Japan Eats!

Heritage Radio Network

What is Japanese food? Sushi, or ramen, or kaiseki? What about Izakaya? Akiko Katayama, a Japanese native, New York-based food writer and director of the New York Japanese Culinary Academy, tells you all about real Japanese food and food culture. With guests ranging from sake producers with generations of experience to American chefs pushing the envelope of Japanese gastronomy, Japanese cuisine is demystified here!

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Japan Eats!

Episodes (390)

Feb 20th Food Is The Foundation Of Our Mindfulness: Zen Monk Masaki Matsubara
Jan 15th Crafting Shogun-Selected Barrel Aged Soy Sauce For Over 330 Years
Dec 19, 2025 Discovering Real Japan: The Oldest Izakaya, Fermentation Lab And Singing With Japanese Bluegrass Musicians

Japan Eats!

Feb 20, 2026
50¾ minutes
46 MB

Our guest is Reverend Dr. Masaki Matsubara, who is an eighteenth-generation Zen priest in the Japanese Rinzai tradition. His career is unique and impressive. Following his Zen monastic training in Heirinji Monastery in Japan, he moved to the US in 1999 to study at Cornell University, where he eventually earned a PhD in Asian religions. Since then, he has taught Buddhist studies at prominent institutions, including U.C. Berkeley, Stanford University, Cornell University, Brown University and the University of Tokyo. Also, Rev. Matsubara is the head abbot of Butsumoji Zen Temple in Chiba, Japan Reverend Matsubara joined us...

Japan Eats!

Food Is The Foundation Of Our Mindfulness: Zen Monk Masaki Matsubara

Heritage Radio Network

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