Food & Drink
Beef Tongue, Green Mochi, and 400 Years of Flavor: Why Sendai Is Japan's Best-Kept Food Secret
Ask most American foodies to name Japan's great eating cities and you'll hear Tokyo, Osaka, maybe Kyoto. Sendai almost never makes the list — and that's a genuine shame, because this city in the Tohoku region has been quietly developing one of Japan's most distinctive and deeply rooted food identities for centuries. Let's fix that.
Jul 20, 2026