All Japan News Blog
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...
2019-08-18
By Kosuke Kuji Los Angeles-based Mirai Konishi produced “KANPAI – For the Love of Sake” from crowdfunding, released in 2015. After a world premiere at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, th...
2019-08-11
By Yuji Matsumoto I had an opportunity to hold a Japanese sake seminar at The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles. What they wanted to know most was the difference between cold and hot sake, brewing process...
2019-08-04
By Aya Ota “Momofuku Group” has always been drawing people’s attention with its innovative concept. Since its opening of “Momofuku Noodle Bar” in 2004 in the East Village District by David Chung, a ch...
2019-07-28
By Keiko Fukuda I heard that VegiLicious is an organic vegan restaurant as you can imagine from its name, and not only that, it is a Japanese restaurant. How could I resist going there? The restaurant...
2019-07-12
By Yuji Matsumoto While sparkling wine and flavored wine is no doubt popular, another surprisingly popular beverage is shochu (distilled liquor). Shochu on-the-rocks, mixed with lemon soda or with Cal...
