All Japan News Blog
2017-04-22
Pioneer of new boom of Japanese food next to sushi and ramen
By Aya Ota “TsuruTonTan” is an udon specialty restaurant chain which runs a total of 12 restaurants in Tokyo and Osaka. The menu contains over 30 different items including signature Kansai-style udon ...
2017-04-21
The glorious third highest ranked ramen restaurant in LA
By Keiko Fukuda The ranking contest, “Los Angeles ramen top-10” in the LA Weekly magazine in 2013 awarded Umenoya in Torrance as No. 3. The article read, “You don’t hear the typical loud vibrant greet...
2017-03-19
True Japanese style curry found in a hide-out like place
By Elli Sekine If you walk through the fashionable Mission District where young people gather, and further through the south big street, you arrive at a low-key district where residential and commerci...
2017-03-18
Casual Pairing of Sake
By Yuji Matsumoto In this issue, I’d like to report on a secret to enhance pairing of Japanese cuisine with sake. First, please have three brands of Japanese sake with very different properties. The d...
2017-03-17
Iwate Prefecture's New Original Sake Brewing Suitable Rice (Yuinoka)
By Kosuke Kuji After about 10 years of research and development, Iwate Prefecture announced their new Iwate prefecture original sake brewing suitable rice "Yuinoka". In Iwate Prefecture, they develope...
2017-03-16
Take note on American beef steak created by high-quality dry aging technique of Japan
By Aya Ota In the Williamsburg district of Brooklyn, stylish and innovative stores are appearing one after another, and you find something new every time you visit. People think that this town is most...
2017-03-15
Sushi restaurant welcomes its 14th anniversary in an area where many hot restaurants are gathered
By Keiko Fukuda In Culver City which is located between the city of Los Angeles and Santa Monica, hot restaurants keep popping up one after another in the past few years. The Sony Pictures Studio is l...
2017-02-24
Orthodox okonomiyaki arrives in South Bay
By Elli Sekine They say that there are about 1,000 Japanese restaurants in the bay area. It seems very likely, but didn’t really exist was okonomiyaki restaurants. Okonomiyaki is one of the top Japane...
2017-02-23
“American customers are desiring to enjoy sake”
By Yuji Matsumoto American customers who come to Japanese restaurants anticipate enjoying cuisine and beverages not available in general American restaurants or supermarkets. According to a previously...
2017-02-22
“Kokushu” Project to “Cool Japan”
By Kosuke Kuji Japanese liquor has been a culture which is unique to Japan since the ancient times. It exists only in Japan, and people started to call it “Kokushu” (the alcoholic beverages of the nat...