Iwate Tohoku Tono Jingisukan (遠野ジンギスカン) Date 12 hours ago Reading Time 11 Mins Read Tono Jingisukan (遠野ジンギスカン) is a regional lamb barbecue from Tono City in Iwate Prefecture. Thin slices of lamb or mutton…
Aomori Iwate Japanese Snacks Tohoku Nanbu Senbei (南部せんべい) Date 14 hours ago Reading Time 10 Mins Read Nanbu senbei is a wheat-based cracker from Aomori and Iwate, unlike most rice-based senbei found across Japan. Bakers press the…
Iwate Japanese Noodles Tohoku Hittsumi (ひっつみじる) Date 1 day ago Reading Time 8 Mins Read Hittsumi (ひっつみ) is a traditional dumpling soup from Iwate Prefecture. Cooks tear wheat-flour dough by hand and simmer it with…
Brewing Japan Sake Sandan Jikomi: Sake’s Three-Step Mashing Method Date 2 days ago Reading Time 16 Mins Read Sandan jikomi is the traditional three-step method of building the main fermentation mash in sake brewing. Brewers add steamed rice,…
Chubu Gifu Japanese Ramen Gifu Tanmen (岐阜タンメン) Date 2 days ago Reading Time 8 Mins Read Drive along a main road in Aichi or Gifu around noon, and you will probably see it. A bright sign,…
Japan Tea Type Fukamushi Sencha (深蒸し煎茶) Date 4 days ago Reading Time 8 Mins Read Fukamushi Sencha (深蒸し煎茶) is a deep-steamed Japanese green tea known for its cloudy green color, mellow umami, soft bitterness, and full-bodied…
Japanese Sweets Kyushu Nagasaki Kanzarashi (かんざらし) Date 4 days ago Reading Time 9 Mins Read Kanzarashi is one of those quiet local sweets that instantly evokes a place. In this case, that place is Shimabara,…
Brewing Japan Sake Kura (酒蔵): Inside a Traditional Japanese Sake Brewery Date 5 days ago Reading Time 21 Mins Read A great sake begins long before the rice is even washed. Instead, it begins with the building itself, the kura….
Brewing Japan Sake Kurabito (蔵人): The Team Behind Every Bottle of Sake Date 6 days ago Reading Time 14 Mins Read A kurabito is a sake brewery worker, one of the skilled hands who brews sake under the toji, or master…
Brewing Japan Sake Black Garlic (黒にんにく) Date 1 week ago Reading Time 9 Mins Read Black garlic looks strange the first time you see it. Indeed, the cloves are jet black, soft, and slightly sticky….
