Okinawa really took me by surprise! Here's what an honest, authentic few days in Naha can look like if you get swept up in ...

A meal at a meat-and-three is nonnegotiable. Order crisp fried chicken, mac and cheese, cornbread, and pork-braised ...

With overtourism putting pressure on major cities like Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, Japan is increasingly crowded—making ...

Slurping soba while wearing a white shirt is a dangerous game to play. But somehow, I emerged from Sora Soba Dining, a new San Francisco Japantown restaurant from the team behind Hinodeya Ramen Bar, ...

Our Okinawa Travel Guide! This one has been years in the making. And with good reason, Okinawa is a vast, complex place that deserves our longest episode ever. I am delighted to be able to share ...

For a long time, Akira Nakazato, manufacturing manager of Mizuho Distillery, one of Okinawa’s oldest awamori producers, had been thinking of making another spirit. Sales of awamori, the islands’ ...

On August 18, 2025, Acecook will release two types of cup noodles themed around Hokkaido and Okinawa. The ' Super Cup 1.5x Hokkaido Corn Salt Butter Ramen ' is a ramen with the fragrant flavor of ...

As the legend goes, Japan’s Ryukyu Islands were created by the goddess Amamikyo, who is believed to have descended from the heavens and into the sea, just off the southern coast of what is now known ...

The Ryukyu Islands are divided into three major island groups: Okinawa Islands, the Miyako Islands, and the Yaeyama Islands. Photograph by Ippei Naoi, Getty Images As the legend goes, Japan’s Ryukyu ...

For 450 years, the little-known Ryukyu Kingdom thrived in what is now Japan. Now, after nearly vanishing, its unique fusion cuisine is being revived. "You can learn a lot about a person by looking at ...