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PREFECTURAL FARE

Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Mar 22, 2003
Tokyo gets taste of Okinawa longevity
Last in a series Okinawa is well-known for the longevity of its people. Its subtropical climate may be one reason, but a major contributing factor is most likely the southern-most prefecture's healthy foods.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Mar 15, 2003
Pork, potatoes, pottery Kagoshima's mainstays
Kagoshima Yurakukan, a local-specialities complex taking up three floors of a building in Tokyo's Yurakucho district, has been attracting health-conscious consumers with its products from Kagoshima Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Mar 8, 2003
Miyazaki's Tokyo foothold a success story
Shuji Yoshida, joint owner of Miyazaki Konne, is all smiles when asked how things are at the Miyazaki Prefecture satellite shop.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Mar 1, 2003
Kumamoto citrus in Ginza air
Shoppers on Sotobori Street, in Tokyo's fashionable Ginza shopping district, may have been surprised by a sweet scent of citrus hanging in the air.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Feb 22, 2003
Kochi's Tokyo outpost cashing in via discerning clientele; eyes expansion
In the three years since Kai Ishiguro took the helm of the satellite shop Kochi-ya in Kichijoji, western Tokyo, the 29-year-old representative has managed to turn its sluggish business around.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Feb 15, 2003
Taste, color of Tokushima arrive in Tokyo
One weekday afternoon in January, an elderly woman dropped by Tokushima Ai-ai Plaza in Tokyo's Minato Ward just to pick up a package of boiled and dried baby sardines and fish paste.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Feb 8, 2003
Yamaguchi outpost touts relaxed alternative to madding crowd
The fresh air of Yamaguchi Prefecture may be far removed from Tokyo, but stepping inside Oidemase Yamaguchi Kan (Welcome-to-Yamaguchi Building), its outpost in the Nihonbashi business district, can make a visitor feel half-way there.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Feb 1, 2003
Hiroshima's long-neglected cuisine brought to the fore at Shinjuku store
Hiroshima Prefecture's natural beauty and abundance of marine life are almost always upstaged by the tragedy that befell its capital in 1945.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Jan 25, 2003
Sake, sweets part of Shimane's spell
Once upon a time, there was a violent god named Susanoo-no-mikoto who challenged a giant serpent that had demanded the life of a young woman every year. The god killed the eight-headed Yamata-no-crochi, a dragonlike creature with eight tails, when it became drunk on the local Yashiori-no-sake.
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Jan 18, 2003
Kobe shop puts its best feet forward
When it comes to local specialties, Kobe has much to boast about -- Kobe beef, Kobe wine and famed confectionery, to name but a few.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Jan 11, 2003
Style, taste, color of Kyoto brought directly to Tokyo
If you want to learn some of the secrets of the ancient capital of Kyoto without leaving Tokyo, visit Kyoto-kan in the Akasaka district.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Jan 4, 2003
Center pushes Shiga culture, history
You can't talk about Shiga Prefecture without mentioning Lake Biwa, which takes up one-sixth of its area.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Nov 30, 2002
Representative office gives visitors hands-on approach to Yamanashi
The Yamanashi Prefectural Trade and Tourist Center in Tokyo's Minami-Azabu district is trying to offer more than just tasty delights and souvenir crafts.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Nov 23, 2002
Pier serves up Tokyo's balmy isles
They are part of Tokyo in name only.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Nov 16, 2002
Fukushima tourist office gives natives taste of home
Kotaro Takamura's poem about a homesick woman in Tokyo pining for her native Fukushima Prefecture more than 60 years ago could just as easily have been written about many of the displaced locals living in the capital these days.
Japan Times
JAPAN / PREFECTURAL FARE
Nov 2, 2002
Miyagi serves up a healthy bounty in Tokyo -- and it's not just 'natto'
Department store basements and chic organic food shops are not the only places to get natural products: Miyagi Prefecture's pilot shop in Tokyo, for people in the know, is a good health-food shop with reasonable prices.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
A new study has found that women with long COVID had significantly lower levels of testosterone compared to those who had recovered from their infection.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British leader Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the AUKUS partnership, after a trilateral meeting, at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego in March last year.
Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
Unpacking the chaotic by-election in a scandal-hit Tokyo district
People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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