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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...

Most miso soup starts with a clear dashi broth. One regional version, however, breaks that rule completely. People in Kagawa make ebi miso soup, a rich shrimp soup. So what is ebi miso soup in Kagawa? It is a creamy miso soup built on wh...

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...

岩手の食 Iwate Food Guide Three Great Noodles · Sanriku Coast · Nanbu Iron Iwate food rests on three things: noodles, a cold northern coast, and a long habit of turning scarcity into cooking. In fact, the largest prefecture on Honshu spl...

Hittsumi (ひっつみ) is a traditional dumpling soup from Iwate Prefecture. Cooks tear wheat-flour dough by hand and simmer it with chicken, root vegetables, mushrooms, and soy-based broth. The dish is known for its soft, chewy texture and...

Aomori Food Guide – Food in Japan 青森の食 Aomori Food Guide Apple Kingdom · Oma Tuna · Nebuta Nights Aomori food rests on three things: apples, cold northern seas, and a stubborn streak of local invention. In fact, the prefecture at the...

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...