Chef Amanda Cohen knows her vegetables. The founder of Dirt Candy, an award-winning vegetarian restaurant in New York City, she has found delicious success by putting vegetables front and center. So, it’s…

On the eastern edge of the Tanzawa Range in Kanagawa Prefecture, Mount Oyama rises over the plain below to gaze east toward Enoshima Island, Kamakura and the Boso Peninsula. It is tall…

In just under two hours, my travel party and I have swapped Tokyo for palm trees, sea breezes and easy sunshine. Located on Kyushu Island, Miyazaki Prefecture offers a unique blend of…

Locale, a 20-seat restaurant in Meguro’s heart, is as cozy and welcoming as a friend’s kitchen with its broad marble counters full of fresh flowers and vegetables, warm wood tables and chairs,…