Thursday, 17 September 2026 · Amsterdam
Hospitality & Culinary
Media Platform
AMUSE.
Home · Tag

japan

Stories tagged “japan”

Glass towers and shopping complex of Grand Front Osaka beside Osaka Station
Hospitality · Osaka

Osaka restaurant bankruptcy: LIAISON operator owes ¥1.2bn

The DINING, which opened the Michelin-starred French restaurant LIAISON in 2017 and grew to about 30 outlets, has stopped trading with some 300 creditors.

17 September 2026 · 2 min read
Grilled Pacific saury with lemon, grated daikon, rice and miso soup on a tray
Produce · Tokyo

Japan saury prices triple as Hokkaido landings shrink

Fresh sanma averaged about ¥3,645 a kilo at Toyosu from mid-August, after a government forecast warned of the smallest saury stock since 2003.

17 September 2026 · 2 min read
Fresh matsutake mushrooms sliced in a pot, ready to be cooked into Japanese rice
Recipes · Kyoto

Matsutake gohan recipe: Japan's wild autumn rice

The wild matsutake mushroom has a six-week season in Japan that starts this month. The classic technique: never wash the mushroom, never stir the rice, let the steam do the rest.

15 September 2026 · 2 min read
Seared fish fillet with clams and asparagus on a white fine-dining plate
Chefs · Tokyo

Ansolence opens with Tokyo's one-star Manowa chef

Chef Lin Hongson leaves the one-star kitchen at Restaurant Manowa to open his own 14-seat address in Tokyo's Kami-Osaki district this September.

13 September 2026 · 1 min read
Meat and enoki mushrooms searing on a tabletop grill plate
Hospitality

Pepper Lunch Troy Hooper steps down as US chief

The teppanyaki chain's American growth architect moves to a strategic advisory role on 25 September, with parent-company chief Yugo Tago taking over.

12 September 2026 · 1 min read
Red paper lanterns advertising yakitori hang over a narrow Shinjuku bar alley at night
City Guide · Tokyo

What to eat in Tokyo: 10 dishes and where to find them

Sushi at Tsukiji before 9am, tsukemen under Tokyo Station, soba in Kanda, monjayaki in Tsukishima and a 1909 taiyaki shop, with addresses and 2026 prices in yen.

11 September 2026 · 6 min read
Glass facade of the Gallery of Horyuji Treasures behind a shallow reflecting pool in Ueno
Restaurants · Tokyo

Sushi Kaiseki Okuno opens inside Tokyo National Museum

The museum's third new restaurant seats 16 in the Gallery of Horyuji Treasures and serves one chef's-choice course, with dinner by reservation only.

11 September 2026 · 2 min read
Single plated course, cutlery and an empty flute on a pale stone table
Restaurants · Tokyo

Tofrom Yaesu opens by Tokyo Station with 68 food tenants

A 170-year-old kappo house, a starred tempura counter and a yakitori spin-off move into the new tower on 10 September, above a highway bus terminal.

9 September 2026 · 2 min read
Amuse Monthly

The best of the month,
once a month.

The openings of the month, the chefs to watch, the recipes and the figures that matter. Once a month in your inbox, five minutes, nothing else.

Sponsored slots are always labelled. Editorial is never for sale.

What lands in your inbox

  • The places worth booking this month
  • The opening everyone is talking about
  • The recipes of the month, from the kitchens we cover
  • The figures that matter, with their source