Category: Did You Know?

Back in the 1960’s, a Japanese man named Noritoshi Kanai introduced an American business associate to Edomae-sushi in Japan. His associate was so impressed that he brought the dish back to Los Angeles and started Kawafuku Restaurant. This restaurant, found in LA’s Little Tokyo became the first place in the United States to serve Edomae-sushi. […]

Most people don’t think too much about the difference between different kinds of soy sauce. If you’ve tried one, you’ve tried them all, right? Not quite! The sauce you find at our Bothell Japanese restaurant is actually made in a style that is distinctly Japanese. Indeed, there is an important distinction to be made between […]

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 […]

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 […]