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Cobato Pan Factory

Cobato Pan Factory

Located near Temmabashi in Osaka, Cobato Pan Factory is a bakery specializing in koppe pan-- the Japanese version of the hot dog bun. Stuffed with ...

Amezaiku from Asakusa Amezaiku Ameshin

Amezaiku from Asakusa Amezaiku Ameshin

by SHUN GATE Originally published July 2016 Amezaiku is the name given to a traditional form of confecti...

Bento: Japan's Food Culture in a Box

Bento: Japan's Food Culture in a Box

by SHUN GATEOriginally published April 2016 The bento box is an essential part of Japanese culture. The...

Cafe Slow in Kokubunji

Cafe Slow in Kokubunji

Located in Kokubunji, a city in Western Tokyo, Cafe Slow is considered something of a pioneer among Toky...

Parifats at Fruit factory Mooon de Retoro

Parifats at Fruit factory Mooon de Retoro

Fruit factory Moon de Retoro in Fukuoka is a “fruit cafe” run by a fruit specialty shop. Her...

Six Must-Know Words When Traveling in Japan with Food Allergies

Six Must-Know Words When Traveling in Japan with Food Allergies

Trying new foods is one of the best parts of traveling in Japan. But if you have food allergies, what shoul...

A Beginner's Guide to Yakitori

A Beginner's Guide to Yakitori

Yakitori. This seemingly simple dish of bite-sized pieces of chicken grilled on wooden skewers is on it...

Delicious in 250 Ways: Koppe Pan Specialty Shop Cococoppe

Delicious in 250 Ways: Koppe Pan Specialty Shop Cococoppe

Opened in June 2016 in the department store Hakata Hankyu, Cococoppe specializes in a certain type of ba...

The World's Most Intense Matcha Gelato at Suzukien

The World's Most Intense Matcha Gelato

On a scale of one to seven, how would you rate your love of matcha? Whatever your answer, Suzukien in Asaku...

Toast the Season with These Limited Edition Fall Beers, Happoshu, and Chu-Hi

Introducing Japan's Limited Edition Autumn Beers

The harsh heat of summer may still be with us even as we enter September, but that hasn't stopped Japa...

Niku Yokocho: a Meat Lover's Paradise in Shibuya

Niku Yokocho: a Meat Lover's Paradise in Shibuya

Shibuya. The name brings to mind the statue of a famously faithful dog and the controlled chaos of the &ld...