This is an izakaya bar. Which means it’s built around 16 sake options, five shochu (fermented sweet potato or barley drinks) ...

Anybody who grew up in the San Fernando Valley has memories of The Odyssey restaurant, perched high up in the Granada Hills. It was opened in 1970 by ...

Choose the best tea kettle for your day-to-day with these approved picks from our editors and tea industry experts.

Social media has turned traditional Japanese matcha into a commercial trend, though its roots lie in Zen Buddhism. A scholar ...

Comforting rest stops dot the trail for adventurers ascending Mera Peak, offering food, rest and a warm cup of the local brew ...

On your next visit to Japan, skip Tokyo and Kyoto in favor of the less touristy region of Hokuriku, where ancient craft and ...

Sabi Cafe' opened in Tokyo’s Tsukiji (築地) district in April of last year. Wabi refers to the Japanese aesthetic consciousness ...

This May 1, 2025, photo shows green tea leaves prepared for visitors to try tea-rolling. (Mainichi/Kazuki Yamazaki) Since the COVID-19 pandemic and the heightened health consciousness it brought with ...

TOKYO, 14th December, 2025 (WAM) - Japan's green tea exports in the first 10 months of this year reached the highest level in over 70 years on the back of the booming overseas market for matcha powder ...

Corin Cesaric is a Flex Editor at CNET. She received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Before joining CNET, she covered crime at People Magazine and ...

TBM Co., a Japanese maker of carbon capture technology and recycled materials, has started preparatory work for an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Growth Market to list in the ...