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An easy way to make your already easy meal even more delicious. Instant ramen has a unique space in Japan’s food culture. On one hand, it’s a quick, cheap, and easy-to-make hot meal, but on the other, ...

Itohkyuemon leads the way when it comes to matcha ice creams and parfaits. Ever since matcha began to boom in popularity around the globe, green tea lovers from overseas have had Uji in Kyoto on their ...

This summer, Unimocc is serving back-to-back salutes to Katsushika Hokusai, the most celebrated painter in Japanese art history.Hokusai was a prolific artist, but he’s best known for the Thirty-six ...

Comparing the big three Japanese convenience stores’ versions of the country’s number-one sweet bread. Despite the cultural and culinary importance of rice to Japan, the country also has a deep ...

This news cuts deep and apparently will take a long time to heal. It’s nice to look at how far we’ve come as a species with our smartphones, AI assistants, and light-up poop on a stick.However, we ...

Called the Pickleball Burger, this new offering is said to be a “large, American-style rice burger”, with three flame-grilled 100-percent beef patties boldly sandwiched between special rice patties ...

That’s because it’s made of cellophane, the well-known material that looks a lot like plastic but is actually closer to paper because it’s made of the same material, cellulose.Cellophane has been ...

Kura Sushi is one of Japan’s most popular kaiten sushi/conveyor belt sushi chains, and among that section of the dining scene it’s known as an especially budget-friendly tasty place. So, as we do in ...