Fun Links

• The very entertaining How to eat sushi video from "Japan Culture Lab"
• Jocelyn Simard's Japanese food photo gallery
• Product reviews and more at JapaneseSnacks.com
• Tokyo food tour highlights from "Tokyo Qool"
  • Frogs, turtles and pig's heads at Tokyo's biggest Asian Market
  • Elegant sake utensils and a sake-tasting bar
  • Dining with your pooch at Deco Dog's Cafe
  • Drop-dead design at Tokyo's most stylish restaurant complex
  • Sweet potatoes, fish cakes and other foods from Kyushu
  • Conveyor belt dimsum at Daiba Little Hong Kong
• Ekiben - station bento from throughout Eastern Japan
• A photo essay on nighttime yatai food stalls of Tokyo

General Information

• Eat-Japan (London-based)
• Food articles from Japanese chef Yoshiharu Doi
• Rick Kennedy takes you to breakfast at the world's largest fish market
• Japanese Food Forum articles from Kikkoman soy sauce
• Japanese tea ceremony
• Hokkaido cheese pages (J)
• And you thought your cat was spoiled? CNN reports on a Tokyo restaurant that serves pets
• More mayonnaise? Extra corn? A few things you should know about Japanese pizza
• A guide to Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki (including eating tips from an "okonomiyaki analyst")
• Can't decide whether to bring a fork or chopsticks on that camping trip? Bring your "forkchops"!
• Descriptions of regional and special dishes
  • Introductions to regional cuisines from around Japan from the Tsuji Culinary Institute
  • All about konnyaku (Devil's tongue starch)
  • Meibutsu (local specialty) links from eGullet
  • Akita Prefecture
  • Uwajima (Uwa seafood dishes)
  • Osechi-ryori (special New Year's holiday dishes) illustrations
• Sushi
  • The Sushi FAQ answers all your questions about sushi and sashimi
  • The Sticky Rice page includes sushi recipes and an "ask the chef" section
  • Austin restaurants and shopping, book reviews, sushi FAQs and other info in the Sushi Guide for Austin, Texas
  • Sushi vocabulary and other information at John Marist's Worldwide Sushi Restaurant database
  • More sushi lore from the Sushi World Guide
  • Sushi Otaku blog from Sushi FAQ's Warren Ransom is filled with raw-fish musings and reviews
  • Sushi-related videos from Google Video
  • All about wasabi from Wasabi Pacific
  • More sushi links at sushilinks.com
• Instant ramen madness
  • No trip to Yokohama is complete without a visit to the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum (English). (And don't forget to read the museum review on the Tokyo Food Page.)
  • Ramenrater
  • Cup-men Michelin (J)
  • Cup ramen index (J)
• Drinks
  • Sake World from John Gauntner, author of the Sake Handbook.
  • Tastings and other information at Joy of Sake
  • Sake-making history and photos from Akebono company in Sweden (in Swedish)
  • Takeshige Honke Shuzou Corp. guide to making sake (J)
  • Jizake (regional sake) sales window (J)
  • Plenty of sake information in French and in English at Bruno Masala's Izumibashi
  • The history of sake from Tamanohikari Brewery
  • A list of Okinawa awamori
  • Japan Microbrewer's Network (E/J)
• Short articles on Japanese food from JNTO
• Lucy Seligman's mini-reviews of ten Japanese cookbooks
• Erik Wegweiser's chopstick collection
• CNN reports on Japan's annual eel-eating festival

Recipes

• Also check out the Tokyo Food Page recipe index
• Over 100 recipes presented by Osaka Gas aka "Bob & Angie" (and hundreds more in Japanese)
• Over 120 Japanese recipes at Recipe Source
• Bite of Japan (from Bite of Asia)
• Chef Yoshiharu Doi
• Japanese Restaurant Navi
• Hiroko's Kitchen (recipes, cooking classes, informational newsletters)
• Ya Gotta Have It recipes
• Yaki-onigiri and other rice dishes at Bistrobb recipe page
• The Sugawara family's home recipes at Open Kitchen
• Yasuko-san's home cooking (E/J)
• Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki (with illustrations)