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Bekko sushi is spicy sushi made by soaking fresh white fish from the waters near the Izu Islands in "chili soy sauce". The name tortoiseshell sushi came from the fact that the pickled white fish shines "tortoiseshell color". Mainly white...

What Is Edomae Sushi? (Quick Answer) Edomae sushi (江戸前寿司) is the traditional Tokyo-style sushi that originated in Edo — the former name of Tokyo — during the early 19th century. Unlike the mass-produced sushi widely available today,...

At half past noon in Shinminato, the floor of the fish market turns red. Crab after crab goes down on its back, packed shoulder to shoulder across the concrete, until the whole hall looks carpeted. Buyers are already crouching over the r...

Kaizoku Ryori translates as pirate cuisine, and it means grilling seafood yourself at the table in southern Tokushima. Spiny lobster, abalone, turban shells, and scallops go straight onto a mesh grill in front of you. Some restaurants si...

Ancient sake in Japan was not the clear, filtered nihonshu poured today. The term covers a loose family of rice-based alcoholic drinks tied to farming, ritual, and early political life. Some were cloudy. Some were probably closer to a th...

Tekonezushi is a traditional regional sushi dish from Mie Prefecture, made with red-fleshed fish marinated in a soy sauce tare and folded through vinegared rice. Bonito is the classic choice, though tuna appears often. Shiso, ginger and ...

The history of sake stretches back roughly two thousand years, at least if you use the word broadly for Japanese alcoholic drinks made from rice. Yet the earliest rice-based drinks were nothing like modern nihonshu. The sake people pour ...

Kyoho grapes are large, dark purple Japanese grapes. Their juicy, sweet flesh and refreshing acidity make them genuinely hard to resist. If you have never tried one, you are missing something memorable. What Are Kyoho Grapes? The Kyoho g...

Firefly squid, known as hotaru ika (ホタルイカ) in Japanese, is a small bioluminescent squid that Japan treats as a spring delicacy. Toyama Bay is the place most closely associated with it, because every spring huge numbers of females ri...

You are standing outside a Tokyo yakiniku shop, and the lunch board reads "A5 Wagyu set, ¥2,980." Is it genuinely A5, or is there a catch? A5 is the highest combination in Japan's beef carcass grading system, although it describes a grad...