More English Guides to Japan

Sister guides in the same English-language family. This guide links only within that family. For fermented foods themselves: sake brewing and koji in the brewery are on the sake guide, and the dishes these seasonings serve are on the regional dishes guide.

Sake of Japan
Rice wine regions, grades and brewing - the sake side of koji.Regional Dishes of Japan
The dishes these seasonings flavour, prefecture by prefecture.Japanese Tea Guide
Tea types, regions and brewing.Onsen of Japan
Hot-spring towns and spring types.Ski Resorts of Japan
Japan's ski areas in English.Roadside Stations (Michi-no-Eki)
Japan's roadside stations, region by region - a good place to meet regional miso.

Sources: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), 'Traditional Foods in Japan'; JAS soy sauce standards; Umami Information Center; Kikkoman official information; Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Checked 6 November 2026.