Food The Regional Cuisine of Kansai Sleiman Azizi The Kansai region of south-central Honshu is made up of 7 prefectures - Hyogo, Kyoto, Mie, Nara, Osaka, Shiga and Wakayama. S...
Food Shu'n Wine and Dine Swissotel Namba Bonson Lam Onkochishin is a philosophy that I often associate with the chefs of Osaka. Confucius explains, “Exploring the old and deduci...
Food Uemachi Japanese Restaurant Bonson Lam It is said that we first eat with our eyes, and the appetisers served in three round closhes resembling Temari, a handcrafted...
Food Kishiwada Land's Coffee House Bonson Lam Debonair waiters sport Brylcreemed hair, starched white shirts and bow ties, while the waitresses wear full length aprons and...
Food Dotonbori's Top Restaurants Veronica Carnevale A saying associated with Dotonbori is kuidaore, which means to go bankrupt after spending a large amount of money on food. No...
Food Tokyo Takes 2nd Place on Top Coffee Cities List Kim Tokyo recently received second place honors on Food & Wine's 10 Top Cities for Coffee list, beaten out only by Copenhagen in ...
Food Hiroshima Teppanyaki & Okonomiyaki Bonson Lam Hiroshima Teppan Kanoyume is a rare find in Kyoto, specialising in the crunch and lightness of Hiroshima style Okonomiyaki, i...
Food Blue Birds Rooftop Terrace Drewe Salahor Located on the top floor of Maraiza’s Landmark Square, the terrace offers panoramic views over Osaka Castle as well as a Japa...
Food Korean Dining in Tsuruhashi Tad Ichimiya Osaka is home to the largest Koreatown in Japan, centered on the inner city district of Tsuruhashi. With a vocabulary that is...
Food Healthy Penguin Cafe Kim Matsumoto is Nagano Prefecture's second-largest city. If you're visiting as a vegetarian or vegan (or if you just love delici...