Don’t expect to find yakitori at a typical Okinawa restaurant. Or sushi. Japan’s southernmost prefecture has its own unique food culture, the result of both its location and complex history. The ...

Here’s what the San Francisco chef Stuart Brioza learned about traditional farm-to-table cuisine from the local restaurateur Emiko Kinjo when he flew to Japan's southernmost prefecture. In a quiet ...

Okinawan cuisine is often overlooked by Japanese food enthusiasts, but it boasts a distinct and varied lineup of goodies thanks to the island's history and climate. Even if you can’t make it down ...

Dining on Japan’s Okinawa Islands is an adventure at every turn. East meets West to create an eclectic regional cuisine that surprises and excites. Imagine a restaurant serving a fusion of island ...

When cultures collide, the results can be unpredictable. Surely, no one in Japan would have imagined that Americans would add avocado and cream cheese to sushi. Similarly, it came as a surprise to me ...

PHOTOS COURTESY MUTUAL PUBLISHING Classic dishes of marinated pig ear, pickled bitter melon and hirayachi (chive crepe) are assembled in a contemporary dish of Mini Okinawan Soft Tacos. It is among 73 ...

Sunrise Restaurant features traditional Okinawan Food. There’s a HUGE difference between Okinawan and Japanese food. Okinawa was a kingdom that traded heavily with China and Southeast Asia, and our ...

The 2nd Annual Festival is a celebration of Okinawan food and owned restaurants. From the opening of American Cafe in 1923 to today, there has been over 350 Okinawan owned restaurants in Hawaii. Most ...

SINGAPORE – It is a tale of two cultures colliding – of traditional Okinawan food and Chinese style cooked food – and of a Singaporean chef and a top Japanese food critic searching for each other ...