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Yoshikawa is located in Tsubame, Niigata. This particular region in Japan is famous for manufacturing Japanese nails since the 1850s onwards (Edo Era), and this had lead, therefore the area being known as...

Mise en Place - What is it? Well, is it a French saying for "everything in its place." It is a term used by professional chefs to describe a type...

Do you have a Sakai Takayuki knife and don't know how to sharpen it? Here is a step by step guide of how to sharpen each Sakai Takayuki Knife! A...

The craftsmen at Sakai Takayuki, still to this day support the 600 year tradition of Sakai cutlery - protecting the techniques and beliefs inherited from their predecessors, by training everyday....

Mirin is an ingredient that you can never miss when cook Japanese food. Mirin is a condiment that was discovered in Japan. Mirin, soy sauce, miso, the reason why these...

In Japan, Christmas was first celebrated in 1552. Here are 5 meals that are commonly eaten at Christmas in Japan.

In this article, we’re going to discuss shio koji, including how it is made, how it is used, and what it can bring to your cooking.

Many different ingredients are used just as a base soup stock. The western world has ...

Seaweed sheets for sushi come in different grades. You can usually tell which is which from the colour of the packaging. In England, nori is graded with alphabets and...

Lacquerware – or shikki – is a form of decorative craftwork that has been in use in Japan for thousands of years.

Furikake is a popular Japanese condiment, often sprinkled over cooked rice, fish, and vegetables to add flavour, or incorporated into onigiri (rice balls), pickling liquid, and more.

Zen-noh Japanese wagyu has arrived at Sushisushi! We now have A5 wagyu in stock! A5 wagyu is the highest Japanese grade there is. But how is wagyu judged? In ...