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After one too many lazy Saturdays, we find ourselves standing at the foot of an ice cold waterfall.
The only makers of katanuki pieces may have to close their doors forever if the pandemic continues much longer.
For years, women in Japan have given chocolate to male coworkers for Valentine’s Day, but this year is probably going to be different.
Just a half-hour outside downtown Tokyo, legends say that if you enter this thicket, you’ll be spirited away and never return.
Edo period confectionery store learnt the secret recipe from a monk on a mountain in Kyoto.
New Japanese burger comes in three sizes, depending on how much of a meat tower you can handle.
Amazura was a popular sweetener among Heian aristocrats but its method of production was lost to time after the widespread diffusion of sugar.
Homemade chocolate is great and all, but are people still making it in this coronavirus era?
All of Japan has Coming of Age Ceremonies in January, but nowhere has them quite like Kitakyushu.
Fushimi Inari-taisha did all sorts of things to keep visitors safe this New Year’s, and one may be steeped in the local culture’s velvety harshness.
Eating the ironically risky symbol of long life is the latest thing that requires extra caution during the pandemic.
It’s not just gold that’s shining right now at one of Japan’s most beautiful historical sites.
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