Category Food & Drink

Japanese Wine 101

Japanese Wine Vinyard Yamanashi

When people think of Japanese beverages, their minds often jump to the archipelago’s legendary sake, its refreshing beer, or its…

Kobe Beef

Kobe beef is a special grade of beef from a breed of cattle called Wagyu. Wagyu is a breed of…

Kombini Cuisine

The Japanese have taken the concept of the convenience store (“kombini” in Japanese, short for “kom-bini-ensu sutoa”) and refined it…

Ekiben

Japan’s bento, or lunchbox, is famous as a solution to the problem of dining elegantly on the fly. Sold at…

Depachika

Department store food floors are a fun and relatively cheap way to experience Japan’s food culture, and foreign ones as…