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In the eighth installment, we spoke with Takamasa Kuratomi (40 years old, from Kanagawa Prefectur…

Tomoko Oura • March 2, 2024

Tsukayama, seasoning runs in the family

Choko Tsukayama is 78 years old and has extensive experience in Nikkei cuisine, the kind that was b…

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato +1 • July 31, 2023

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Ramen in Brazil

When someone tells me they don't like Japanese food, I ask if they don't like those noodles…

Hudson Okada • June 11, 2018

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Real Ramen Is Finally Coming to Denver, and It’s About Time

I grew up in Japan when I was a kid, and have vivid memories of bowls of ramen and soba noodles s…

Gil Asakawa • Nov. 18, 2015

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Noodles: Obon Time

Gwen Muranaka’s weekly cartoon “Noodles” appears in The Japan Times, and occ…

Gwen Muranaka • Aug. 15, 2014

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Common Grains

Common Grains is a Japanese food and culture project that started in my home kitchen a couple of ye…

Sonoko Sakai • Jan. 3, 2013

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The Joys of Eating Soba

“Noodle dishes are very popular, as they make a delicious and filling simple meal. It’s…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 1, 2013

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Nikkei Chronicles #1—ITADAKIMASU! A Taste of Nikkei Culture

The Black Noodle

I made some soba for dinner today. Soba is a Japanese noodle made with buckwheat flour. My memory o…

Chanda Ishisaka • Oct. 3, 2012

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Noodles: Jan … Ken … Pon!

Gwen Muranaka’s weekly cartoon “Noodles” appears in The Japan Times, and occasion…

Gwen Muranaka • July 27, 2012

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Oodles of noodles: Ramen has quietly become hip in Colorado

Erin and I have always been wistfully jealous of our friends in Los Angeles and San Francisco, for …

Gil Asakawa • June 3, 2011

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