Japanese cuisine is deceptively simple. To the uninitiated, sushi is just fish and rice rolled together, but in Japan sushi chefs study for many years before even setting foot in a restaurant. There, ...

When California native Nancy Singleton Hachisu was in her early thirties, searching for her next move, a deep love of sushi and an ear for languages led her to Japan for a year of teaching English ...

Every culture has a tradition of one-pot meals. Japan’s donabe just happens to be the tastiest and most elegant one on the planet. The word refers both to warming combinations of simmered-together ...

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 ...