Wow, Häagen-Dazs Japan has really outdone itself now! Out comes SpoonVege, vegetable flavored ice cream! (OK, it is fruit and...

This afternoon while out for a run I noticed a lot of people gathering to look at something in the...

Häagen-Dazs Japan often comes out with surprisingly novel flavors. For example, Haagen-Dazs Murasaki Imo (sweet potato) Ice Cream. This spring,...

I was invited to the media preview at Kyoto University Museum for the exhibition, '150 Years of Red Cross Action'...

I love sake kasu, which is the 'lees' the remaining after pressing sake mash. I had some that I have...

Now here is one that really annoys my Chinese friends in Japan. The 'gyoza shaped nikuman', from 7-11. It is...

Kyoto photographer Kosuke Okuda and I teamed up to do an article for the Russian travel magazine Afisha Mir (Афиша-Мир)....

I like fried rice, but I don’t make it very often. I guess because I never got good at making...

I have wanted to make Japanese-style curry from scratch for a long time and last night I finally did. It...

After visiting the Kawai Kanjiro's House (the home and studio museum of the late and very great Kyoto potter), I...