Food and Travel

The "Shikoku Mannaka Sennen Monogatari" Shikoku was selected as 6th in the Regions category on Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2022, which is to sa...

Onsen on the water’s edge Hamamatsu City is located in the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture, and is rich in nature with access to the sea, moun...

Beans for the Setsubun festival February is still cold in Japan, but it changes to spring on the calendar. Risshun (立春) is the first day of spring...

Fresh Matsuba crab Matsuba crabs are grown male snow crabs that are landed in the San-in region. This is one of Tottori's most popular winter deli...

New Year's udon Kagawa Prefecture is known for its many udon restaurants. New Year's udon is a pure white udon that is eaten at the beginning of t...

Ozoni with round mochi In Japan, we eat New Year's dishes such as 'Osechi' during the New Year holiday. Ozoni is one of these traditional New Year...

Sendai Zuke-don Sendai's specialties, again! This time, we'd like to introduce Sendai Zuke-don, a unique seafood rice bowl! Miyagi Prefecture is o...

Medicinal cuisine Do you know the history of Toyama's medicine sales?It is an old history that started from the middle of the Edo period. Masatosh...

December in Japan December is also called "Shiwasu (師走) " in Japan. 師 means teacher and mentor and 走 means busy in this word. A long time ago, man...

Mapo yakisoba When you think of Sendai's specialties, what do you think of? Probably gyutan (beef tongue), right? However, there are two more spec...

Spooky treats Halloween has started being a very popular event in Japan in recent years. Before Halloween was widely known, in Japan the period of...

Teradomari Fish Market Street Teradomari, Nagaoka City is located in the center of Niigata Prefecture. It is lined with seafood markets commonly ...