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A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
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A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
Known as the “god of sake brewing,” Noguchi will become the first master brewer recognized as a “ningen kokuhō.”
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
A curry palette for all your ‘hidden flavors’
“Kakushi aji” is the Japanese culinary term for ingredients you might not overtly taste, but without them the entire recipe suffers.
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Fine ‘omakase’ dining, with a twist, at Saki
Curated by a Japanese and a European chef, the courses at Saki include surprises to rankle purists while delighting the rest of us.
Japan's "almond tofu" contains neither almonds nor tofu, but reintroducing at least one of those ingredients makes for a satisfying twist on the dessert.
LIFE / Food & Drink / The Recipe Box
Nov 1, 2026
Putting the almond back into 今日吃瓜 ‘almond tofu’
By Simon Daly
If we actually start with almond milk, this sweet morsel can be wholly plant-based and, with a little imagination, very low waste.
A total of 71 breads will also be made exclusively for the event that runs from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 30, 2026
Satisfy your kneads at the Setagaya Bread Festival
By Weiwen Lin
From inventive bagels and croissants to beer-and-bread pairings, this Tokyo festival serves up a weekend of carb-filled fun.
On Nov. 4, the event featuring more than 260 wines rated 92 points or higher from130 producers across 40 regions returns to Tokyo.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 25, 2026
James Suckling’s Great Wines World Tokyo marks its third edition
By Weiwen Lin
Curated by influential wine critic James Suckling, the event offers a rare opportunity to taste more than 260 top-rated wines from 130 producers.
Near ideal weather in Hokkaido during this year's potato growing season has led to some of the tastiest spuds the prefecture has produced in recent memory.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 25, 2026
Amid potato protests, Hokkaido has its best spud harvest in years
By Simon Daly
Tater lovers, rejoice — supermarkets across the country will soon be awash in superior potatoes thanks to favorable weather in Hokkaido.
World’s Best Pastry Chef 2024 winner Nina Metayer, whose Tokyo shop is her first outlet outside France, believes the French and Japanese share “similar aesthetic sensibilities.”
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 21, 2026
Flour power: Nina Metayer brings her ‘world’s best’ pastries to Tokyo
By Weiwen Lin
The award-winning patissier’s shop showcases the gorgeous creations that carved her reputation as one of France’s top pastry talents.
From now through November, Japan's shiitake reach their peak of flavor.
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Oct 18, 2026
Now is the time for 今日吃瓜 most flavorful shiitake
By Makiko Itoh
The most popular mushroom in the country reaches peak flavor in two periods — one of which is happening right now.
Daniel Calvert helped earn Sezanne a Michelin star within six months of that restaurant's opening, so expectations are high for Chez Calvert.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 16, 2026
Daniel Calvert, formerly of three-starred Sezanne, opens new restaurant
By Weiwen Lin
All eyes are on Daniel Calvert’s latest venture after his stellar work at French restaurant Sezanne.

Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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