Sake: the World’s Favorite Rice Wine!

Do you need a proper beverage to complement your meal? Sushi Hana’s Bothell Japanese restaurant is pleased to offer Japan’s famous rice wine, sake, to round off your sushi experience. This is the national drink of Japan, traditionally dubbed the “drink of the gods”, which has taken a strong foothold both within the country and […]


Everybody Loves Chicken!

Chicken is a significant part of the Japanese culinary tradition, not to mention the single most common type of poultry worldwide. You can even find it in our Bothell sushi restaurant, in the form of our delightful chicken katsu-don. But where did chickens come from, and how did it become the favorite bird of people […]


Tanabata: the Star Festival

There is a Chinese tradition that marks the seventh day of the seventh month as the day when the stars Altair and Vega are able to overcome the boundaries of the Milky Way and finally meet. In Japan, this occasion is marked with Tanabata, or the Star Festival. During the Tanabata celebration, the Japanese people […]