The one Japanese knife I own is an inheritance. In all truth it was a parting gift passed on to me seven years ago from a fellow English teacher moving out of her apartment in rural Kagoshima, Japan.

ZAZA Inc has launched an online sharing service airKitchen which provides foreign visitors to Japan a chance to visit ordinary family homes to cook and eat home-cooked meals together with local hosts.

Back in the old days, it was common for Japanese homes to have a square hearth set into the floor called an irori. The irori was used for cooking the family’s meals, and its embers would also warm the ...

Isekai Izakaya Nobu is the hit new gourmet anime series that's now streaming worldwide! Live Japan has teamed up with the star chef behind the scenes to bring you easy to make, unique Japanese recipes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: kazoka30 / Getty Images Japanese cooking is built upon a foundation of staples that shape flavor across a range of recipes ...

Regular readers of The Japan Times will recognize Makiko Itoh, who has contributed monthly recipes to this publication since 2010. Along with easy-to-follow meal instructions, her columns often ...

Editor’s note: In the Taste of Life series, cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life. Kazuko Goto opened a ...

Chef Saito cooks Shrimp Spring Rolls with Japanese Herbs, and Butter-fried Nagaimo with Natto Sauce. Yu Hayami joins the chef as we learn about Japanese home cooking.

Japanese cuisine promotes weight loss and overall health due to its focus on fresh, seasonal ingredients, using minimal oil and simple preparation methods. The cooking techniques of steaming, grilling ...

“There’s just so much cooking going on in the Japanese home that could be part of people’s lives, and what they’re looking for — the health benefits, the clean taste,” said famed New York French ...

Today is Valentine’s Day. But in Japan, it’s also said to be “Niboshi no hi” --literally “day of niboshi,” the latter being small, dried fish used in Japanese cooking to make “dashi” soup stock. But ...