Japan Tea Type Kukicha (茎茶) Date 6 hours ago Reading Time 11 Mins Read Most Japanese green teas are judged by their leaves. Kukicha (茎茶) turns that idea around. It’s a Japanese green tea…
Shikoku Tokushima Naruto Kintoki (なると金時) Date 14 hours ago Reading Time 18 Mins Read In autumn, shoppers across Kansai are likely to see one Tokushima name repeated on produce signs: Naruto Kintoki. This Naruto…
Drinking Japan Sake How to Drink Sake in Japan: A Beginner’s Guide Date 1 day ago Reading Time 18 Mins Read You sit down at a small izakaya counter, and the staff slide over a menu with a long column of…
Chubu Toyama Tsukisekai (月世界) Date 2 days ago Reading Time 14 Mins Read Picture a small, plain white rectangle sitting on a plate next to a cup of tea. At first, it looks…
History Japan Sake Contemporary Sake in Japan: Craft, Globalization, and a Living Tradition Date 2 days ago Reading Time 26 Mins Read In 2025, Japan exported about 45.9 billion yen of sake to a record 81 countries and regions. Meanwhile, the country’s…
Drinking Japan Sake How to Read a Japanese Sake Label: A Beginner’s Guide Date 3 days ago Reading Time 26 Mins Read You pick up a bottle in a Japanese liquor shop and turn it around. On the back, you find a…
Fukushima Tohoku Kōyō-zuke (紅葉漬) Date 3 days ago Reading Time 8 Mins Read Kōyō-zuke (紅葉漬), also written koyo-zuke or koyozuke, is a ready-to-eat fermented salmon specialty from northern Fukushima Prefecture. Producers make it…
Ibaraki Kanto Beniazuma Sweet Potato (紅あずま) Date 4 days ago Reading Time 17 Mins Read On a cold evening in Tokyo, the aroma of yaki imo, Japan’s roasted sweet potato, still drifts through shopping streets….
Article Asakusa Sweet Potato Food Guide: Yakiimo, Daigaku Imo, Imo Yokan and More Date 5 days ago Reading Time 12 Mins Read Walk a few blocks from Kaminarimon Gate in Asakusa, and you start to notice a pattern. One shop sells candied…
Akita Tohoku Thank You Melon (サンキューメロン) Date 5 days ago Reading Time 9 Mins Read Japan’s most famous gift melons wear a fine white net. Thank You Melon (サンキューメロン) does not. Instead, this pale, smooth-skinned…
