Japanese food

Japanese Knife Skills & Cutting Techniques

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe specific Japanese kitchen knife — its specific form, its specific steel, its specific geome...
Japanese food

Japanese Food Waste & the Mottainai Philosophy

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe specific Japanese word mottainai (もったいない) is the specific Japanese cultural concept most fr...
Japanese food

The Art of Japanese Plating — Moritsuke

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific Japanese word — moritsuke (盛り付け) — that has no precise English equivalent a...
Japanese food

Tendon — The Tempura Rice Bowl

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe specific question of what separates a bowl of rice with something on top from a donburi — a...
Japanese food

Dagashi & Japanese Snack Culture

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific type of Japanese shop that is disappearing faster than almost any other ret...