Articles

March 01, 2010

What is speculation? In general terms, it means to conjecture without firm evidence, and in particular refers to the act ...

January 08, 2010

Swidden agriculture, known in Japanese as yakihata ("burned field") farming, has been conducted in Japan for several centuries. In contrast ...

November 24, 2009

Japanese owes its green color to the lack of fermentation. While smed s are far more common, there is ...

November 04, 2009

Japanese tea owes its green color to the lack of fermentation. While steamed teas are far more common, there is ...

August 04, 2009

Since ancient times the Japanese have taken in essential minerals, such as sodium, calcium, and potassium, as well as iodine ...

June 24, 2009

Rice terraces are paddies fields made on sloping land that follow the natural contour lines. Suited to the Japanese geography, ...

March 30, 2009

Dried bonito is a major source of the traditional soup stock that is essential to so many Japanese dishes. The ...

February 23, 2009

Funa zushi, or fermented sushi made with fish of the carp family known in Japan as funa , ...

January 27, 2009

Salt has been manufactured from seawater across Japan since prehistoric times. But with a 90-year monopoly on salt and the ...

January 29, 2009

Miso soup for breakfast and dinner, soy sauce that always makes it on the dining table, the evening cup of ...