All Japan News Blog
2017-08-24
Replicating authentic Japanese izakaya with the food, service and ambience
By Keiko FukudaThere is a restaurant in Torrance that has gained popularity quickly in the past few years for its vivid ambiance, in which you enjoy fresh seafood and meat dishes. It is “Izakaya Hachi...
2017-07-24
New taste of mom’s cooking you can enjoy in a home-made café
by Eri Shimizu　Editing: Elli Sekine Lately, the Mission District is gathering a lot of attention as a typical fashionable back street of San Francisco, and also as an icon of street arts and gourmet f...
2017-07-23
How to select sake suitable for enjoyment as hot sake
One appeal of Japanese sake is the wide range of temperatures for consumption. By changing the temperature, the flavor of the same brand of sake varies greatly, interestingly enough, along with its co...
2017-07-22
"Kosher Certification Part 3"
By Kosuke KujiI think there are very few people that know how the kosher certification is done. Kosher mark means "the food is sanitary", "manufacturing process is done appropriately", "all ingredient...
2017-07-21
Legendary bar where all the seats are always taken due to its demonstration of skills, good taste, and services of true Japan
by Aya OtaIn the East Village, a vibrant town of condensation of diverse ethnic groups and cultures, you first climb a set of stairs to an izakaya, get inside, walk through it, glancing at people enjo...
2017-07-20
People form a line for the genuine seafood bowls and steak set meals
by Keiko FukudaJapanese food fans in the South Bay area are talking a lot about having lunch at Wadatsumi lately. I visited Wadatsumi in May, shortly after the opening. About 20 of us, business collea...
2017-06-19
The first US “Hitachino Beer” restaurant, born in Ibaraki prefecture, opens! The quality and brand power are pursued.
By Elli Sekine “Hitachino Nest Beer”, known by its red owl logo, is gaining popularity in the US. The number of fans of this premium craft beer is growing, especially among foodies. The “Red Owl Pheno...
2017-06-18
Enjoy food with Japanese sake
By Yuji MatsumotoRecently, I’m often asked from Americans, “Wine is often used for cooking, can you also use Japanese sake?” Japanese sake is great for cooking, because it contains many umami componen...
2017-06-17
Sake Nation "Kosher Certification Part II"
By Kosuke KujiIn last issue's column, we mentioned: "On April 17th 2013, by a certification body called Chabad of Japan, Nanbu Bijin received a certification of “Kosher” to certify that their products...
2017-06-16
Revolutionary in the yakiniku industry, spreading Japanese style yakiniku culture in the US
By Aya OtaYakiniku Futago” of Osaka is a restaurant chain which has so far developed about 50 restaurants in the Tokyo metropolitan area and overseas. It was founded in 2010 in Tsuruhashi, Osaka which...