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If you walk into a Japanese set-meal restaurant, one of the cheapest and most popular options is saba shioyaki — simple ...

Every morning across Japan, in parks, schoolyards, and company courtyards, you can find groups of people moving in uniso...

Coffee gives you a sharp jolt and an equally sharp crash. Matcha (抹茶), Japan's powdered green tea, does something differ...

In Japan, a bowl of miso soup (味噌汁) shows up at breakfast, lunch, and dinner — it is the most ordinary food imaginable. ...

Walk into any Japanese household and you will likely find a jar of umeboshi (梅干し) — wrinkled, intensely sour pickled plu...

Japan has a national obsession with eggs. The average Japanese person eats around 340 eggs per year — more than almost ...

There is a protein source sitting in the refrigerated section of every Japanese supermarket that costs under 100 yen, c...

There is a food available at every convenience store in Japan, open 24 hours, costing under 200 yen, that delivers a pr...

Every summer in Japan, school sports clubs fill giant thermoses with a dark, roasted liquid that smells faintly of grai...

Walk into any izakaya in Japan and within two minutes a small bowl of salted green pods will appear on your table. Most...