Japan’s specialty grocer chain Kaldi is most famous for its coffee ... The most important parts of the Japanese text on the front of that package are チョコ, “chocolate,” and 餅, “mochi,” but the whole ...

TSUYAMA, Okayama Prefecture--It might not be to everyone’s taste but chocolate based on a recipe from the Edo Period (1603-1867) is now on sale in Japan. The brainchild of an enterprising ...

to tinker with its signature “Shiroi Koibito” (white lover) cookies and market the treat using a chocolate filling. Ishiya had been dabbling with the different taste for quite a while but ...