All Japan News Blog
2019-10-27
By Kosuke Kuji We discussed Nanbu Bijin obtaining the first vegan certification in the world for Japanese sake. Many Japanese nationals don’t know the term vegan, so naturally, vegan restaurants were ...
2019-10-20
By Aya Ota “Nikkei Cuisine” has been developed by “Nikkei”, the people who immigrated to Peru in the late 1800’s, and their descendants who have been making Japanese dishes using the local ingredients...
2019-10-13
By Keiko Fukuda In 1992, I came to Los Angeles initially to spend a long holiday after quitting a publishing company in Tokyo. However, 6 months later, I ended up staying for a while because I had an ...
2019-10-06
By Yuji Matsumoto The other day I had the opportunity to go to Las Vegas due to business, but couldn't believe that the day high was 45 degrees C (113 degF). With hot winds and scorching heat that may...
2019-09-29
By Kosuke Kuji Nanbu Bijin is the first sake product in the world to receive the “Vegan” certification in January 2019, certified by The Vegan Society based in England and NPO Vege Project Japan. The ...
2019-09-22
By Elli Sekine Wagyu is becoming a fullfledged boom. You already regularly find “wagyu” in menus of American restaurants and delicatessens. However wagyu as a category in the US is still vague. In the...
2019-09-15
Taste difference of different Sakes certainly originates from labels displaying rice polish or sake categories, but even more it is strongly influenced by the sake making process using koji mold etc o...
2019-09-08
By Aya Ota A steak specialty fast food franchise, “Pepper Lunch”,opened its first New York location on March 21 of this year, and is drawing a lot of attention because the second location opened on Ju...
2019-09-01
By Keiko Fukuda The two words, “Nagoya” and “ramen”, were not linked together in my mind. Then, in May of 2019, a friend, who is from Nagoya, asked me to go to this Nagoya-originated establishment wit...
2019-08-25
By Kosuke Kuji A documentary film featuring three female Japanese sake brewers, “KAMPAI! For the Love of Sake” kicked off in Tokyo in April 2019. Three female sake brewers star in this documentary fil...
