Japan has a reputation as a place for serious food lovers and culture seekers, and it is both of those things. What surprises ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Japan has been one of the hottest travel destinations on earth for the past few years, breaking record after record, and more ...
Japanese food culture is a national asset for earning globallyJapan has many things to be proud of on the world stage. Among ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. Yes, they do—and in fact, excellent ones. The world's biggest wine competitions, ...
Rice is Japan’s staple food, and it reaches nearly every dinner table in the country. In early 2024, a five-kilogram bag of rice cost the average Japanese household about ¥2,000 ($13). A year later ...
From her TriBeCa shop, Saori Kawano has spent decades supplying chefs with knives and housewares, and teaching Americans about the precise pleasures of the cuisine. Since Saori Kawano moved to New ...