Every year, the tuna auction in Japan makes headlines, where a single fish fetches the equivalent of tens of thousands of dollars. Spending thousands of dollars for a fish, however valuable, may seem out of the ordinary for those unaccustomed…

Persimmon, or kaki 柿 in Japanese – and other languages, including Italian! – is one of the national fruits of Japan. Having been brought to the Archipelago in the 7th or 8th century AD, the long history of this fruit…

Autumn in Japan is great! Leaves turn red and yellow, temperatures are still fairly warm, and most days are sunny. While I was growing up in Northern Italy, I always had an image of Autumn being rainy, chilly, and overall…

During my first interactions with Japanese cuisine, one of the things that impressed me the most was how eggs were consumed. As an Italian, I grew up eating eggs either boiled, fried, or prepared as a frittata, and never ate…