All Japan News Blog
2017-04-24
How to select and recommend Japanese sake
By Yuji MatsumotoThe number of Japanese sake brands available in the U.S. is increasing annually with approximately 450 brands offered domestically. Compared to the approximately 1,500 sake breweries ...
2017-04-23
Ordinance to kampai (toast) with Japanese sake
By Kosuke KujiDuring hot summer months, we often hear the phrase, “let’s start off with a kampai (toast) with beer!” However, it’s been a long-term effort by our sake industry to request kampai be pra...
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 FukudaThe 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 greeti...
2017-03-19
True Japanese style curry found in a hide-out like place
By Elli SekineIf 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 commercia...
2017-03-18
Casual Pairing of Sake
By Yuji MatsumotoIn 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 dif...
2017-03-17
Iwate Prefecture's New Original Sake Brewing Suitable Rice (Yuinoka)
By Kosuke KujiAfter about 10 years of research and development, Iwate Prefecture announced their new Iwate prefecture original sake brewing suitable rice "Yuinoka". In Iwate Prefecture, they developed...
2017-03-16
Take note on American beef steak created by high-quality dry aging technique of Japan
By Aya OtaIn 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 FukudaIn 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 lo...
2017-02-24
Orthodox okonomiyaki arrives in South Bay
By Elli SekineThey 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 Japanes...