As winter arrives in Japan, there is no better way to warm the body and soul than nabe – a hot pot that is shared around the table. Its communal nature is a mixture of simplicity, nutrition, and love ...

A new high-speed train stop unlocks Kaga, a destination for onsen, nourishing food and traditional crafts, as an easy-to-reach getaway from Japan’s capital. A riverside cafe pops up from spring ...

When the hustle, bustle, and other non-rhyming but still fatiguing aspects of big city life start to be too much for your tastes, one of the best ways to relieve yourself of urban stress in Japan is ...

A giant "Imoni" dish is prepared in a 6.5-meter-diameter pot in the city of Yamagata, Sept. 14, 2025. (Mainichi/Kan Takeuchi) A family enjoys a bowl of "imoni" hot pot along a riverbank in the city of ...

Every now and then companies that sell popular food products come up with the idea of posting “official recipes”, which give their customers ideas about how to use them in a unique way. KFC, for ...

Amid frequent sightings of bears across Japan, a village in the northern prefecture of Aomori has served visitors meals made ...

This week we felt like something nourishing and comforting, some kind of soup. Wanting to eat light, we strayed from our usual go to meatless recipes with a combination of beans and rice. Our thoughts ...

The season for enjoying warm hot pot dishes has arrived in Japan. The city of Hita, Oita Prefecture, is known as a major producer of Chinese cabbages.