All Japan News Blog
2017-01-22
By Aya Ota Brick walls, spacious wooden counter, tastefully decorated interior, and beautiful tableware---It is a space which looks like an art gallery, but actually a restaurant that magically makes ...
2017-01-21
By Keiko Fukuda Melrose is a street of Los Angeles, where trendy LA people gather, and so do tourists from all over the world to shop. “Kawaba Rice Ball”, a Japanese delicatessen mainly featuring rice...
2016-12-28
Kappo Omakase-style California fusion restaurant By Elli Sekine In the past few years, the food culture of the Auckland area has been changing dramatically. Along with the rising popularity of the fa...
2016-12-27
By Yuji Matsumoto Happy New Year! I plan to work hard again this year to provide information that will help make Japanese sake an even more familiar alcoholic drink to have during a meal for your cus...
2016-12-26
By Kosuke Kuji "The U.S. National Sake Appraisal" that has been held every year since 2001 was held again this year. Entries of over 350 sakes are evaluated by 10 judges from Japan and the U.S. Afte...
2016-12-25
Tempura omakase course offered at a reasonable price in a theater-like setting has quickly become the talk of the town By Aya Ota At the east end of the East Village district on Alphabet City which is...
2016-12-24
Small, but shining restaurant in a high-class neighborhood By Keiko Fukuda Pacific Palisades is an upper-class residential town sandwiched between the mountains and the sea located about a 10 minute-d...
2016-11-21
By Elli Sekine “Yayoiken”, a set menu chain that has over 300 stores all over Japan finally came to the United States this spring. Their English name is “YAYOI”, and the first store is in Palo Alto, S...
2016-11-20
By Yuji Matsumoto I once wrote before about the importance of naming in the branding of Japanese sake. This time, I would like to write about logo branding. The logo is an important symbol that repres...
2016-11-19
By Kosuke Kuji This year the ceremony of the 11th Sake Samurai was held on the premises of Shimogamo Shrine. Shimogamo Shrine is a great treasure that is also inscribed on the World Heritage List. The...