Jan 05 (Japan by Food) - In this episode, Shizuka explores the prefectural capital, Shizuoka City, and visits the local French fusion restaurant Monsieur Moizumi. There, Chef Moizumi presents creative dishes inspired by the favorite foods of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the legendary historical figure and one of Japan’s “Great Unifiers,” blending history with modern gastronomy.
Six junior high school students were taken to hospital after falling ill from eating pizza made during a home economics class in Kitakyushu last month, with officials suspecting the cause to be an excessive amount of salt added to the dough.
Losses from special fraud and SNS-based investment and romance scams in Osaka Prefecture over the past year exceeded 33.9 billion yen, marking a record high.
A ceremony was held in Kyiv on February 11th where the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) presented generators to Ukraine as the country grapples with worsening electricity shortages following Russian attacks on energy facilities, with citizens struggling to endure severe winter conditions and international assistance for power infrastructure continuing to grow.
A renewed water outage struck Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture after supplies briefly resumed on February 11th morning, with authorities reinstating water restrictions from 9 p.m. as frozen pipes and low reservoir levels linked to an intense cold wave continued to disrupt supply across the region.
Kiyotaka Mizuno, the oldest man in Japan and the oldest resident in Shizuoka Prefecture, died of natural causes at his home in Iwata, Shizuoka Prefecture, on February 8th at the age of 111, according to local authorities.
Seven-Eleven has raised prices on its onigiri in response to soaring rice costs, with the increases introduced gradually since February 10th across 29 items including rice balls and boxed meals.
Japan byFood and Shizuka travel to Tokamachi, just two hours from Tokyo, to explore how a single local ingredient becomes traditional kimono dye and handmade soba. (Japan by Food)
We visited this veggie Teppan grill restaurant in Fukuoka, Daimyo and were blown away at how delicious these farm to table veggies were. (Japanese Food Craftsman)
A popular pizza shop from Japan is expanding to New York in what local media are calling the beginning of a âTokyo-style pizza era,â with strong attention already building ahead of its official opening this spring.
A sweets event celebrating anko, or sweet red bean paste, is drawing large crowds in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district, reflecting a growing perception that traditional Japanese confections offer a more “guilt-free” indulgence than chocolate as visitors line up to enjoy an array of bean-based desserts.
Join Shizuka and Japan byFood in journeying around Lake Biwa! Discover how its pristine water, delicious rice, and deep-rooted traditions shape its famous sake brewing. (Japan by Food)
The Owner collapsed from heat stroke and then his wife stepped in to save him and the Yatai! Their amazing story and hard work are the kind of stories we love to share on this channel. (Japanese Food Craftsman)
The global matcha boom is showing no signs of slowing, with producers saying demand has surged to unprecedented levels and prices have jumped sharply, raising concerns that the trend is shifting from a boom into a bubble.
