4 Premium Packaged Plants
This great selection highlights the Japanese art of packaged food, where almost anything can find itself inside a plastic wrapper!
The Secrets of Japanese School Lunch
If you've ever taught at a Japanese elementary school, this video is sure to bring back memories!
7 Next-Level Soy Sauce Options
Everybody knows Japanese soy sauce, but did you know there's more than Kikkoman? Here we take a look at seven premium options from all around Japan.
The Incredible Edible Fungus
An unbelievable look at six products, all made with a little mold!
2 Ways to Cook Japanese Short-Grain Rice
Nami from Just One Cookbook gives us a few tips on how to prepare Japanese short-grain rice to perfection!
5 Flavorful Finds from Under the Sea
Here's a wonderful selection of fish from Iwate, Miyage, Tokyo and Chiba.
Make Your Own Soba in Kyoto
Hidden away in one of Kyoto's alleyways, you can learn to make your own yummy noodles from scratch—no cooking experience required!
10 Days of Japanese Public School Lunch
Japanese Food Teaching English
After detailed investigation, The Japan Guy has determined that Japanese public school lunches beat the pants off the lunches at his elementary school back home.
7 Premium Dashi Ingredients
’Dashi' soup stock comes in several flavors and varieties. Here's a great selection of ingredients to help you create the real taste of traditional Japanese soup in your own kitchen!
Halal Japanese Cuisine in Tokyo
Visitors who keep halal can now enjoy beautifully presented kaiseki (course meals), lovingly prepared by a chef who worked at a 3 Michelin-starred restaurant!
Michelin-Starred Chef on Ichiju-Sansai
Michelin-starred chef David Bouley presented a seminar on 'ichiju-sansai' to 20 chefs from Aramark Corporation, one of the largest food service providers for educational institutions in the U.S.
Taste Ichiju-Sansai in a Real Japanese Home!
KitchHike is a great site for experiencing local food on your travels, right in the kitchens of local cooks! Here are some fantastic 'ichiju-sansai' meal option from cooks all around Japan.
Bringing Japanese Food Culture to the World
Highlighting Japan sat with Food Industry Affairs Bureau Director-General Masayuki Yamashita to talk about MAFF's global strategy following UNESCO's recognition of Japanese cuisine as an element of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2013.
How to Make 4 Traditional Japanese Soups
These traditional Japanese soups will warm your soul!
An Artist's Perspective on Kyoto & Nara
Designer and illustrator Carolina Puropopo shares her artistic impressions of Kyoto and Nara.
Why Japan Loves Fish
Food culture expert Takeo Koizumi explains exactly why fish are so central to Japanese cuisine culture.
Get 5 Traditional Japanese Ingredients in NYC
You don't have to fly to Japan to create authentic Japanese meals!
Do You Know Your Tsukemono?
Check out Serious Eats' fantastic guide to 'tsukemono,' Japanese pickles!
Kurobe Gorge in Autumn
A quick, endearing trip around the magnificent Kurobe Gorge.
