Learn How To Prepare Osechi New Year’s Dishes At Japanese Cooking School For Foreigners
Osechi is the name given to special dishes typically served at New Year’s time in Japan. The dishes often take time to prepare, are aesthetically…
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Enjoy Excellent Japanese Craft Beer With Great Food at Yona Yona Beer Works
You may have heard of Yona Yona, the beer brand of Yo-Ho Brewing Company in Karuizawa, Japan. Currently exported in the US, Australia, Korea, Singapore,…
Oedo Waen Soba and Sake Festival Shows Off The Amazing Variety Of Delicious Soba In Japan
If you’re a fan of Japanese food, you may be familiar with soba (thin buckwheat noodles traditionally served either chilled with a dipping sauce or…
Tokyo’s Gyoza Fest Brings Together the Weird and the Wonderful of the Dumpling World
Gyoza are basically Chinese dumplings, but when served up in Japan you will usually get ‘yaki gyoza’. These are pan fried dumplings that are both…
Tokyo’s Fisherman’s Festival Impresses With Awesome Seafood
It’s not secret that Japan boasts incredibly delicious seafood delicacies, but tracking them all down in one trip can require a Herculean effort for even…
Café Benisica, Birthplace of Japanese Pizza Toast, Lets You Savor the Showa Era in Yurakucho
The neighborhood of Yurakucho in Tokyo is known today as a shopping and dining area, but also for its rows of restaurants and casual eateries…
Free Entry Cheese Festival in Tokyo
Japan’s strengths when it comes to food are numerous. Their traditional cuisine is world famous and many of their eccentric innovations become viral hits. But…
Yakiniku Sushi Is A Gourmet Sensation Fusing Sushi and Choice Meats Grilled At Your Table
In the last four years or so, restaurant development and design company SPICEWORKS Co. has fused two of the most popular foods in Japan, sushi…
Female Ninjas at Cafe Kunoichi in Tokyo Will Teach You Shuriken, Katana And Rice Ball Making
If you want to learn the way of the ninja, Japan has a ninja academy, after which you could even take a ninja certification test….
These Doggies Are So Cute You Could Eat Them
It seems we can never grow tired of cute dogs, whether they’re real shiba dogs striking sexy poses or putting on funny faces, corgis wagging…
Japan Invents Spicy Marinated Pollock Roe and Sweet Milk Ice Cream Bars
Spicy marinated pollock roe, known as mentaiko in Japanese, is a popular and versatile food which is enjoyed in many ways in Japan ranging from…
Sticky Rice Cake In a Can To Be Sold At MINISTOP Convenience Stores
Japanese convenience store chain Mini Stop has surprised us before with unconventional taste combinations. For example, Chinese-style steamed buns filled with whole custard puddings and…
Nissin Hopes to Fight “Noodle Harassment” With Slurping Noise-Neutralizing Noodle Fork
With an increase in awareness and more open discussion of the various kinds of harassment occurring in Japan at school, university, work and in society…
Traditional Japanese Confectionery Offers Cute-and-Gross Sweets For Halloween
This time of year, Japanese food retailers and shops have a ghoulishly good excuse to concoct their most colorful and tasty creations in the spirit…
Pocky Continues Its Adult Flavor Series With Classy Wine-Pairing Flavor
The original classic Pocky may have just been a simple chocolate pretzel stick, but the worldwide love the flagship Japanese snack enjoys has seen Pocky…