Cool Japan Article

Cool Japan Article

  • 24Living Alongside Indigo. New Stories from Tokushima Featuring Japan Blue.

    Japan Blue is a variety of the indigo color that is highly sought after worldwide. The plants used for indigo dyeing can be found thro…

    • Japanese history and traditional culture
    • Experience
    • Overseas Expansion

  • 18A Pioneering Spirit to Spread Satsuma Shochu Worldwide―Satsuma

    The stories of the dieties at Takaya Shrine in Minamisatsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture, are said to have foretold the birth and develo…

    • Producers
    • Japanese history and traditional culture
    • Japanese Food Culture
    • Agriculture
    • Local production for local consumption
    • Overseas Expansion
    • Sake

  • 17Building a Future for Kuma Shochu through the Passion and Strategies of Local Distilleries Hitoyoshi Kuma

    Kuma Shochu is one of the shochu brands designated as a Geographical Indication by the World Trade Organization. It is produced in the…

    • Ryotei & Restaurants
    • Japanese Nature
    • Japanese history and traditional culture
    • Japanese Food Culture
    • Overseas Expansion
    • Sake
    • Community Revitalization

  • 16SUSHI×TECHNOLOGY Pioneering the Future of Food Culture from Kanazawa.

    Kanazawa City in Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan’s Hokuriku area is known for Kenroku-en Garden, Kanazawa Castle, and the Nagamachi Samura…

    • Ryotei & Restaurants
    • Producers
    • Technology
    • Japanese history and traditional culture
    • Japanese Food Culture
    • Fisheries
    • Local production for local consumption
    • Overseas Expansion
    • Community Revitalization
    • Japan of the Sea

  • 12Diverse Flavors Brewed by a Fourth Generation Female Master Brewer Carrying the Traditions and Techniques of the Hiroshima-toji into the Future

    The town of Akitsu is home to the Hiroshima-toji, a guild of master brewers. Facing the Seto Inland Sea, the town flourished as a port …

    • Producers
    • Technology
    • Gastronomy and Culinary
    • Japanese Nature
    • Japanese history and traditional culture
    • Japanese Food Culture
    • Agriculture
    • Local production for local consumption
    • Overseas Expansion
    • Fermentation
    • Sake
    • Community Revitalization

  • 11Toraya—Aiming for the Future as an Establishment Steeped in History and Tradition

    Since its founding in the late Muromachi period about 500 years ago, confection manufacturer Toraya has continued to carry forward the…

    • Ryotei & Restaurants
    • Producers
    • Japanese Nature
    • Japanese history and traditional culture
    • Agriculture
    • Overseas Expansion

  • 10Developing a Dried Sweet Potato Export Business in Africa

    Recently, dried sweet potatoes have again grown in popularity for their simple, delicious taste and their benefits as a health food. W…

    • Producers
    • Technology
    • Japanese Food Culture
    • Overseas Expansion

  • 09The Importance of the Capacity to Change

    Otafuku Sauce is currently engaged in efforts to communicate the appeals of konamon (flour-based) dishes in Europe, the US, and Asia, a…

    • Ryotei & Restaurants
    • DX (Digital) & SNS
    • Japanese Food Culture
    • Experience
    • Overseas Expansion

  • 08Hand down the process of soy sauce from each region worldwide

    Founded in 1854. The wooden tub that has been used for 170 years since the Edo period has kept the traditional soy sauce brewing made i…

    • Producers
    • Japanese history and traditional culture
    • Japanese Food Culture
    • Overseas Expansion
    • Fermentation

  • 07Become a Kurabito. Enhancing the Value of Japanese Sake through a New Form of Sake Brewery Tourism

    KURABITO STAY and Kitsukura Shuzo have teamed up to offer a completely new sake tourism program within the grounds of a 330-year-old sa…

    • Lodging/Hotels
    • Producers
    • City Planning
    • Japanese history and traditional culture
    • Experience
    • Overseas Expansion
    • Sake
    • Community Revitalization