All Japan News Blog
2018-01-03
Building a new era of sushi culture in the capital, Washington DC
By Aya Ota Washington DC is the nation’s capital, and the center of international politics. In such a city where top-ranked people from all over the world gather, there is a restaurant which offers tr...
2018-01-02
Ramen and sushi by a Sri Lankan chef
By Keiko Fukuda “I have a recent favorite ramen restaurant. You can have sushi with fresh ingredients there too,” said a friend of mine. It is Ramen Spott in Torrance. My friend continued, “I heard th...
2017-11-25
De-omakase style community-based sushi restaurant opens
By Elli Sekine / Eri Shimizu New Japanese cuisine projects have been more and more diversified each year, and the trend of the sushi business of the last few years has been high-end omakase style. How...
2017-11-24
Expanding consumption areas for Japanese sake and shochu
By Yuji Matsumoto Recently in the U.S., wine discount stores like BevMo and Total Wine and More, etc., are prosperous. Also, rural areas have local large liquor stores that sell various alcoholic beve...
2017-11-23
“Best in the World! International Wine Challenge (IWC) Champion” Part 2
By Kosuke Kuji Nanbu Bijin Tokubetsu Junmai uses Iwate prefecture original sake rice “Ginotome” produced by Ninohe city, Iwate. This “Ginotome” was developed by the agricultural team headed by Mr. Ryo...
2017-11-22
Bringing peace of mind to New Yorkers by spreading the practice of Japanese tea ceremony
By Aya Ota “I need to spread the practice of Japanese Tea Ceremony in New York!” Soheki Mori, tea master, thought intuitively when she visited New York 22 years ago. “Such a busy city should seek spir...
2017-11-21
A restaurant with concentrated hopes for “Succession of Sushi Culture”
By Keiko Fukuda I still remember that I almost always ended up choosing “Koto” near the airport for the place to have lunch when I was in Orange County. This Koto has moved from the old location near ...
2017-10-30
SF Ramen Trend, 2017
By Elli Sekine The ramen boom of San Francisco sees no end in sight, and continues to enchant local ramen fans. During the past 10-year history of this SF ramen boom, those who took the lead of the fi...
2017-10-29
Bizarre labels on Japanese Sake bottles
By Yuji Matsumoto While I’ve written repeatedly in the past about the lack of marketing efforts in branding Japanese sake bottles, it’s very disappointing that most breweries still haven’t implemented...
2017-10-28
“Best in the World! International Wine Challenge (IWC) Champion” Part 1
By Kosuke Kuji  At this year’s International Wine Challenge (IWC) 2017, “Nanbu Bijin Tokubetsu Junmai” is honored to win the “Champion Sake” title!! From all the entries of total 1245 brands from 390 ...