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わらび餅 Warabi mochi is a traditional Japanese sweet made from bracken starch, water, and sugar. It sets into a soft, jelly-like block, then gets dusted with きな粉と黒みつ kinako and kuromitsu syrup before serving. The texture dissolve...

INTRODUCTION TO SASA DANGO We have other Japanese sweets on the list, Sasa Dango! What is Sasa Dango? It is a type of Wagashi or Japanese confectionery and a specialty of Niigata prefecture. Sasa dango is a dark green with a flavor of mu...

INTRODUCTION TO CASTELLA Castella is a Japanese confectionary , which is "wagashi" in Japanese. It’s a simple sponge cake made with flour, eggs, sugar, and starch syrup, and baked in a rectangular mold. Castella was originally introduc...

Not every Japanese sweet makes it into travel guides. Urajiro manju is exactly the kind of thing you stumble across in a small confectionery tucked into a Yamanashi mountain town, buy one out of curiosity, and then find yourself thinking...

Nara is Japan's oldest culinary city. As the country's first permanent capital (710–784 AD), it was the birthplace of Buddhist vegetarian cooking, the origin of Japan's somen noodle tradition, and the place where persimmon leaf sushi was...

Gunma is not always the first prefecture that comes to mind when people talk about Japanese food. That is honestly its loss. Because somewhere in the back streets of Maebashi, Takasaki, and Isesaki, someone is standing over a charcoal gr...

Quick Facts — Ibaraki Local Food Prefecture Ibaraki (茨城県) Region Kanto Food Identity Fermented foods, agricultural produce, fresh seafood Famous Dishes Natto, stamina ramen, ankou nabe, soboro natto, kenchin soba Signature Flavor Eart...

Hiroshima is one of Japan's most distinctive food cities — a place where bold flavors, fresh Seto Inland Sea seafood, and deeply local traditions come together in ways you won't find anywhere else. The city is famous worldwide for its la...

Kobe has a way of surprising people. Most visitors arrive expecting Kobe beef. And yes, the steak is extraordinary. But tucked into gift shops at Sannomiya Station and Shin-Kobe is something far more portable, and arguably just as iconic...

Yokohama is Japan's most cosmopolitan food city. As the country's first modern port, opened in 1859, it became the birthplace of Japan's ramen culture, home to the nation's largest Chinatown, and the city where Western-style dining first...