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A filling, home-cooked Christmas dinner is within your reach — even among all the fried chicken and cramped kitchens throughout Japan.
LIFE / Food & Drink
An oven-less Christmas ‘roast’ for your tiny Japanese kitchen
Forget fried chicken. Forget expensive meals out. Here’s how to cook your own filling meal no matter what kitchen appliances you have.
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Recipe: Good luck egg and fish rolls
The trickiest part of making “datemaki” is rolling it up — the rolled form is supposed to resemble a paper scroll, representing wishes for the new year.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Osaka's Shinsekai neighborhood bets on a street food revival
"This is more casual than going to a Japanese 'izakaya' because of the wide open space," says one Shinsekai food stall diner.
What's in a mince pie? Does it really matter if the end result is a delicious Christmas treat?
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
Dec 10, 2023
Recipe: Zesty 'yuzu' mince pies
By Cassandra Lord
The combination of fresh and dried fruit creates the recognizable mince pie flavors, but with a refreshing zing from yuzu citrus and a juicier texture.
Beet carpaccio served with fresh cream and caviar, the signature dish of three-Michelin-star chef Mauro Colagreco, features at Cycle, his much-anticipated new restaurant in Otemachi.
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Dec 9, 2023
Tokyo dining finally kicked the pandemic blues in 2023
By Robbie Swinnerton
The further we got into 2023, the more it really started to feel like COVID-19 had finally dissipated like a malodorous mist.
From a ceremony in Turku, Finland, the Michelin Guide announced the world's crop of starred restaurants for 2024.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 8, 2023
183 Tokyo restaurants awarded Michelin stars for 2024
By Owen Ziegler
High-end sushi restaurant Harutaka is the newest addition to the city’s three-Michelin-star club.
Chef Masato Nishihara chose Nara as the site for his restaurant, Tsukumo, for its antiquity, its proximity to nature and its ancient connections with overseas cultures.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants
Dec 3, 2023
Tsukumo: Japanese cuisine inspired by Nara's ancient roots
By Robbie Swinnerton
Like the treasures housed inside Nara's Shosoin repository, it may be years before chef Masato Nishihara reprises some of his exquisite dishes at Tsukumo.
Japan's 'itameshi' (Japanized Italian cuisine) has as many detractors as proponents, but you can elevate your pasta beyond the criticism with this edamame-infused dish.
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
Dec 3, 2023
Recipe: Edamame 'mollicata' pasta
By Simon Daly
Known in Basilicata as 'mollicata,' this rustic preparation can be served with or without cheese.
Hidenori Izaki, one-time winner of the World Barista Championship, brings coffee to new heights at Cokuun.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 26, 2023
Tasting the 'Zen of coffee' at speakeasy-esque Cokuun
By Melinda Joe
Drawing inspiration from fine dining and tea ceremony, Hidenori Izaki brews coffee with exceptional hospitality and speakeasy-style mystique.
Blue Bottle Studio Kyoto's tasting sessions combine excellent coffees, curated music and a technical display of barista-ship.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 26, 2023
Blue Bottle Kyoto gives coffee the 'kaiseki' treatment
By Melinda Joe
The menu unfolds with each course crafted to present a different facet of coffee culture.

Japan’s travel industry urges people to get their mighty passports
Japan’s passport gives visa-free entry to 192 global destinations, according to the latest Henley Passport Index. The country lost the top spot to Singapore earlier this year, after leading the list for five straight years.
A wish list of hidden gems for Japanese literature lovers
While non-Japanese readers have in recent years been spoiled for choice when it comes to Japanese literature in translation, there is still a wealth of notable works that translators would love to see rendered into English.
Women arrested for prostitution in Shinjuku tripled in 2023
Tokyo police officers head to host clubs in the Kabukicho district in Shinjuku Ward for inspections on Friday.
Japan to partially lift ban on ride-hailing services from April
Ride-sharing apps (clockwise from bottom) Uber, Grab, Didi and Ola Cabs are seen on a smartphone display.
U.S. allies brace for high cost of defeat as Ukraine aid stalls
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting near Moscow on Dec. 12.
A wish list of hidden gems for Japanese literature lovers
While non-Japanese readers have in recent years been spoiled for choice when it comes to Japanese literature in translation, there is still a wealth of notable works that translators would love to see rendered into English.
Women arrested for prostitution in Shinjuku tripled in 2023
Tokyo police officers head to host clubs in the Kabukicho district in Shinjuku Ward for inspections on Friday.
Japan to partially lift ban on ride-hailing services from April
Ride-sharing apps (clockwise from bottom) Uber, Grab, Didi and Ola Cabs are seen on a smartphone display.
Stablemaster Shikoroyama's lasting sumo legacy
Terao, later known as Shikoroyama, defeats yokozuna Takanohana at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka in 1995.
An oven-less Christmas ‘roast’ for your tiny Japanese kitchen
A filling, home-cooked Christmas dinner is within your reach — even among all the fried chicken and cramped kitchens throughout Japan.

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