25 years ago, a local farmer planted a wisteria garden as a hobby. Now with around 80 wisteria trees, its blossoms reflect in the newly planted...
Japan's main benchmark share index has reached its highest level in more than three decades. Investors are expecting Japan to ride the wave of post-covid recovery,...
With lobster mayo nugget sauce, purple potato and chocolate sauce fries, and even the strangely named Adult Cream Pies, McDonald's Japan's seasonal offerings never come to a stand...
In early November, one of the most important ceremonies of the new era is set to take place. The Emperor Naruhito will visit Ise...
Kakuda City, a place in the middle of nowhere in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, has managed to make a name for itself by planting...
The sound of pheasants chirping and frogs croaking filled the air. The rice paddies reflected the blue sky, and the ridges between them...
Rice is a significant part of Japanese identity. Gohan, which is cooked white rice, is a staple of Japanese cuisine. It’s so...
It can safely be said that he has lived his pro baseball life to the fullest. At the news conference in Tokyo where he...
(Photo Credit: Naoki) Katsuobushi — dried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna — is probably more widely-known as a topping of takoyaki and...
Rice balls (onigiri in Japanese) might not be as flashy as trolley track sushi or a steaming bowl of ramen. Unlike light fluffy...
The start of the rice farming season also signals the peak period for shipping Aigamo ducklings for Tsumura, the Kawachi duck sales company...
An important twelfth-century Japanese sword, discovered hidden in the ceiling during a 1939 refurbishment of the treasure house at Kasuga Taisha shrine in Nara, will now...