japanese, is a small bioluminescent squid that Japan treats as a spring delicacy. Toyama Bay is the place most closely associated with it, because every spring huge numbers of females ri...

You are standing outside a Tokyo yakiniku shop, and the lunch board reads "A5 Wagyu set, ¥2,980." Is it genuinely A5, or is there a catch? A5 is the highest combination in Japan's beef carcass grading system, although it describes a grad...

Chumushi Sencha (中蒸し煎茶) is a medium-steamed type of Japanese sencha green tea. It sits between Asamushi, lightly steamed sencha, and Fukamushi, deeply steamed sencha, offering a balanced cup with fresh aroma, gentle umami, moderate ...