Now, Japanese overseas as well as Japanese government are looking to promote Awamori, an alcoholic beverage indigenous to Okinawa. Awamori is a distilled spirit, made of Thai-mai (long grain rice ...

Awamori, a spirit unique to Okinawa, Japan, has a rich history intertwined with Thailand. Its origins are in the 15th century during Japan’s Ryukyu Kingdom (AD1429 – 1879), a period marked by ...

MINOO, Osaka Prefecture--More than a century ago, the "kawadoko" riverside dining experience along the Minoogawa river, which flows from the famed Minoo Otaki waterfall here, was a popular ...