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TEMPURA

Their trucks, sometimes driven by Someya herself, go around Tokyo collecting used cooking oil from restaurants and households.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Nov 27, 2024
Turning tempura oil into fuel: 30 years of environmental efforts by Tokyo entrepreneur
"Seeing all the used cooking oil being collected, I thought Tokyo is basically an oil field."
Michelin-starred tempura experiences abound in Tokyo, but some of the best of the genre can be found in the city's more down-to-earth eateries.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Top 5
Mar 3, 2024
Go old school with these affordable tempura spots
Once a plentiful dish for the poor, tempura has been dragged upward through the classes to become a dish beloved by all.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Jun 18, 2023
Recipe: Fresh vegetable kakiage fritters
Deep frying fresh vegetables like these is not as popular when they're in season, but it’s still one of the easiest ways to bring out the sweetness and crunch of veggies.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Dec 11, 2022
Recipe: Kakiage soba
Casting about for the perfect Japanese meal to close out this year and ring in the next? Look no further.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 20, 2018
Sonoji: Ningyocho tempura chef has noodle-making in his DNA
When Sonoji arrived in Ningyocho just over a year ago, it stirred up considerable interest. Primarily due to its obvious quality, but also because it stands out from the pack.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 20, 2018
Kikuya: Seasonal tempura on the fly at Ebisu standing bar
Who says good, fresh tempura requires major outlays of time and money? Back in the day, batter fried foods were cooked and sold at street stalls. And that's pretty much the way it's done at Kikuya.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 15, 2017
Maruka: Shikoku-style 'udon' at its best, if you don't mind the wait
Many of Tokyo's finest restaurants are so hidden away you hardly know they're even there. But there's little chance of missing Maruka. In the unlikely event that you fail to spot the large white noren curtain across the entrance, you won't miss the long line leading up to it.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 20, 2017
Tempura Yokota: The taste of tradition in a fast-changing neighborhood
The sign on the street outside Tempura Yokota and the elevator up to the restaurant are as modern as they come. But the patinated sliding wooden door that greets you on arrival speaks of tradition and, once you're inside, so does the welcome.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Oct 7, 2016
Tempura Endo Yasaka: Deep-fried morsels in a downtown teahouse
After reading the recent review by Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold of Tempura Endo's Beverly Hills restaurant I thought it was high time I went to the original. Tempura Endo Yasaka in Kyoto is housed in an ornate wooden teahouse south of Gion; waiting staff in delicate light blue kimonos...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Apr 24, 2015
Embalming tiger shrimp in tempura at Shintaro
The recipe for tempura is widely credited to Portugese and Spanish missionaries who lived in western Japan during the late 16th century. In "Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art," author and chef Shizuo Tsuji, writes that, as this new dish caught on in Japan, it was slowly adapted for local tastes, eventually...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Apr 10, 2015
Ineffable dining in Kyoto
Spring is here, and Kyoto is calling us. The old capital is ablaze with blossom, fresh foliage and the exhilaration that winter is over. This is a magical time of year — not just for sightseeing, but for eating out, too, with all the produce of the new season. There are great restaurants close to all...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Nov 25, 2014
Tackle a mountain of tempura at Tottuan
Is there ever a good time to be under a train? Well, yes. If it happens to be in Tottuan, which is directly under the loop line in Osaka. Every time a train rolls by you hear it, feel it — but not in a startling way — it's just another part of the rhythm and ambience of a great little izakaya (Japanese...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Oct 21, 2014
Mantenya: Eccentric food for eccentric people
Where would a journalist be without his or her contacts? Most likely not in Mantenya, a pocket-sized tempura restaurant near Tenma in Osaka. I am based in Kyoto, so Osaka is a bit of a known unknown. Luckily I have two contacts who have yet to set me wrong.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Mar 22, 2013
Music and models come together to show off Fukuoka's fashion
What do you get when you mix musicians, models and five dancing kids? It's quite an impressive collection — in fact it's the Fukuoka Asia Collection (FACo).
CULTURE / Music
Mar 7, 2013
There's no battering the Tempura Kidz spirit
The members of Tempura Kidz have danced in front of thousands of strangers at sold-out venues across Japan, including Tokyo's famed Budokan and the Summer Sonic festival. Yet on a Thursday night in a Harajuku office building, the teenage quintet is nervous.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Feb 15, 2013
Teuchisoba Narutomi: Soba and tempura make for a classic combination
Tempura and soba: Separately, they're two essential elements of traditional Japanese food culture. Put them together side by side on the table and they add up to one of the all-time classic dishes.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?
Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Honda-Nissan megamerger in the works
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida (left), Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe (second from left) and Takao Kato, CEO of Mitsubishi Motors, hold a news conference on merger talks on Monday in Tokyo.
Picturesque Japan hot spring town limits day trippers
Ginzan Onsen hot springs in Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
North Korean hacker group behind DMM Bitcoin’s cryptocurrency leak
A North Korean hacker group is believed to have planted a virus on the computer of an employee at Ginco — a company that was entrusted with the deposit and withdrawal of DMM Bitcoin’s virtual currency — through a fake job recruitment message sent via LinkedIn.
High levels of PFAS found in water from 44 private suppliers across Japan
The Self-Defense Forces facilities are believed to have become sources of PFAS contamination because they used firefighting foam containing the toxic chemicals in the past.
For baseball fans, 2024 brought The Summer of Shohei Ohtani
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts to a standing ovation from fans after hitting his 50th home run of the season, against the Marlins in Miami on Sept. 19.
Trump's Pentagon policy pick pushed for Japan to spend 3% of GDP on defense
Elbridge Colby (center) speaks at the Threat and the Strategy panel during the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, in September 2019.
A brief history of ‘osechi ryōri,' Japan's edible tradition for the new year
Japan's traditional New Year cuisine has a long history, though modern developments have led to slight changes in the way things work.
Japan accuses Google of violating antimonopoly law
The Japanese antitrust watchdog said that Google forced smartphone makers to preinstall its search app on their devices, sources say.

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