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Unsure about enjoying a Japanese kaiseki meal the correct way? Fret no...

For the ultimate pampering experience, check into a Ryokan with a hot ...

So you’re organising a traditional Japanese meal but have no idea wher...

These tomatoes from San Farmers are no ordinary tomatoes. Grown in imp...

Azuki beans, also known as “red beans”, have been eaten in Japan for t...

Apart from the traditional sea salts and seaweed salts, there is also ...

Unlike American brown sugar, which is produced by adding molasses to r...

Indigenous to Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost prefecture, Awamori is – l...

First things first: the word “sake” as used in English is somewhat of ...

Head to one of Tokyo’s many Izakayas (casual pubs) on any given night ...

If you are particularly sensitive to caffeine, hojicha should be your ...

Of all the varieties of Japanese green tea, perhaps the most highly pr...

Fully grown in the sun, sencha is the most common variety of green tea...

This bamboo whisk is central  to the traditional preparation of matcha...

While about a third of the world uses this ancient utensil at mealtime...

Chopsticks are something we use almost on a daily basis, but how much ...

Every Japanese chef worth his salt has his own set of hocho knives, bu...

Just like the sumo wrestlers who prepare it, chanko nabe is huge and h...

According to the Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum, ramen made its way to Ja...

First introduced in Japan during the 1600s, soba is made from buckwhea...

Somen noodles date back to the eighth century, when they were brought ...