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By All Japan News,Inc
Yuji Matsumoto
Master Sake Sommelier
Finalist of the 2nd World Sake Sommelier Competition. Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science. Worked for Nomura Securities for 10 years. Former president of California Sushi Academy Former chief of planning dept. at Mutual Trading. Currently working for Kabuki Restaurant Corp. as a Beverage Manager of Sake.
Kosuke Kuji
Fifth Generation / Brewery Owner
Nanbu Bijin, Inc.
Born May 11, 1972. Entered Tokyo University of Agriculture's Department of Brewing and Fermentation. In 2005 became the youngest person ever to receive the Iwate Prefecture Young Distinguished Technician Award. In 2006 was selected to be a member of the board of trustees of his local alma mater, Fukuoka High School. Currently is featured in a number of media outlets including magazines, radio, and television.
*Positions of Public Service: Chairperson, Cassiopeia Corporation Youth Conference; School Board Member, Fukuoka High School, Iwate Prefecture, Vice-Chairman, Technology Committee, Iwate Prefecture Brewers and Distillers' Association.
Ayaka Ito
Owner of BESHOCK Ramen Sake Bar
Born in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture. Started going abroad including the US, Canada, and South Korea to study and deepen knowledge while still in high-school. Encountered with Japanese sake in Tohoku, while being involved in a long-term volunteering activity for the Great East Japan Earthquake. Sake of Miyagi, a famous region for sake making, was so impressive- ”I didn’t know such delicious domestic sake existed in Japan!” BESHOCK was opened in San Diego to let the world know the goodness of Japanese sake and Japanese cuisine for a responsibility as a specialist/Sake sommelier.
Ryuji Takahashi
Regional Sake Specialty Store "Ji Sakeya" Owner, Master Sake Sommelier, Shuto-Meijin, and the charismatic guru of ordinary sake.
Plans and manages events and seminars with his own unique flare to introduce the appeal of Japanese sake and cuisine, unaffected by the latest trends, while managing a jizake retail store.
David Kudo
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Master Sake Sommelier
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Born Kita-Akita City, Akita Prefecture. Took over as Executive Officer of the Japanese Food Trend News founded in 1991, when the predecessor was assigned back to Japan. Currently distributed as Japan Restaurant News (20,000 issues published electronically) in North America, Japan, and Southeast Asia.
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This is the traditional Japanese breakfast!
By Keiko Fukuda
In August of 2017, an article titled “This May be the Best Traditional Japanese Breakfast in L.A. County” was published in LA Weekly. “Fukagawa” is the name of the restaurant, which was featured as LA’s best Japanese breakfast eatery in LA. This Japanese restaurant is located in a corner of the Pacific Square, a shopping mall in Gardena.
In 1992, the year I moved to the United States, this restaurant was already running at the same location. Now, there are a few Japanese-American hotels within walking distance from Fukagawa, and Japanese travelers who are staying in those hotels, especially the two closest ones, the adjacent Hotel Pacific Court, and New Gardena Hotel across the street, come to Fukagawa for breakfast since the restaurant opens at 7 A.M. They have, of course, local regular customers as well. I visited for the interview at 10 on a Thursday morning. Looking around the restaurant, I saw a wide variety of customers of various race and ages; a couple of Japanese-Americans, a group of elderly men, an Asian family who looked like tourists visiting LA during spring break, etc., all enjoying Japanese breakfast. The secret to the popularity of their breakfast menu is the freedom of combining a wide variety of selections. The basic set “A” consists of rice, miso soup, seaweed, pickles, eggs and cold tofu, which costs $7.50. From the egg-cooking option, you can choose worry-free raw, house-made dashi-maki, fried, or scrambled. If you add natto to “A”, it becomes the set “B”, which costs $8.75, and if you add broiled fish or steak to the set “A”, it becomes the set “C”, which costs $10.50 with fish, and $12.95 with steak. The set “D” is everything from the set “A” plus natto, and fish or steak, and costs $11.50 with fish, and $13.95 with steak.
“We are particular about the food ingredients we use. We procure fish, meat, and vegetables from trusted vendors. Especially, we use eggs, essential to Japanese set meals, which are certified to be used raw,” says the current manager Shoko Miyashita. The current owner took over the operation 3 years ago, and Shoko started to manage the restaurant 2 year ago.
“Aside from our breakfast menu, we are also proud of our katsu-ju, and tonkatsu. We highly recommend shabushabu, and sukiyaki to meat lovers for dinner, too.” Indeed, Fukagawa’s tonkatu, shabushabu and sukiyaki were already well known in the nineties. Despite the changes in their management, this place seems to have become even more popular since, in carrying over the signature menu items. I asked what the secret could be. Shoko said, “First of all, it is to give the best possible service. We strive to offer the kind of service that makes the customers feel like coming here again. That is what I tell my staff all the time. I also tell them to smile always. And, that would create a cheerful ambience of the restaurant.” The place is in the back of the mall, and does not have an exterior appearance that stands out. However, once you step into the space, you feel the Showa-era like nostalgia, and become surrounded with a warm atmosphere. You will be naturally drawn to the place knowing that you will be able to have comfy Japanese breakfast there. I was re-assured about that which the regular customers feel when I visited this place again this time.
