The sake label conundrum. Beautiful, yes. But legible to all?
All tagged Japan
A 200-year-old Japanese house has evolved for modern lifestyles but stays true to its heritage.
A fifth-generation sake brewery owner forsakes life in the big city and returns home to Sado Island, ushering the family business into a new era of international prominence.
Profile of pioneering sake maker Yasuhiko Niida
Japan's Decluttering Dynamo Has Shown Millions The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Profile of the entrepreneur who has, over the past 30 years, shaped the East Village's Japan Town.
The growing number of high-quality sakes available both nationwide and in the Twin Cities makes this a good time to get familiar with sake
At Tokyo's top agricultural university's department of brewing and fermentation, one professor's quest for flower yeasts
A look at the rise in quality of jizake, or small-batch, artisanal sake in Japan, and how New Yorkers have embraces it.
The sake, tea and small-batch products of Saga, Japan
Review of Sushi Nakamura, Tokyo
I review psychologist Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu's latest book, on mixed-race Asian Americans
Review of Hakone Ginyu ryokan, Japan
Review of Jiki Miyazawa, Kyoto
I test drive a series of foreign language instruction mobile apps
Essay marking the 70th anniversary of FDR's signing of Executive Order 9066.
A profile on the East Village Saké shop Sakaya and a primer on saké,
I consulted with four different online travel agencies to help plan a trip to Japan and Hawaii, then wrote this consumer column on my experience.