March 28, 2026 by Derek Tahara, Nichi Bei News

Nobuko Naganuma has noticed an increase of young people flocking to San Francisco’s Japantown on the weekends to experience more about Japanese culture, including sipping matcha lattes from Japan Center […] READ MORE
June 23, 2016 by Nichi Bei News

My local Marukai Wholesale Mart recently had a sale on all-things matcha. Matcha? Is that some local Hawaiian product? No, matcha is basically green tea leaves that are refined to […] READ MORE
February 10, 2011 by Pauline Fujita

However tedious I find Valentine’s Day here in North America, I still count my lucky stars that I don’t have to do it up Japanese style. On Valentine’s Day in Japan, […] READ MORE