Japanese Culture in New York

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B-Kyu Gourmet

Japan's "B-Kyu Gourmet" is an inventive, casual, and affordable genre of comfort food that will leave you wanting more...

The Japanese Way of Staying Healthy and Beautiful

Explore the secrets, products, and trends behind health and beauty in Japan...

Ultimate Sushi Guide

This month we provide a variety of useful information about the yummy and often complex world of sushi...

Sweet and Romantic Treats From Japan

Here, we explore Japan's version of the Valentine's Day culture and give you some exciting gift ideas...

Japanese Event & Community Information

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Private shodo lessons by an instructor with 30 years of shodo practice and an 8th dan - the highest shodo degree. Lessons can be arranged on Tue, Thu, Sat and Sun. Monthly Bokuga (ink painting) meetings are also held. Email seikou5102009@gmail.com for more detail.

Celebrity Talk

HIDEKI TOGI

A gagaku musician, Hideki Togi is not only a performing artist, but also does collaborative work in art forms not limited to music. Here, Mr. Togi reveals how he established his unconventional career path...

What's New?

A “Conbini”-like Grocery Store in Midtown

Nestled above a jazz club in Midtown, Tomiya is a new grocery store that offers a wide variety of Japanese grocery standards like homemade dishes, rice balls, and snacks...

Japanese Culture

BENTO: Healthy, Economical and Eco-Friendly

“Bento” is a Japanese lunch box that has both nutritious and eco-friendly qualities. To help you get started on a bento lifestyle, here we introduce some basic tips...

Japanese Recipe

Beef Roll with Burdock Root

This month’s featured ingredient is burdock root served in a beef roll. Accentuated with a soy sauce based sweet glaze, this dish has an earthy flavor that is rich in fiber and vitamins...

Restaurant Review

Himalayan Yak

Himalayan Yak has been Michelin recommended for two years in a row serving the finest Nepalese, Himalayan, Tibetan, and Indian home dishes to locals and out-of-state visitors...

Sake & Shochu Column

True Local Sake to Encourage Morale in Fukushima

Located in Fukushima’s Kitakata City, the Yumegokoro Brewery strives to create sake that is locally brewed while using the regions natural resources...

Beauty & Styles

A Space For Total Beauty

Ms. Mako Iijima of Cocoro Salon explains how their space provides expert hair and make-up services as well as a unique “life style” photo service to capture those once-in-a-lifetime moments...

Japanese Shops

Okonomi Sauce by Otafuku Foods

Before Otafuku Foods’ rich flavored Okonomi Sauce, people used to eat okonomiyaki pancake with condiments like soy sauce. Today, Okonomi Sauce has been a constant best seller...

Japanese Language Lesson

Japanese Crossword

Do you know Japanese culture? Test yourself with our fun, new Japanese crossword puzzle...

Travel to Japan

Travel Big for Northern Nature

During the warmer seasons, Hokkaido, the northernmost part of Japan, is a visitor’s paradise of scenic locations such as Goryokaku Park and Mt. Daitsetsu National Park...

Entertainment

March Madness for Japanese Music

This March, a wide variety of Japanese musicians will perform in some of New York’s greatest venues including popular pop-rock band L’arc-en-Ciel at Madison Square Garden...