A popular sushi restaurant in an extremely competitive areaBy Keiko FukudaThe San Fernando Valley is located just north of Los Angeles County. On Ventura Boulevard that runs miles east to west in the southern valley, there are so many sushi restaurants. A lot of people in the movie and music industr...

The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Part 2By Kosuke KujiKumamoto Earthquake that happened at 9:26 pm on April 14th 2016. As mentioned in the previous column,...

New wave French cuisine with Japanese accentsBy Aya OtaIn the corner of the busy East Village district, there is a restaurant with an attractive looki...

Sake Tastingby Yuji MatsumotoExperience and knowledge are indispensable for sake tasting, but doing many tastings absent-mindedly does not help.Many tend to think that a person must have an excellent sense of judging taste (to have people think that way is very flattering), but that isn’t necessaril...

Unique ramen you can taste in a sophisticated modern Venetian-style restaurantBy Aya Ota“All’onda” is the name of the restaurant which some New Yorkers are glued to due to its unique concept of the modern Venetian cuisine. It is located in a sophisticated looking two-story building in the Union Squa...

Preserving pure and unchanging Japanese cuisineBy Elli Sekine“Kiss Seafood” is located in a corner of a building which is not very easy to spot from the main street of Japan Town. No sigh is up outside, so hardly anyone will notice there is a restaurant there. There are only ten seats, and the space...

Organic vegan Japanese restaurantPopularity has resulted in two L.A. locationsBy Keiko Fukuda“Shojin” located in a shopping mall in downtown Los Angeles is a vegan restaurant where only organic vegetables are used for their dishes, but you can still enjoy the taste of authentic and creative Japanese...

Choosing the Right Japanese Sake for Your RestaurantBy Yuji MatsumotoIn this issue, I would like to mention a few pointers regarding how to select Japanese sakes that match your store.1. Is the price set to match the average customer's spending amount? If customer spending is about $30, please check...

Sake Nation The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Vol 1By Kosuke KujiOn April 14th 9:26 pm this year, there was a very large earthquake of 6.5 magnitude centered in Kumamoto prefecture. As mentioned in many reports from the media there was extensive damage and casualties. As of April 30th today, 49 deaths, 1...

Judging Compatibility of Japanese Sake with FoodWhere you can most likely predict the taste of wines from grape variety, vintage or production area, t...