Japanese food and drink
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‘Asura is the best Netflix drama in years’: this strikingly beautiful show will leave you salivating
Palme d’Or-winning Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s tale of four sisters is a stunningly shot, laugh-out-…
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After Marie Kondo: the return of Japan’s joyful clutter
The world has long been in thrall to the idea that Japan is a haven of controlled, ordered minimalism. But the…
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Japan’s humble onigiri takes over lunchtimes around the world
For decades nori-wrapped rice dish was mainly a snack eaten at home or in a bento, but now it has come into it…
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‘Strange and exciting’: Japanese food sculpture goes on show in London
Sampuru are a restaurant staple – a 3D version of menus. And such is the precision craftsmanship in their crea…
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Sake takes UK by storm as Japan’s national drink goes mainstream
No longer just drunk for courage at karaoke clubs, the ‘food-friendly’ rice spirit is becoming a first choice …
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Thin fish, small catches: can Japan’s sushi culture survive climate crisis?
Global heating is warming waters, changing salmon and tuna migration – and hurting fisheriesThere is little at…
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From fast food to fine art: the US chef who helped ramen conquer the world
Ivan Orkin spent years learning about Japanese cooking – and especially how to perfect the celebrated noodles.…
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Gin twist: Japan reinvents the spirit with the help of green tea and oysters
Sales of the drink soar as distillers target a whole new market The setting is unmistakably Japanese: a mounta…
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Japan’s favourite snack falls victim to global inflation with first-ever price hike
Umaibo, a crunchy corn snack that means ‘delicious stick’, increases in price from ¥10 to ¥12 – the first rise…
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Protests at ‘inhumane’ export of live horses to Japan for food
Activists seek ban on flying horses to Japan with thousands sent every year from Canada and FranceTens of thou…
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Disabled people brew up a storm in Osaka’s former slum
Award-winning brewery start-up helps ex-addicts and other ‘unemployables’ change gear Building a brewery in an…