Iwate Tohoku Tono Jingisukan (遠野ジンギスカン) Date 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 months 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 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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…
Aomori Japan Tohoku Black Garlic (黒にんにく) Date 2 months 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….
