TOKYO >> More than 10 years have passed since washoku — Japanese cuisine — was registered as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage in December 2013. Yet while washoku has gained popularity overseas, ...

Foods of Japan. Credit: Courtesy of the Worldfolio. Foods of Japan. Credit: Courtesy of the Worldfolio. Japanese cuisine has captivated diners from Bangkok's streets to New York's renowned eateries, ...

At most local Japanese restaurants, rice is rice and soy sauce is soy sauce — but at the new Michi Japanese Cuisine in Napa, it’s a different story. Here, chef Michiyo Hagio serves Koshihikari, a ...

Sophie Steiner says Tokyo is often miscast as the pinnacle of Japanese cuisine. For her, the long waits rarely justify the ...

Japanese food has such a rich and structured history that you rarely see chefs going out on a limb to mix European influences in with their food. However, Chef Tomohiro Urata of New York City’s MIFUNE ...