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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...

Slice a piece of karasumi paper-thin, put it on your tongue, and wait a second. The salt hits first. Then something richer arrives, closer to aged cheese than to fish, and it lingers well after the piece has gone. Quick answer Karasumi (...

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...

At some point in every anime and manga, the action stops so that the character can eat something. Have you noticed the food is never too creative? Everyone eats the same few things. Ramen, bento, meat skewers, rinse and repeat. You hardl...

Tokyo has more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other city on earth, yet some of the best meals you'll eat there cost less than 500 yen and come from a stall the size of a closet. That contrast is the whole point. A single day of ea...

Sanriku oysters are Pacific oysters farmed along Japan's rugged Sanriku Coast in Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures. Cold, nutrient-rich waters from the Oyashio Current give them a plump body and a deep, briny sweetness. Fishing communities he...

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...

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...

Fukamushi Sencha (深蒸し煎茶) is a deep-steamed Japanese green tea known for its cloudy green color, mellow umami, soft bitterness, and full-bodied taste. The word fukamushi means “deep steamed,” and this longer steaming p...