After I wrote about the influences for our meal concept at O gawa shou, I asked myself when I was becoming interested in Japanese vegan...

I was not familiar with butternut squash when I moved to the US.  It looked cute but I had no idea what the inside looked like!  But, it...

I love New England because it has four seasons like Japan.  North Granby’s climate and environment is just like the mountain side of...

My granddad used to live in Hokkaido (the northern-most part of Japan), and sent us a salted (preserved) whole salmon as the year end...

Have you been to Tokyo in late August or early September?  It is still crazy hot – high humidity and temperatures in the 90s! It cools...

Over the years, we’ve had many encouraging comments about the food we serve.  Ranging from “nice ‘home cooking’” (yes, it is our home!)...

Even though summer is waning, people are usually suffering from some level of heat exhaustion by this time. The sour and spicy sauce for...

When it gets warm, people are usually craving for something to cool the throat – noodles are a great choice, and of all the noodles,...

Above all else, the decisive factor in creating flavor in Japanese dishes is dashi. Traditionally, Japanese make dashi by boiling dried...

The items listed here are mostly specialty/niche products that you won't find in the U.S. DASHI (Soup Stock) KELP / SEAWEED CONDIMENTS...