About Knives

Fugu, or pufferfish, is one of Japan’s most well-known traditional foods. It is closely connected to winter meals, local pride, and expert cooking skills.

From tiny family-run ramen shops to fancy Michelin-starred restaurants, Tokyo has food for every taste. Every bite is full of comfort and surprise. This season, travelers can explore Tokyo’s food like never before with the Go Tokyo Gourmet Campaign.

Teishoku sets are a structured style of meal that plays an essential role in Japanese dining culture. Rather than ordering dishes one by one, diners receive a complete meal arranged and served together.

Mitsuwa Marketplace is a well-known Japanese supermarket chain in the United States. It was created to bring Japanese food and culture closer to local communities.

Dubai’s fine dining scene is gaining worldwide attention, and one Japanese restaurant stands out. TakaHisa, a top Japanese restaurant in Dubai, earned a major global award. Its executive chefs received the Two Knives honor at the Best Chef Award 2025 in Milan.

One of the most treasured highlights of Japanese cuisine is sushi. This traditional dish has been a familiar part of Japanese life for centuries. It showcases each ingredient’s natural taste and texture in its purest and most unique form.

If you’ve ever watched Japanese chefs hand-cut noodles with calm concentration and flawless speed, you know that making soba is more than cooking. Let’s find out what soba is, how it is made, the special knife behind the craft, and a soba noodle recipe you can make in your home.

Wagyu beef is prized worldwide for its melt-in-your-mouth texture and rich flavor. Thanks to its high fat content and unique marbling, it cooks differently from other cuts of beef. Preparing wagyu the right way brings out its natural taste while preserving its delicate balance of fat and meat.  Whether cooking Japanese wagyu, such as Japanese […]

Few food adventures in Japan are as exciting as omakase (chef’s choice). It’s more than food; it’s built on trust. Instead of choosing from a menu, you say omakase. The chef then creates a special course using the freshest ingredients of the day.

Unagi is one of the most widely celebrated and comforting ingredients in Japanese cuisine. Harvested mainly from rivers and estuaries in the colder months when the meat turns tender and rich–or during the summer for farmed eels–it is a seasonal favorite often enjoyed in the hotter season. This eel’s bold yet balanced flavor of smokiness, […]