Various specially formulated tempura powders are available at any supermarket or grocery shop. You can cook tempura using any of your favorite ingredients.
Just as in America, superfoods are currently a trendy topic in Japan.
Eat like a local, and try one of hundreds of options of tsumami dishes you’ll find at many restaurants around Japan.
If you have sampled the traditional sweets of Japan, you might have been surprised how different the tastes – and ingredients that include sweet potatoes, sweet beans and rice - are from Western sweets.
There are plenty of similar café-galleries on Okinawa, but Doka Doka is one of the most popular among tourists.
Pizza House is a household name in Okinawa. Since its opening in 1958, the restaurant has been loved by many locals and Americans alike.
Japanese natto beans have garnered a bit more of the spotlight in recent years for their superfood and probiotic appeal.
Ever since I started working from home, instant noodles have become my go-to for a quick bite.
If you head out on Route 330 near Camp Foster, the sight of chickens rotating in the orange glow of Bueno Chicken’s storefront may have already drawn you like a moth to a flame.
If you live on Okinawa, you might have heard about Goya, a local cucumber-like vegetable also known as bitter melon.
Growing up, subuta, a sweet and sour pork dish, was not my favorite.
These donuts are fun to make anytime of the year.
Ever since “washoku,” or traditional Japanese food, was designated an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2013, popular dishes and liquors like sushi, tempura, sukiyaki, sake, shochu and awamori— have been garnering a lot of international attention.
If you think of alcohol and Japan, then the first thing that springs to mind is sake – but there are other alcoholic drinks too, one of which comes from the island of Okinawa! Awamori is an alcoholic drink which is also known as shimazakae, or island sake.