Tokyo has more restaurants with Michelin stars than any other city in the world, but the best eating experiences are often farther afield. We asked some of Japan’s biggest cheerleaders stateside to ...

Exterior of a Japanese restaurant with plastic food on display - Tupungato/Shutterstock Japanese ice cream never melts. At least, that's what you might think if you're wandering through Tokyo on a hot ...

Come with Jesse Ito, chef-owner of Royal Sushi and Izakaya and Dancerobot in Philadelphia, on a nine day tour through ...

If you’re vegan and traveling abroad, it’s not always easy to find the menu accommodations you need. One country that strikes fear in the heart of vegans is Japan — with all its sushi, grilled meats, ...

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 ...

The Asian megamarket boom is both delicious and exciting, but sometimes there’s no substitute for a well-stocked neighborhood market. Forget its diminutive footprint. There’s no better place in town ...

From over-the-top omakase and casual handroll bars to all the bang bang shrimp in between, these are the best Japanese ...

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 ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. Fermentation has become a keyword these days, not just among chefs but the ...