Japanese cuisine is registered as one of UNESCO's intangible cultural heritages
for its fresh and high artisan quality, as well as for its ability to draw out the flavour of its ingredients to the utmost.
Nothing offers a taste of Okinawan cuisine better than chanpuru. With a name derived from the Malay or Indonesian word campur...
For some 1,200 years, Kyoto stood as Japan's former capital and seat of the imperial court. During this time, the city was a ...
Referred to simply as soba or as suba in many local dialects, Okinawa soba is a type of noodle soup produced in Okinawa and i...
Tracing its origins from China and dined upon in the royal courts of the Ryukyu Kingdom that ruled the Okinawan Islands for o...
Kobegyu is the most famous of Japan's famed Wagyu beef.The combination of the fine, delicately sweet red meat and the flavor ...
The Best Winter FoodFrom early November to the end of March, one of the greatest winter treats is Matsuba crab, the male snow...
In recent years, Japanese premium beef “Wagyu” has become more popular internationally.Saga Beef is one of Wagyu brand th...
Tajima Cattle: Producers of the World's Finest BeefAsk meat lovers what they regard as the finest premium beef in the world a...
In Hokkaido, King Crab, snow crab, and horsehair crab are the three most popular crab varieties.Hokkaido's harvest of horseha...
Osaka has many takoyaki stalls, and many serve which both takoyaki and okonomiyaki (savory pancake). Although many restaurant...
Tofu has been popular for centuries in East Asian and South-east Asian regions. The characteristics of Japanese tofu are its ...
Chanko nabe is a unique nabe (hot pot) dish eaten by sumo wrestlers (rikishi), but also refers to all meals prepared by the w...
Lake Hamana and Tenryu River in Shizuoka Prefecture are well known for eel, with numerous famous eel restaurants in the surro...
Wanko-soba dates back to "soba furumai", practiced in southern Iwate Prefecture. This well-known traditional dish originated ...
Misokatsu and miso kushi-katsu is tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) served with a Hatcho miso-based sauce.Its origins lie in kushi k...
This dish was created by the first generation owner of Suigetsu, who had trained at a foreigner's home in Hong Kong. Mizutak...
Kagawa Prefecture is so famous for its sanuki udon noodles that it's often referred to as the Udon Prefecture. Udon restauran...
Tottori’s Hino District has a long and storied history with tatara, the traditional Japanese furnace used to smelt iron and...
It’s no secret that Japanese beef (wagyu in Japanese), with its rich flavor and melt-in-your-mouth texture, is considered a...
Shimane’s Lake Shinji is notable for being a brackish water lake, where freshwater mixes with seawater from the Sea of Japa...
Soba, or buckwheat noodles, long a staple of the Japanese diet, has found increasing popularity abroad in recent years thanks...
Seafood lovers travel from far and wide to visit Tottori’s Sakaiminato Fish Market, and with good reason—the locally caug...