Starting January 7 and running through March 8 adjacent to the Diner’s Club Ice Rink in Roppongi, chef Yoshihiro Narisawa is serving cuisine from his first Kitchen Car. I much prefer the name the Japanese have given to food trucks, kitchen cars. If you are at all familiar with chef Narisawa’s gorgeous and spacious kitchen at…
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Nihonbashi Tour on November 1st
Can you tell the difference between the nori on the left and the right? Two types of dashi, both using katsuobushi. What better time to learn about washoku? It seems that UNESCO will recognize the unique cuisine of Japan as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in December. If you are curious or passionate about Japanese cuisine…
Hanamaru Market Food Fair at Shinjuku Odakyu
Hanamaru Market is a morning television variety program. While it is not a food program, it introduces the favorite food of each day’s guest. I have found this program a great way to be introduced to products I would not necessarily come across. Food items include regional items from guests’ hometowns to some local favorites…
Tohoku Food Festival at Takashimaya Nihonbashi
This weekend through Monday the 12th, stop by Takashimaya Nihonbashi’s 8th floor (large event space) for a special food festival featuring the food of the Tohoku region. My mother is from Yamagata so Tohoku holds a very special place in my heart. Shinji also works with many fishermen from Aomori to Iwate and Miyagi…
Hokkaido Food Festival at Odakyu in Shinjuku
Starting today through Tuesday, September 13th, Odakyu at Shinjuku station (nishi guchi or west exit) will host a food festival highlighting the food of Japan’s northernmost prefecture, Hokkaido. As a two-week event, vendors will change on the second week starting on Wednesday, September 7th, giving customers a chance to come back next week for new…
Gotta Go – The Sake Fair on June 15th in Ikebukuro
The do not miss event for any sake aficionado, The Sake Fair, will be held on June 15th in Ikebukuro. A rare opportunity to try up to 450 nihonshu (impossible, but nice to dream about) at one time. And all for the bargain price of 3,500 JPY (3,000 JPY if you purchase ahead of time)….
Yamagata Food Fair at Nihonbashi Takashimaya 第9回 やまがた展
Nihonbashi Takashimaya was my home for two years. I loved working in the depachika and one of my favorite part of the job was the special food fairs held on the 8th floor of the department store, not in the basement where we were most of the time. Starting this Wednesday through Monday, the 30th,…
Wagashi Fair at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi 第65回全国銘菓展
Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi will host its 65th festival of famous wagashi purveyors. This is one of my favorite events at Mitsukoshi as the variety and beauty of wagashi is so impressive. Best of all, artisans are handcrafting edible works of art at some of the stalls so it becomes an education on how delicate and intricate…
Okinawa Food Fair at Keio Department Store in Shinjuku
Keio department store in Shinjuku will showcase the unique food of Okinawa at a food fair from Thursday, May 12th to Tuesday, May 17th. Do stop by if you are in Shinjuku. Highlights include an eat-in corner where you can order a bowl of the local noodles, soki soba. Other foods to try include rafute,…
Hokkaido Food Fair at Keio in Shinjuku
An insider’s tip when visiting department stores is not to limit yourself to the basement’s depachika. Inquire at the concierge if there is a special food event on the event floor, usually the top floor. Today through April 12th at Keio in Shinjuku the food of Hokkaido is featured on the 7th floor. Hokkaido is…
Food Sake Tokyo 