This seaside city rewards travelers with excellent eating and shopping just two hours from Tokyo.

If you ever find yourself wandering through Japan – neon lanterns glowing overhead, soft steam rising from food carts, and the eternal dilemma of what to eat first – your stomach is in for an ...

Seek out the local versions of okonomiyaki, takoyaki, and more Japanese specialties in one of the country's culinary capitals.

In Sapporo, the capital of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, prized seafood, high-end tempura, and ice cream in winter define ...

As a Japanese nutritionist living in the U.S., I love shopping for traditional foods that I grew up eating, such as seaweed, beans, matcha, multigrain rice, and sweet potatoes. I sometimes go to ...

Today, more than a fifth of the planet's population uses chopsticks as their primary dining utensils. Originating in ancient China around 5000 years ago, chopsticks didn't become customary in Japan ...