Japanese Seafood Shikoku Tokushima Kaizoku Ryori (海賊料理) Date 1 week ago Reading Time 13 Mins Read Kaizoku Ryori translates as pirate cuisine, and it means grilling seafood yourself at the table in southern Tokushima. Spiny lobster,…
Japan Tea Type Sannen Bancha (三年番茶) Date 1 week ago Reading Time 10 Mins Read Sannen Bancha (三年番茶), or “three-year bancha,” is a Japanese tea named for its production timeline, not a single home region….
Article Japanese single malt and five whisky traditions Date 1 week ago Reading Time 7 Mins Read Japanese single malt is part of a much wider whisky world, alongside established traditions such as Scotch and Irish whiskey…
Japanese Fruit Tohoku Yamagata Obanazawa Watermelon (尾花沢スイカ) Date 2 weeks ago Reading Time 10 Mins Read Obanazawa watermelon, or Obanazawa suika (尾花沢スイカ), is a summer fruit from Obanazawa in northern Yamagata Prefecture. Growers there work in…
History Japan Sake Ancient Sake in Japan: Rice, Ritual and Origins Date 2 weeks ago Reading Time 27 Mins Read Ancient sake in Japan was not the clear, filtered nihonshu poured today. The term covers a loose family of rice-based…
Article Japan Japanese Christmas Cake: A Complete Guide to Japan’s Holiday Tradition Date 2 weeks ago Reading Time 13 Mins Read Japanese Christmas Cake: A Complete Guide From the classic strawberry shortcake to premium hotel creations — everything you need to…
Japan Kaki Fry (カキフライ) Date 2 weeks ago Reading Time 4 Mins Read Hello, food lovers! Today we are talking about a warm, crunchy, and very popular dish from Japan called Kaki Fry (カキフライ). If…
Japan Tea Type Kyobancha（京番茶） Date 2 weeks ago Reading Time 10 Mins Read Kyobancha (京番茶), also sold as Iribancha, is Kyoto’s own style of roasted green tea: large, unrolled leaves with an intensely…
Japanese Sweets Kansai Mie Seki no To (関の戸) Date 2 weeks ago Reading Time 9 Mins Read Seki no To (関の戸) is a bite-sized Japanese sweet from Seki-juku, an old post town in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture. One…
Japan Tea Type Bancha（番茶） Date 2 weeks ago Reading Time 11 Mins Read Bancha (番茶) is Japan’s everyday green tea. It’s an inexpensive, mild-tasting brew made from more mature leaves, picked later in…
