Yukari Sakamoto is the author of Food Sake Tokyo and offers guided tours to markets in Tokyo. She is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute, a sommelier, and a shochu advisor. As sakura season ...

The Asian megamarket boom is both delicious and exciting, but sometimes there’s no substitute for a well-stocked neighborhood market. Forget its diminutive footprint. There’s no better place in town ...

Welcome to Food in Japan! 🍣 Thanks for stopping by! 🙏 If you love Japanese food, you're in the right place. Join me as I explore the best dishes, street foods, and hidden gems all around Japan.

I’ve used this advice to find local bars, low-key restaurants, and izakayas where everyone has a bottle of nihonshu behind ...

Presented in a beautiful, layered black box tied up with a ribbon, my first meal in Japan arrived in style. However, as I unfolded the trays of lovingly prepared food, it was as I suspected it might ...

On bustling Western Avenue in the heart of Gardena, Sakura-Ya and Chikara Mochi sit about 250 feet away from each other, frequented by South Bay residents for decades for fluffy mochi and cakey manju.

A selection of various types of fast food, including chicken nuggets, tenders, burgers, french fries, drinks, and dips - Rimma Bondarenko/Shutterstock Japan may be a small island nation, but the East ...

If you already think your local Costco’s food court alone is worth a trip to the grocery store — where you can snag cheesy Chicken Bakes and $1.50 hot dogs — the options at Costco locations in Japan ...

Let’s be honest. Osaka hasn’t got Tokyo’s mind-bending urban sprawl, where every turn opens up a world of adventure. Likewise, it lacks the historic temples, tree-covered hills and ancient history of ...

At most local Japanese restaurants, rice is rice and soy sauce is soy sauce — but at the new Michi Japanese Cuisine in Napa, it’s a different story. Here, chef Michiyo Hagio serves Koshihikari, a ...