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Miyagi Food Guide – Food in Japan 杜の都の食 Miyagi Food Guide Gyutan · Sanriku Sea · City of Trees Miyagi food means two things above all: the charcoal-grilled beef tongue of Sendai, and the seafood of the Sanriku coast. Around those si...

Yamagata Food Guide – Food in Japan 山形の食 Yamagata Food Guide Ramen Capital · Soba Holy Land · Fruit Kingdom Welcome to the complete Yamagata food guide from Food in Japan. This is the prefecture that spends more on ramen than anywher...

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...

Akita Food Guide – Food in Japan 秋田の食 Akita Food Guide Rice Country · Snow Country · Tohoku Welcome to the complete Akita food guide from Food in Japan. Akita Prefecture sits on the Sea of Japan coast in northern Tohoku. Thanks to de...

Black garlic looks strange the first time you see it. Indeed, the cloves are jet black, soft, and slightly sticky. So what is black garlic? It is ordinary garlic, slowly aged into something new. In Japanese, people call it kuro ninniku. ...

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...

Picture a snowy night in the mountains of central Japan. Outside, the cold bites hard. Inside a small izakaya, a sizzling iron plate arrives at your table. Golden egg and a scatter of bonito flakes crown the top. This is tsukemono steak,...

Crab cream croquette is a Japanese yoshoku dish made from crab meat bound in béchamel sauce, coated in panko, then deep-fried until golden. People also call it kani cream korokke, using the Japanese word for crab and croquette together. ...

Few dishes say "home cooking" in Japan like cream stew. It is warm, creamy, and gently sweet. A pot of it can fill a whole kitchen with comfort. Children adore it, and adults feel nostalgic. This dish is Japanese cream stew. So what is J...

Picture a cold mountain village in old Japan. A heavy iron pot bubbles over the coals. Inside simmers dark, marbled wild boar meat. This warming dish is yamakujira nabe. It is one of Japan's oldest game-meat hot pots. So what is yamakuji...