I’ve always marveled at the ticket gates at Japanese train stations by the way you can just toss a ticket in at any angle and it comes out perfectly scanned and straightened in a second flat. The ...

Chefs have several tricks up their sleeves when making the udon noodles served at their restaurants. Here's how they make ...

The spiciest ramen is served in a black bowl. Photograph by James Whitlow Delano/Redux Japan’s favorite comfort food comes in various guises. Some ramen aficionados give top rank to Hakata ramen in ...

Everyone goes to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Why not try spots like the bustling port of Yokohama or the serene monasteries of ...

Master ramen chef, Satoshi Ikuta opens Ramen Nagi’s first Orange County location in Costa Mesa later this month ...

It was an almost unthinkable decision for Yamada-udon, which sells 390-yen ($2.48) bowls of noodles and for which ... but could be the kind of jolt that Japan’s local economies need to create ...