Train travel in Japan is not only known for its breathtaking scenery but also for a variety of gourmet meals, accompanied by local beverages. Here are some must-try local drinks to enhance your ...

Rich yet refreshing, this combination captures a sense of new beginnings synonymous with cherry blossom season in Japan, where the flowers bloom around the start of a new school and work year. While ...

Food and drink prices are continuing to rise in Japan with a new survey showing that hikes will affect more than 1,000 items for a second straight month in February.

There's an annual festival held in the Japanese prefecture of Kochi that culminates with a competition to see who can drink sake the fastest. Men get given 1.8 litres of sake in a big cup and ...

A Japanese sake brewer has taken to burying bottles of the alcohol in the snow for a couple of months, saying it produces a milder, smoother taste. The Rokkasen Brewery in northeastern Japan's ...

When Sonoko Sakai’s mother sneaked a little miso into her lasagne, she was not thinking of the kind of Japanese fusion that became an American dining craze in the 1980s. Rather, she was doing ...

France’s team members sported chic Breton striped shirts and berets ... Top honors went to returning champions Japan, whose team put together a lemon, pear, marigold and chocolate granita ...

“Butter on rice was such a thing,” says Sakai, 69, the first American-born child of her Japanese parents. “My mother grew up post-war, and there was hunger. Coming to America from ...