Discover a practical travel hack for enjoying delicious Japanese food without overspending. Join our host as she explores the ...

Yukari Sakamoto is the author of Food Sake Tokyo and offers guided tours to markets in Tokyo. She is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute, a sommelier, and a shochu advisor. As sakura season ...

Presented in a beautiful, layered black box tied up with a ribbon, my first meal in Japan arrived in style. However, as I unfolded the trays of lovingly prepared food, it was as I suspected it might ...

Some of Japan’s most famous foods — sushi, yakitori, tonkotsu ramen — make the country’s food scene seem a bit daunting for visitors or locals who keep vegan or vegetarian diets (or avoid items like ...

In an illicit exchange beneath a grungy overpass, one man passes another a greasy, brown paper bag and says, "This will get you high." The bag contains karaage, Japan's beloved fried chicken. This ...

Let’s be honest. Osaka hasn’t got Tokyo’s mind-bending urban sprawl, where every turn opens up a world of adventure. Likewise, it lacks the historic temples, tree-covered hills and ancient history of ...

At most local Japanese restaurants, rice is rice and soy sauce is soy sauce — but at the new Michi Japanese Cuisine in Napa, it’s a different story. Here, chef Michiyo Hagio serves Koshihikari, a ...

El Muelle 8, praised for serving some of L.A.’s best mariscos, returns. A Korean barbecue spot teams up with a buckwheat noodle specialist to create Seogwan by Yellowcow. Echo Park’s plant-based Men & ...

On bustling Western Avenue in the heart of Gardena, Sakura-Ya and Chikara Mochi sit about 250 feet away from each other, frequented by South Bay residents for decades for fluffy mochi and cakey manju.