Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Jan 17, 2021
Shoku-Ishinho: Healing cuisine for body and soul
Shoku-Ishinho serves traditional yakuzen cuisine, which incorporates elements of Chinese herbal medicine, in an entirely contemporary aesthetic.
Robbie Swinnerton
Robbie Swinnerton has been living, eating and writing about food in Tokyo for over 30 years. His column, Tokyo Food File, has run in The Japan Times since 1998.
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Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Jan 17, 2021
Japan’s foundational ferment takes pride of place at Sano Miso
This preeminent purveyor’s Ginza branch stocks 45 varieties of miso which you can sniff and sample with its in-house “misommelier.”
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Jan 4, 2021
Shuka Nomoto: An intimate toast to 2021
This Ebisu-based izakaya is small, stylish and serves top-notch food — just what we need to carry us through 2021.
Reviews Jan 4, 2021
Fool Magazine’s latest issue dives deep into the recesses of Japan’s food culture
The publication’s mook-sized issue is back with a second printing — get it while you still can.
Food & Drink Dec 26, 2020
Top 5: Food trends our critics want to see Japan embrace in 2021
Eyes (and stomachs) are already turning to 2021. Five of The Japan Times’ critics share the dining trends they’d like to see the country embrace.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Dec 19, 2020
The pandemic didn’t stop Tokyo’s foodies from dining out in 2020
The capital’s restaurant scene saw plenty of culinary highlights that helped bring notes of optimism and positivity to a difficult year.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Dec 6, 2020
Ginza Hachigo: Tokyo’s rising ramen star
From word-of-mouth favorite to media darling, this is one of the city’s most unusual and excellent bowls, with a compelling backstory to boot.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Nov 28, 2020
A genteel craft beer crawl through Kamakura
Being a tourist can be thirsty work, even in the genteel surrounds of Kamakura. Here are six of the former samurai capital’s best watering holes.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Nov 14, 2020
The Upper: Tokyo’s newest arrival is peak fine dining
Restaurant group Transit General Office has outdone itself in its new space, with a transportive menu devised by Michelin-starred chef Yusuke Takada.
Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Oct 31, 2020
Shoto Lamp carries on a shining culinary lineage
Nobuhiro Kakinoki may have opened his restaurant during troubled times, but all the essential elements are in his favor.