これが日本の朝ごはん
2017年８月に「これがロサンゼルス郡で最高の伝統的な日本の朝ごはん（This May Be the Best Traditional Japanese Breakfast in L.A.County）」というタイトルの記事がLA Weeklyに掲載された。そのLA最高の朝ごはんの店として絶賛されたのが、ふか川。ガーデナのモール、パシフィックスクエアの片隅にある日本食レストランだ。
筆者が渡米した1992年、すでに同じ場所で営業していたふか川の徒歩圏内には、数軒の日系ホテルがある。中でも隣接しているホテルパシフィックコートと、通りを挟んだ反対側のニューガーデナホテルに滞在する日本からの宿泊客たちが、朝7時から店を開けているふか川の朝定食を目当てにやってくる。もちろん、地元の常連も多い。取材に訪れたのは木曜の午前10時。店内を見渡すと、日系人のカップル、日本人の年配の男性グループ、春休みを利用してロサンゼルスを訪れているように見受けられるアジア系の家族など、多様な人種、年齢層の顧客が、「日本の朝ごはん」を食べていた。
同店の朝ごはんは好みによってバラエティ豊かな組み合わせが楽しめるのが人気の秘密。基本のA定食は、ごはん、味噌汁、海苔、漬物、卵に冷奴。これで7ドル50セント。卵は安全な生卵、自家製のだし巻き卵、目玉焼き、スクランブルから選ぶことができる。A定食に納豆をプラスするとB定食となり、8ドル75セント。Aに焼き魚またはステーキを加えることでC定食になり、魚は10ドル50セント。ステーキだと12ドル95セント。最後に納豆、さらに魚またはステーキを加えたオールスター・ラインアップがD定食で、値段は魚の場合が11ドル50セント、ステーキだと13ドル95セント。
「食材にはこだわっています。信頼できる業者さんから魚、肉、野菜を取り寄せています。特に日本の和定食に欠かせない卵は生食用として認定されているものを仕入れています」と語るのは、現マネジャーの宮下晶子（しょうこ）さん。現在のオーナーに引き継がれたのが３年前、そして晶子さんが店を任されるようになったのは今から2年前だという。
「朝ごはんももちろんですが、当店の自慢のメニューはカツ重とトンカツ。それに、ディナータイムのしゃぶしゃぶとすき焼きはお肉好きな方には是非食べてほしいですね」
確かに90年代から、ふか川のとんかつとしゃぶしゃぶ、すき焼きは有名だった。マネジメントが変わっても、その看板メニューを引き継ぎなら、さらに繁盛店となった印象を受ける。その秘訣について聞くと、レストラン業界20年になるという晶子さんは「なんと言ってもサービスをよくすることです。お客様に『また、ここに来たい』と思っていただけるような、あったかいサービスを心がけています。従業員にもいつもそう言っています。そして、いつも笑顔、です。そういうことが店の賑やかな雰囲気作りにつながります」と答えた。
モールの奥にあり、外観も目立たない。でも、１歩店内に足を踏み入れると昭和の懐かしさと温かい雰囲気が肌で感じられる。そこに行けば、ホッとする日本の朝ごはんが食べられるのだからついつい足が向いてしまう、そんな常連客の気持ちが、改めて訪れてみてよくわかった。
Fukagawa
1630 W Redondo Beach Blvd.
Gardena, CA 90247
(310)324-4306
Sun.-Fri. 7:00am-2:00pm、6:00pm-9:00pm
Sat. 7:00am-2:00pm,5:30pm-9:00pm
In August of 2017, an article titled “This May be the Best Traditional Japanese Breakfast in L.A. County” was published in LA Weekly. “Fukagawa” is the name of the restaurant, which was featured as LA’s best Japanese breakfast eatery in LA. This Japanese restaurant is located in a corner of the Pacific Square, a shopping mall in Gardena.
In 1992, the year I moved to the United States, this restaurant was already running at the same location. Now, there are a few Japanese-American hotels within walking distance from Fukagawa, and Japanese travelers who are staying in those hotels, especially the two closest ones, the adjacent Hotel Pacific Court, and New Gardena Hotel across the street, come to Fukagawa for breakfast since the restaurant opens at 7 A.M. They have, of course, local regular customers as well. I visited for the interview at 10 on a Thursday morning. Looking around the restaurant, I saw a wide variety of customers of various race and ages; a couple of Japanese-Americans, a group of elderly men, an Asian family who looked like tourists visiting LA during spring break, etc., all enjoying Japanese breakfast. The secret to the popularity of their breakfast menu is the freedom of combining a wide variety of selections. The basic set “A” consists of rice, miso soup, seaweed, pickles, eggs and cold tofu, which costs $7.50. From the egg-cooking option, you can choose worry-free raw, house-made dashi-maki, fried, or scrambled. If you add natto to “A”, it becomes the set “B”, which costs $8.75, and if you add broiled fish or steak to the set “A”, it becomes the set “C”, which costs $10.50 with fish, and $12.95 with steak. The set “D” is everything from the set “A” plus natto, and fish or steak, and costs $11.50 with fish, and $13.95 with steak.
