Fusion of tradition and contemporary styles
The first time I smelled a yaki-imo truck rolling through my neighborhood on a cold October evening, its louds…
The first time I truly understood Japanese street food was not at a famous market in Osaka or Tokyo. It was at…
I used to think I did not like sake. For years, the only sake I had tasted was the hot stuff served in cheap c…
Let me tell you about the night I fell in love with izakaya. I had been in Japan for about two weeks, and a co…
The first wagashi I ever really noticed was at a tea house in Kanazawa. The server placed a small pink sweet o…
I know what you are thinking. A beer garden in Japan? Are we talking about the same country known for precisio…
The first time someone placed a bowl of kakigori in front of me, I almost laughed. It was an enormous, gravity…
This episode is filmed in the most Japanese and Japanese-American populated city in the United States, Los Angels, California.