All Japan News Blog
2018-02-02
Marufuku “Hakata ramen” breaking in to Japan Town of San Francisco
By Elli SekineA new ramen phenomenon is happening again in San Francisco’s Japan Town, a highly-competitive district for ramen restaurants. Over the last few years, the popularity of “tonkotsu style r...
2018-02-02
When in Rome…
By Yuji MatsumotoIf you ask me if I enjoy having cocktails, my answer would be no. But that’s my personal preference. Develop sake and shochu cocktails at the restaurant and sell it. These cocktails a...
2018-02-01
First in the world! Ginjo event held at the United Nations Headquarters: Part I
By Kosuke KujiThe first Ginjo event in the world was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York several years ago. This was the first Japanese sake event held in the world inside the United N...
2018-01-30
WOKUNI Spreading Japan’s high-quality fresh seafood to the world
By Aya Ota“WOKUNI”, an innovative restaurant which offers fresh seafood cultivated directly from their own self-operated aqua-farm in Nagasaki, appeared in Midtown in late October, and has become the ...
2018-01-29
Shibumi Oita Fair held at a trendy kaiseki cuisine restaurant
By Keiko FukudaIt was right after their 2016 opening when the restaurant became the talk of the town as a “Japanese restaurant in downtown, to which people pay a lot of attention”. They won second pla...
2018-01-06
Fermented foods attract attention due to health-consciousness boom
By Elli Sekine “AEDAN”’ tent shop in the Saturday Farmer’s Market held in the very popular Ferry Building in San Francisco, which sells fermented foods such as miso and koji that are not sold at any o...
2018-01-05
Four Key Points of Selling and Developing Sake
By Yuji MatsumotoMany of those involved in sake tend to prefer to use vague and mysterious expressions. It seems as if they dislike saying anything definitive about a product’s characteristics. Howeve...
2018-01-04
1st France Sake Competition
By Kosuke KujiAt the “Kura Master – Le Grand Concours de Sake Japonais de Paris 2017” this year that was held in France for the 1st time, we are excited to mention that Nanbu Bijin “Shinpaku” won the ...
2018-01-03
Building a new era of sushi culture in the capital, Washington DC
By Aya OtaWashington 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 tra...
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...