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Onidon opens in Tokyo with unique fusion tempura rice balls you won’t find anywhere else

Onigiri tendon looks set to become Japan’s newest viral food sensation. For lovers of “tendon” (tempura rice bowls), Tenya is a name that immediately springs to mind. Known for bei...

Japan now has a takoyaki sandwich…created by a Michelin-listed restaurant

Osaka’s popular street food gets a new life in sandwich form. Takoyaki is one of Osaka’s most famous specialties, instantly recognisable to foodies as piping hot octopus-filled bal...

Kyushu yakisoba Sofuren’s new food truck ventures into the Kanto region for the first time

This “Kyushu soul food” also has a fun connection to the creator of a manga/anime series of titanic proportions. For 70 years, the Hita, Oita Prefecture-based restaurant Sofuren ha...

Tsu Gyoza (津ぎょうざ)

Tsu Gyoza (津ぎょうざ) is a giant deep-fried dumpling from Tsu City, the capital of Mie Prefecture. Each one uses a custom wrapper 15 centimeters across, so a single piece replaces...

Otsuke Dango (おつけだんご)

Trains from Tokyo reach Otsuki in about an hour. Hikers pour off the platform, and the small restaurants beside the station keep their miso pots warm all day. One dish appears on a...

Tsukishima Monja Koboreya, LaLaport BBCC

Japan delicacy 'mentaiko' bread hits a home run with Dodgers fans

Gurukun (ぐるくん)

Gurukun is Okinawa’s prefectural fish, and most visitors first meet it as a whole small fish split open and deep-fried until the bones crunch. Locals call the dish gurukun no karaa...

Kanzarashi (かんざらし)

Kanzarashi is one of those quiet local sweets that instantly evokes a place. In this case, that place is Shimabara, a spring-fed town in Nagasaki. On a hot day, a bowl of it feels...

Gifu Tanmen (岐阜タンメン)

Drive along a main road in Aichi or Gifu around noon, and you will probably see it. A bright sign, a big parking lot, and a line of hungry locals. That is Gifu Tanmen, one of the T...

New on the Menu: Japanese steak tartare and a Calvados cocktail

Plus two tuna preparations and a Chinese take on a birria taco.

Sasa Kamaboko (笹かまぼこ)

Sasa kamaboko, also called sasakama, is a leaf shaped grilled Japanese fish cake from Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. Makers grind white fish into a seasoned paste, press it flat, the...

Kikanbo

Japanese import bringing a sweat-inducing sub-genre of ramen to Melbourne.

Umaki (う巻き)

Umaki is one of those Japanese dishes that quietly shows off two crafts at once. It tucks rich, glazed eel inside a soft, savory omelet. So a single slice carries both the smoky sw...

Barappa Manju (ばらっぱまんじゅう)

Barappa manju is a steamed wheat-flour bun filled with sweet red bean paste, cooked on a single wild leaf. It comes from the Hokuso area of northern Chiba Prefecture, and people th...

Atsu

If you visit for lunch, experience a traditional katsu donbori bowl, and then try and nab a seat at the counter for an omakase-style kushikatsu offering.

Tokyo’s newest viral dessert is like a Japanese parfait inside a bread bun [Taste test]

A cool idea from Coolish, and further proof that sweet bean paste makes everything better. When you’re craving a snack, anpan (sweet bean paste bread) is never, ever a bad choice....

New Wet Rice Cracker Burger from Dom Dom breathes new life into a “miracle” snack

Snack that saved a Japanese railway gets a whole new look for a limited time. Japanese-born fast food chain Dom Dom Hamburger has a reputation for being edgier than most, with outr...

Ohaw? Ruibe? Pocche? While traveling in Japan’s north, we try Ainu cuisine for the first time

Taste-testing the northern frontier of local foods in Japan. Just about every corner of Japan has some special food it’s famous for, and if you head up to the country’s northern ti...

Tenshinhan (天津飯)

You sit down at a small Chinese restaurant in Tokyo, scan the menu, and spot “tenshinhan.” The name sounds unfamiliar, maybe even foreign. So you order it, expecting something stra...

7-Eleven Japan has a lot of famous food, but its new burrito needs to be on your radar

Amongst all the viral convenience store food finds, this is a hidden gem. 7-Eleven Japan is known for many things, like coffees, sandwiches and smoothies, but one thing you might n...

ShakЕЌ-Ba: Hidden daruma-themed izakaya bar with innovative Japanese bar bites & expressive alcoholic drinks

Shakō-Ba is a daruma-themed izakaya in Singapore’s CBD near Boat Quay, combining a hidden-entry concept with over 30 Japanese-inspired bar bites and more than 100 alcoholic beve...

The world loves boiled and salted edamame. But how about sweet?

"Zundamochi" is the term for mashed edamame mixed with sugar and spread across rice flour dumplings.