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Sommelier Xavier Thuizat thinks the amino acid in sake makes the beverage a perfect match for French cuisine.

With fortunes waning in Japan, sake finds a new home abroad

by Andrew McKirdy

Xavier Thuizat has a pretty clear idea of what doesn’t go well with sake. “I think the worst pairing with sake is sushi,” says Thuizat, head sommelier at Hotel de Crillon, a historic luxury hotel in Paris where Marie Antoinette once lived. “Why? Because it’s rice with rice. Do you want to eat ...

Venture forth: Take advantage of the Go To Travel campaign safely by traveling in accordance with expert health and safety guidelines.

Breaking down Japan’s Go To Travel campaign

by Rachel E.T. Davies

Starting on Oct. 1, the government re-included Tokyo in its Go To Travel campaign, a program subsidizing domestic travel that aims to encourage spending and boost an economy suffering the effects of a global pandemic. Initially left out amid the capital’s rising coronavirus case numbers, Tokyoite...

Remnants: Shoes for a man, a woman and a child left in the Aokigahara Jukai forest on the flank of Mount Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture. The name in part translates as "Sea of Trees," though with good reason it is often referred to as "Suicide Forest."

Inside Japan’s ‘Suicide Forest’

by Rob Gilhooly

I am walking through Aokigahara Jukai forest, the light rapidly fading on a mid-winter afternoon, when I am stopped dead in my tracks by a blood-curdling scream. The natural reaction would be to run, but the forest floor is a maze of roots and slippery rocks and, truth be told, I am lost in this ...

The 79-meter Turkish frigate Ertugrul in Istanbul (top) before its final voyage in 1890 when, after a "friendship call" to Yokohama, it was dashed to pieces in a typhoon off the coast of Oshima Island (above), leading to the loss of most of its crew and its commander (center, in photo, below) who had posed with his officers for this now-water-damaged photo (below) that was washed ashore after the disaster.

Japan’s tragic ‘Titanic of Turkey’

by Winifred Bird

The jagged rocks off Oshima Island break the surface of the ocean like so many knives strewn across the shallow water. Even on a calm day, they are a menacing reminder of the maze of reefs that surround this island in the Pacific just off the coast of Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, in central Ho...

Fall feast: This hearty, country-style stewed dish is full of satoimo (taro), daikon radish and carrot, plus chicken wings for added flavor.

As the weather cools, make this hearty nimono simmered stew

by Makiko Itoh

The word imo is used in Japanese for many starchy root vegetables. There's jagaimo (potato) and satsumaimo (sweet potato), both fairly recent additions to Japan’s diet, as well as its language. There's also the yamaimo (mountain yam). But possibly the most familiar imo of them all is the satoimo ...