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Fukuoka punches well above its weight as a food city. Situated at the southwestern tip of Japan's main islands, it sits closer to Seoul than Tokyo, and its cuisine reflects centuries of trade with China and Korea. The result is food that...

Kyoto is where Japanese food culture reached its highest refinement. For over a thousand years, as Japan's imperial capital, the city developed a cuisine built on restraint, seasonality, and respect for ingredients rather than boldness o...

Osaka does not do subtle. Japan's old merchant capital built its cooking around volume, speed and sauce, and it gave the country a word for the result: kuidaore, eating yourself into ruin. This is the birthplace of takoyaki, the home of ...

Tokyo has more restaurants per capita than any other city on earth. For first-time visitors, that abundance is both exciting and overwhelming. This guide cuts through it: 20 dishes that are genuinely essential to Tokyo's food identity, o...

Ask someone what to eat in Ibaraki. Most people say natto, the fermented soybeans, or Mito's pickled plum. Both are fair answers. But ask a local, and the first thing out of their mouth is usually kenchin soba. It's a bowl of earthy root...

埼玉の食 Saitama Food Guide Negi · Sweet Potato · Udon This Saitama food guide covers the dishes, cities, and agricultural traditions that make this inland prefecture one of the Kanto region's most distinctive — and most overlooked — foo...

Have you ever heard of sumitsukare? If this is your first time, don't worry. Most people haven't heard of it either. The name is hard to spell, the dish looks pretty plain, and nobody agrees on where the name came from. But for people wh...

東京の食 Tokyo Food Guide Sushi · Ramen · Tempura This Tokyo food guide covers the dishes, neighborhoods, and food traditions that make Japan's capital one of the world's great eating cities. Tokyo holds more Michelin stars than any othe...

Japan's food scene is genuinely hard to summarize. Every region has its own flavors, ingredients, and history. This Japan food guide tries to make sense of it all. It covers eight major areas, from Hokkaido in the cold north to Okinawa's...

Noodles & Rice🍜Noodles麺料理→Ramen, soba, udon and regional noodlesRamenSobaUdonSomen & HiyamugiOther Noodles🍣Sushi寿司→Nigiri, maki and regional sushi🍚Rice Dishes & Bentoご飯もの・弁当→Donburi, onigiri and ekibenDonburiOn...