Kantaro Inagaki with San-chan. Kantaro Inagaki. Kantaro Inagaki didn’t set out to become an internet phenomenon. He simply loved walking and loved his home country, and wanted to share it online with... Read more »
Captain Crunch Time. Having an accident at sea is one of the more horrific things to happen to a person. Many people would not be able to overcome that feeling of cold... Read more »
AI claims it can tell which you like just by looking at you. For many years now, there has been a rivalry between two chocolate-covered cookie snacks. Both Kinoko no Yama and... Read more »
Eel, or unagi, is a powerful “stamina food” Ever heard of Japanese aphrodisiacs? These love foods are as old as history. Way back in ancient Egyptian times, people consumed wine-soaked lilies to... Read more »
Gorgeous and tiny, yet contains the potential to break spirits and thumbs. The cherry blossom season tends to fall around the turn of the fiscal year, meaning that trying to squeeze out... Read more »
Nara is famous for deer and temples, but you won’t find either of those inside this hard-to-find baked good. Most of the time, the names of baked goods in Japan are pretty... Read more »
Spring in Tokyo is often described as a spectacle as cherry blossoms open, parks fill and the city spills into the streets. Yet some of the season’s most memorable moments happen indoors... Read more »
Photo Credit: Newscom on Alamy In Tokyo, fruit can command the kind of reverence usually reserved for rare whisky or couture handbags. Certain Japanese luxury fruits have become auction legends: Yubari King... Read more »
We head to the new arrival from the north to see if it’s still something special. Sushi is, in many ways, a trend-resistant food. Whereas the popularity of toppings, seasonings, and cooking... Read more »
Giant gobo is shocking to look at, but how does it taste? Japanese supermarkets often have their own in-house bakeries, so when our Japanese-language reporter Ikuna Kamezawa walked into her local branch... Read more »