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In general, a two-week trip to Japan gives you around forty opportunities to eat. That sounds like plenty, until you realize that all 47 prefectures have their own specialties and food traditions. This Japan food bucket list therefore na...

Sawara (鰆) is the Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius), a slender member of the mackerel family. Japanese cooks prize it for its pale flesh, soft texture, and mild savory flavor. Although the flesh looks white, the Minist...

Some dishes tell you almost nothing about where they come from. Kozuyu is not one of them. Lift the small red lacquer bowl, taste the broth, and the whole story of Aizu arrives in a few mouthfuls. Picture a snowbound inland basin, no fre...

Trains from Tokyo reach Otsuki in about an hour. Hikers pour off the platform, and the small restaurants beside the station keep their miso pots warm all day. One dish appears on almost every menu board outside. Otsuke Dango is a traditi...

Ten dollars does not buy much lunch in London or New York any more. In Japan, it still buys a proper meal, and often a very good one. Quick answer Yes, you can eat well in Japan for under $10. At roughly 163 yen to the dollar in late Jul...

Japanese convenience store food is one of the cheapest pleasures of a trip to Japan, and for many visitors it becomes a daily habit. Japanese convenience stores are commonly called konbini, a shortened form of the Japanese pronunciation ...

Fukushima Food Guide – Food in Japan 福島の食 Fukushima Food Guide Ramen Towns · Fruit Kingdom · Aizu Tradition Welcome to the complete Fukushima food guide from Food in Japan. This is a prefecture where people line up for ramen at 7 a.m...

Drive along a main road in Aichi or Gifu around noon, and you will probably see it. A bright sign, a big parking lot, and a line of hungry locals. That is Gifu Tanmen, one of the Tokai region's most talked-about bowls. I still remember m...

Taiwan mazesoba is Nagoya's spicy soup-less ramen, not a Taiwanese dish. This guide explains its origin, toppings, taste, eating style, and how it differs from ramen, abura soba, and Taiwan ramen. At first glance, the name can feel confu...

You sit down at a small Chinese restaurant in Tokyo, scan the menu, and spot "tenshinhan." The name sounds unfamiliar, maybe even foreign. So you order it, expecting something straight from Tianjin. What arrives instead is a soft, golden...