Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: 70-year-old Japanese farmer, Masahiro Hoshina, has been growing wasabi in Okutama, west of downtown Tokyo, for years. But ...

There is a growing trend to utilize wasabi fields -- located in mountainous areas renowned for their pristine spring water and lush gr ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Izu Peninsula is celebrated for its wasabi, which enhances dishes like vanilla ice cream and soba noodles. Visitors can enjoy ...

An occasional FOODday series highlighting some of the innovators in our state's artisanal food scene. Back in 2003, Markus Mead touched down in Japan for a skiing and surfing vacation. Somewhere along ...

I thought I knew what wasabi — that bright-green, spicy paste served alongside my go-to tuna roll or salmon sashimi — tasted like. But that changed when I met wasabi cultivator David Hulme. Hulme not ...

Wasabi grown on shelves in a shipping container and in the Yokohama area to boot? And delivered straight to sushi chefs working nearby? Not likely, purists might shout, thinking that Japanese ...

[IZU, Japan] If you've eaten sushi, you might assume you've tried wasabi. But chances are it was an artificial version that Japanese growers say is a world away from their 'green gold'. Unlike the ...

Talk about a spicy situation. A chain of sushi restaurants in Japan is facing accusations of racism after customers complained that the chefs added extra wasabi to orders submitted by foreigners. The ...

A man cultivates wasabi at a farm in Ikadaba in the city of Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan on November 24. Photo: AFP If you've eaten sushi, you might assume you've tried wasabi. But chances are it ...

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