Restaurant watchers might have encountered Gee as owner-chef of Ugly Dumpling on Commercial Drive, a cosy spot with creative ...

Tendrils of rice-scented steam once again rise in Tokyo's Minato City from Tokyo Port Brewery (TPB), after the sake ...

Nicknamed “the People’s Republic” by locals, offbeat Boulder was once a haven for beatniks and hippies. Today, it’s a thriving refuge for the globe-trotting elite and urban professionals, though that ...

Sake production in present-day Fukushima Prefecture is said to have started over 300 years ago under the Aizu Domain. The Aizu region is surrounded by mountains, the snowcapped peaks of which are the ...

Yakusho Koji is a civil servant who first ventured into Taiga drama (a long-running TV series broadcast by NHK) and then played in several films by Kurosawa Akira. The honor recognizes Yakusho's ...

The honor recognizes Yakusho’s four decades of contributions to cinema. The acclaimed performer was nominated four times and has previously nabbed the AFA best actor trophy twice — for “The ...

Of Japan's approximately 1,200 sake breweries, Tentaka is one of less than five that produces sake that is certified organic by the ... on a key ingredient: the koji. Aspergillus oryzae, the ...

This year marked another milestone for Indian architects in pushing the boundaries of contemporary practice nationwide. A noticeable trend among the projects featured on ArchDaily has been the ...