Text: Mayumi Schroede / Photos: Elli SekineIn the last few years, the development of Japanese restaurants in San Francisco has been very active. “Nabe” has two locations; one in the Sunset District by the Golden Gate Bridge, and the other, in the Marina District’s high-end shopping streets, both of ...

By Elli SekineData for Japan’s convenience stores say that 6 billion onigiris (rice balls) are sold each year. A major convenience store chain, Seven ...

By Elli SekineIn the Mission District of San Francisco, which is known as the base of cutting-edge food and beverages, start-up entrepreneurs and inve...

By Elli SekineThe SOMA District, located in the south of San Francisco’s financial district, has been having a construction rush in the past 10 years, and high-rise buildings are being built one after another. Most of the new tenants of those new buildings are IT or finance-related business people. ...

By Elii sSekineHayes Valley, which is known as the place where a gourmet culture started, is also a highly competitive place for the restaurant business. During the recent real estate development, many new condominiums and business buildings have been built, and the area is becoming even more desira...

By Elli SekineIt has been 7 or 8 years since izakaya-style restaurants started to permeate the San Francisco area. Now, they are surely settled in American society, and have become a part of San Francisco’s gourmet culture. However, in the US, the concept of izakaya is more diverse, “having everythi...

By Elli SekineDuring the last half of the nineties in San Francisco, people were enjoying the economic growth, and traditional washoku such as high-en...

By Elli SekineA new ramen phenomenon is happening again in San Francisco’s Japan Town, a highly-competitive district for ramen restaurants. Over the last few years, the popularity of “tonkotsu style ramen” has grown even bigger due to the appearance of “Mensho Tokyo,” “Ippudo”, etc. Moreover, a Haka...

By Elli Sekine “AEDAN”’ tent shop in the Saturday Farmer’s Market held in the very popular Ferry Building in San Francisco, which sells fermented food...

By Elli Sekine / Eri Shimizu New Japanese cuisine projects have been more and more diversified each year, and the trend of the sushi business of the l...