Japan’s wild wasabi grows in pristine mountain streams, a symbol of tradition, craftsmanship and respect for nature’s ...

The Volcanic necks at Futo Beach on the Izu Geo Trail. The scent of wasabi wafted faintly in the air as I walked by terraces filled with the distinctive plants in Japan’s Izu Peninsula. The cool, ...

STORY: 70-year-old Japanese farmer, Masahiro Hoshina, has been growing wasabi in Okutama, west of downtown Tokyo, for years. But as typhoon season approaches, he’s getting concerned about his future.

An occasional FOODday series highlighting some of the innovators in our state's artisanal food scene. Back in 2003, Markus Mead touched down in Japan for a skiing and surfing vacation. Somewhere along ...

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Have you ever mixed a bit of wasabi into your soy sauce and dipped your sushi into it? If you have, you’ve committed a culinary taboo that’s frowned upon in the dining world, according to news shared ...

Wasabi - the Japanese horseradish is an exclusive vegetable that grows along the streambeds in mountain river valleys in Japan, China, Korea, New Zealand and North America. The wasabi grown in China, ...

KUNMING, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- As diners relish the delicate flavors of fresh sashimi in Japanese restaurants, the wasabi accompanying each bite may well have originated in the remote Wumeng Mountains of ...

Wasabi refines its take on traditional Japanese music for sophomore album "Wasabi 2." Ryoichiro Yoshida, the elder of well-known shamisen duo the Yoshida Brothers, started Wasabi in 2008 with ...

Unlike the spicy neon concoction familiar to many fans of Japanese cuisine -- which is in fact made from horseradish -- real wasabi is pale-green and offers a complex, mildly piquant flavour. Fresh ...