Uchibori Vinegar prides itself on the purity of its vinegar, a point it has been pursuing throughout its 40-year history of ...

However, despite its benefits, terrace farming presents significant challenges, including high labor intensity and ...

Uonuma Jozo's mission is to spread the knowledge of fermented goods like koji. Its products are divided into two brands: ...

The religious connotations of sake are evident at the brewery. The big cedar-leaves ball hanging under the eaves is a symbol of a shrine for the god of sake-making. In Japan, sake is used to purify ...

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin anime adaptation is getting a sequel from the game developed by Edelweiss. The anime story focuses ...

Rice is a critical source of food for billions of people, but the impact of climate change on the crop goes beyond its nutritional value.

What comes to mind when you think of Shiga Prefecture in Japan’s Kansai region? Perhaps it’s the country’s largest lake, Lake ...

While consumers have suffered from shortages of rice on store shelves across the nation, exports of the Japanese staple food have been booming. Producers shipped a record amount of rice overseas ...

The allure of this UNESCO World Heritage Site stems from its rich heritage, cultural traditions, and the beautiful terraces ...

The air quality in the national capital has been struggling to recover from the lows to which it dropped right after ...

such as the year when Japan achieved its rice self-sufficiency and the year when the government fully started the "policy of not allowing rice farming" through production adjustment. The ...

This new restaurant in Ankeny pays homage to street food culture and Singapore's iconic hawker centers, where people gather ...