Brewmaster Imada Miho, a resident of Akitsu, Hiroshima has spent over 15 years perfecting the production techniques of family ...

Walking down West Fourth Street, you’ll find many students running to class, calling friends and responding to emails — all ...

Following its inclusion on UNESCO’s cultural heritage list, Japanese brewers hope to showcase the true identity of sake and ...

If you’re looking for baseball heaven, there’s only one name you need to know: Abusan. Named for the popular baseball manga, ...

A 2021 study on Chinese adults also suggested a 10% lower chance of death from type 2 diabetes for those who drink it daily ... Research from Japan found that those who drank five cups or more ...

Like his other restaurants, Izakaya Kuroyama highlights Japanese street food. The word izakaya refers to a late-night bar serving small snacks and drinks. About half the menu is made up of yakitori, ...

TOKYO -- Japanese discount store chain Don Quijote has scored a big hit with foreign visitors to Japan who can't get enough of its raw-egg-flavor rice topping. At Tokyo's Mega Don Quijote Shibuya ...

Dressed in an old-fashioned sailor coat, he emerged from the rear of the room and walked theatrically toward the stage, narrating a story of Japan's bountiful produce and how it has shaped the ...

He was referring to the Japanese melonpan, a bun topped with crispy biscuit dough cross-hatched to resemble the rind of a melon, specifically a cantaloupe melon. The second part of its name is the ...

There is trouble on the horizon in Hokkaido, northern Japan, where poor fishing conditions triggered by global warming are endangering the country’s prized salmon – considered one of the ...

Anyone coming to the Barbican expecting one of Evgeny Kissin’s barnstorming displays of exuberant keyboard virtuosity would have been in for a shock. This dour, concentrated collection of bleak ...