By Kosuke KujiThe most important objective of this business trip to Los Angeles was the “30th Japanese Food & Restaurant Expo,” sponsored by Mutual Trading, held at the Pasadena Convention Hall. This business-to-business event, held for the thirtieth time this year, drew 133 food and sake producers,...

Small, but shining restaurant in a high-class neighborhoodBy Keiko FukudaPacific Palisades is an upper-class residential town sandwiched between the mountains and the sea located about a 10 minute-drive north from Santa Monica towards Malibu. Many residents are in the entertainment industry. The mid...