Vol. 3 October, 2016

Cooks Who Pass on Japan's Culinary Traditions

-Exclusive Interview- Japanese cuisine in the home is now getting less common. I want to increase the amount of Japanese cuisine in households.
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Hitoshinaya -The Ultimate Food to Eat at the Doorway to the sky-

Hitoshinaya pursues the flavor of “dashi” stock, the foundation of washoku Japanese food. It produces cuisine that brings out the flavors of each season’s ingredients.
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Glute-Free Boom in the Runup to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Food trends that are attracting increasing attention now include gluten-free, vegan, superfood, organic, and environment-friendly produce.
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Restaurant Review: Japanese Restaurant Horikawa

Under the cheerful eyes of our young assistant, gently attentive lass clad in a light grey-blue patterned kimono neatly matching the light veil of clouds outside, typical of late autumn skies, we anticipated the arrival of the most unusual sake.
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REAL JAPAN

An introduction to popular department store basement floors, which have all kinds of Tokyo omiage (souvenirs). The basement food oors of department stores are a paradise for souvenirs and gifts. They are abbreviated to "depachika" in Japanese.
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Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Nihonbashi is the Place to Perch for a While

Tasted in this Los Angeles-style expansive space, the fine-foamed cappuccinos and lattes are superb. Single-origin coffee, which uses only beans from one plantation, with no mixing, delivers the flavor of a different growing region each day.
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Exclusive Interview with the CEO of SUSHI ZANMAI

Sushi Zanmai has won nationwide recognition for low prices, delicious flavors, and freshness. New Year’s auction at Tsukiji central wholesale market takes place on January 5th, and in 2013, the company’s president, Kiyoshi Kimura, became the man of the hour by buying a bluefin tuna for JPY 155.4 million.
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Tokyo -A Gourmet Cluster-

TOKYO is a world-renowned city for excellent food. It is bursting with an endless variety of restaurants and shops. As a world culinary metropolis, offering ramen, tempura, soba, sushi, kaiseki, and teppan yaki, it has more three Michelin-starred restaurants than anywhere else in the world.
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