“We are particular about the food ingredients we use. We procure fish, meat, and vegetables from trusted vendors. Especially, we use eggs, essential to Japanese set meals, which are certified to be used raw,” says the current manager Shoko Miyashita. The current owner took over the operation 3 years ago, and Shoko started to manage the restaurant 2 year ago.
“Aside from our breakfast menu, we are also proud of our katsu-ju, and tonkatsu. We highly recommend shabushabu, and sukiyaki to meat lovers for dinner, too.” Indeed, Fukagawa’s tonkatu, shabushabu and sukiyaki were already well known in the nineties. Despite the changes in their management, this place seems to have become even more popular since, in carrying over the signature menu items. I asked what the secret could be. Shoko said, “First of all, it is to give the best possible service. We strive to offer the kind of service that makes the customers feel like coming here again. That is what I tell my staff all the time. I also tell them to smile always. And, that would create a cheerful ambience of the restaurant.” The place is in the back of the mall, and does not have an exterior appearance that stands out. However, once you step into the space, you feel the Showa-era like nostalgia, and become surrounded with a warm atmosphere. You will be naturally drawn to the place knowing that you will be able to have comfy Japanese breakfast there. I was re-assured about that which the regular customers feel when I visited this place again this time.
これが日本の朝ごはん
2017年８月に「これがロサンゼルス郡で最高の伝統的な日本の朝ごはん（This May Be the Best Traditional Japanese Breakfast in L.A.County）」というタイトルの記事がLA Weeklyに掲載された。そのLA最高の朝ごはんの店として絶賛されたのが、ふか川。ガーデナのモール、パシフィックスクエアの片隅にある日本食レストランだ。
筆者が渡米した1992年、すでに同じ場所で営業していたふか川の徒歩圏内には、数軒の日系ホテルがある。中でも隣接しているホテルパシフィックコートと、通りを挟んだ反対側のニューガーデナホテルに滞在する日本からの宿泊客たちが、朝7時から店を開けているふか川の朝定食を目当てにやってくる。もちろん、地元の常連も多い。取材に訪れたのは木曜の午前10時。店内を見渡すと、日系人のカップル、日本人の年配の男性グループ、春休みを利用してロサンゼルスを訪れているように見受けられるアジア系の家族など、多様な人種、年齢層の顧客が、「日本の朝ごはん」を食べていた。
同店の朝ごはんは好みによってバラエティ豊かな組み合わせが楽しめるのが人気の秘密。基本のA定食は、ごはん、味噌汁、海苔、漬物、卵に冷奴。これで7ドル50セント。卵は安全な生卵、自家製のだし巻き卵、目玉焼き、スクランブルから選ぶことができる。A定食に納豆をプラスするとB定食となり、8ドル75セント。Aに焼き魚またはステーキを加えることでC定食になり、魚は10ドル50セント。ステーキだと12ドル95セント。最後に納豆、さらに魚またはステーキを加えたオールスター・ラインアップがD定食で、値段は魚の場合が11ドル50セント、ステーキだと13ドル95セント。
「食材にはこだわっています。信頼できる業者さんから魚、肉、野菜を取り寄せています。特に日本の和定食に欠かせない卵は生食用として認定されているものを仕入れています」と語るのは、現マネジャーの宮下晶子（しょうこ）さん。現在のオーナーに引き継がれたのが３年前、そして晶子さんが店を任されるようになったのは今から2年前だという。
「朝ごはんももちろんですが、当店の自慢のメニューはカツ重とトンカツ。それに、ディナータイムのしゃぶしゃぶとすき焼きはお肉好きな方には是非食べてほしいですね」
確かに90年代から、ふか川のとんかつとしゃぶしゃぶ、すき焼きは有名だった。マネジメントが変わっても、その看板メニューを引き継ぎなら、さらに繁盛店となった印象を受ける。その秘訣について聞くと、レストラン業界20年になるという晶子さんは「なんと言ってもサービスをよくすることです。お客様に『また、ここに来たい』と思っていただけるような、あったかいサービスを心がけています。従業員にもいつもそう言っています。そして、いつも笑顔、です。そういうことが店の賑やかな雰囲気作りにつながります」と答えた。
モールの奥にあり、外観も目立たない。でも、１歩店内に足を踏み入れると昭和の懐かしさと温かい雰囲気が肌で感じられる。そこに行けば、ホッとする日本の朝ごはんが食べられるのだからついつい足が向いてしまう、そんな常連客の気持ちが、改めて訪れてみてよくわかった。
Fukagawa
1630 W Redondo Beach Blvd.
Gardena, CA 90247
(310)324-4306
Sun.-Fri. 7:00am-2:00pm、6:00pm-9:00pm
Sat. 7:00am-2:00pm,5:30pm-9:00pm
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