Americans may be more familiar with European and craft beers, but Japanese beer is delicious, and special. Let's consider ...

The vinyl-obsessed bar is collaborating with head bartender Tsune Imada of Angel’s Share, the iconic East Village bar that has popped up in D.C. before, for a special night of IWA Sake-based cocktails ...

Takeda opens his first restaurant this week with MaruJun, a neighborhood sushi spot in San Rafael’s West End. The debut ...

Studying Japanese doesn’t have to be overwhelming, expensive or time-consuming. With free apps to jumpstart your Japanese learning journey, you can easily fit reviewing kanji and vocabulary seamlessly ...

As Japan strives to preserve and pass down the traditional art of sake brewing with kōji mold, the effort has taken on renewed significance following its designation as a UNESCO Intangible ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...

Japanese hot springs—better known as onsens—are prized for their zen experience, with travelers coming from around the world to lounge in natural pools and bliss out. The country is home to ...

March 27, 2025 (Japan) — At ProWein 2025, held from March 16 to 18 in Düsseldorf, Germany, the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association set up a Kokushu Booth (“Kokushu” refers to Japan’s national ...

Although Japan had roughly 11,000 sake breweries around 1900, now only about 1,200 remain. Many of these have been bought out by large corporations—even TPB receives various M&A offers ...

In Bengaluru's Yelahanka area, a makeshift laboratory was the nucleus of chef Maia Laifungbam’s brand new experiment to recreate sake, or Japanese rice wine, in India. In the last few months ...

The Sake Flask is in Amagasaki Castle, which is on the western point of Izumi Settsu on the mouth of the river. Our preferred infiltration point is two gnarled trees on the eastern banks of the ...

SAITAMA: Japan became the first team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup on Thursday (Mar 20) as South Korea were held but still inched closer along with a rampant Australia Daichi Kamada and ...