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Ask a Bartender: Why Aren't Bitters Used in Japan?
November 2, 2012
Here's a column idea that's been brewing for a while: asking bartenders in Japan about...
Crop Shop in Azabujuban (TYO)
October 5, 2012
I used to live in Azabujuban for four years during my 20s. Sadly I don’t...
Tokyo JUNKtion: Toraya (Roppongi Hills)
August 16, 2012
On the very special occasion that a visitor from Japan would bring Toraya to our...
OPENharvest at the Headlands Center for the Arts
April 5, 2012
Exactly one week ago on March 26, about 150 people descended onto the Headlands Center...
Postcard from Kagoshima: Strangers in the Night
March 14, 2012
*Nahoko Morimoto is a Tokyo-based photographer. Her work has been featured in Brutus and Vogue Japan.
Postcard from Okinawa: Crab Noodle
March 7, 2012
*Nahoko Morimoto is a Tokyo-based photographer. Her work has been featured in Brutus and Vogue Japan.
Sobayuwari (Shochu + Hot Soba Water)
February 15, 2012
By Shizuka Wakashita What do you drink when you go to a soba place? Beer? Sake?...
Great UM Noodletown: Pizzeria Matsuhisa (Tokyo)
February 3, 2012
Spaghetti with asari (clams), shirauo (little white fish) and arugula at Pizzeria Matsuhisa in Denenchofu,...
Postcard from Aomori: Sockeyes
January 31, 2012
*Nahoko Morimoto is a Tokyo-based photographer. Her work has been featured in Brutus and Vogue Japan.
ReCPY: Food Report from Japan
January 16, 2012
Happy New Year!  I can't believe the holiday season passed so quickly, and now we...
Nagano Road Trip
December 2, 2011
By Sasha Wizansky On October 27, a crew from OPENharvest woke up at 5am and...
ほうとう (Houtou)
November 29, 2011
Now, I've always considered myself quite the noodle connoisseur, but I had never heard of the...