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Foreign cooks flocking to Japanese culinary schools amid boom in cuisine's global popularity
With Japanese food enjoying a global boom, culinary training institutes in Japan have seen a surge in foreign students eager to learn how to make the country's traditional cuisine. The number of international students has more than doubled, with 424 enrolled in fiscal 2017 compared ...
Mayumi Uejima-Carr: Setting the Table For Two in the United States
After reading about the NPO Table For Two, a quick Google search and a "passionate email," Mayumi Uejima-Carr now educates American students about the health benefits of Japanese cuisine.
Kishin: New opening is full of breakfast promise
For Atsushi Nakahigashi at Kishin, a traditional, local breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Agriculture ministry supports small and midsize food exporters as Japan enjoys global washoku boom
An increasing number of farmers and food companies have been exporting products recently, as washoku (Japanese cuisine) enjoys a boom overseas. Exports of agricultural, fishery and forestry products and related processed goods rose 7.6 percent in 2017 from the previous year to ¥807.3 billion, setting ...
Throwback time for fashion leads to innovation
As regular followers of Japanese fashion can attest, the industry can be seen as somewhat flirtatious, dallying with new debutantes, another sister brand, another collaboration, another short-term "limited shop" or another retail concept that makes the news but doesn't really change the game. It is ...
Spots showcasing Japanese food planned for Europe as early as next spring
Cool Japan Fund Inc. plans to open showcase spaces in Europe featuring Japanese food as part of a national effort to promote exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products, according to informed sources. The venues will have restaurants, shops and resources that provide information on ...
Beverage giant looks to spread the intricacies of washoku abroad
Seventeen students from the United States stare at a garden of eggplant. "You can take pictures, just don't touch anything," the group's translator informs them, most of whom are in their early 20s. A minute of silence passes as they gaze at the circular ...
Spain meets 'washoku': Cooking along to the sizzling beat in Ibiza
There has never before been a tasting menu quite like it. The first dinner presented by wagyu beef grillmaster Kentaro Nakahara, yakitori supremo Yoshiteru Ikegawa and sushi maestro Takaaki Sugita was unprecedented in so many aspects. All three are among the finest chefs in their ...
Spain meets 'washoku': Three top Japanese chefs take their expertise abroad
This is an era of gastronomic collaboration. Chefs fly from one continent to another, swapping kitchens, recipes and sometimes even their homes. But rarely does this restless cross-fertilization of ideas and techniques involve the world of washoku, Japan's traditional cuisine. That is why it was ...
Myanmar's first Japanese food court opened this week in Yangon under a joint venture between Tokyo-based trading giant Sojitz Corp. and local retail chain City Mart Holdings. Dubbed "Tokyo Dining City," the facility has six restaurants that bring together the authentic culinary arts of Japan ...
New digital exhibit on Japanese cuisine filling visitors' senses
An exhibition in downtown Tokyo is offering unique opportunities to experience washoku (Japanese cuisine) using the five senses in interactive digital displays that allow visitors to follow the scent of soup stock and actually taste traditional dishes. "The Mysterious Restaurant of the Food God" highlights ...
Usaya: Perfecting classic dishes in a cozy, family-run environment
Sanjo's shotengai (shopping arcade) has long been a poor relative of Nishiki Ichiba, the overcrowded shopping arcade of downtown Kyoto. Go a bit west, however, and you'll discover the Sanjo arcade, where you won't have to fight through crowds and there's everything from secondhand ...
