The birthplace of Japanese soy sauce, Wakayama prefecture – south of the city of Osaka – offers an unexpectedly diverse abundance of flavors. Here are 10 food-related reasons every Japan ...

Wakayama is famous for shoyu, miso and umeboshi—staples in Japanese cuisine. In this episode, Shizuka Anderson meets artisans and farmers who make them, savors their distinctive flavors, and ...

The birthplace of Japanese soy sauce, Wakayama prefecture – south of the city of Osaka – offers an unexpectedly diverse abundance of flavors. Here are 10 food-related reasons every Japan ...

Wakayama produces most of Japan’s ume and by June the fruit will be ready to harvest and made into umeshu, a light and sweet alcohol, and soft, flavourful pickles called umeboshi.

Just over an hour by train from Shirahama, on the southernmost tip of Wakayama Prefecture, the quieter Kushimoto — population just 16,000 — has a similarly scenic coastline.