Artisans in the Fukuyama district of Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, have crafted amber rice vinegar known as kurozu by hand for over 200 years. Rows of black ceramic pots used to ferment and age ...

Tired of trying every skincare product under the sun and your skin still doesn't care? It's time to give Japanese drinking vinegar a try.

During my recent visit to Japan's southern island of Kyushu, I visited the Fukuyama black vinegar company located in Kirishima city, Kagoshima prefecture.

Apart from being one of the largest tea producers in Japan, Kagoshima also brew the healthy Kurozu black vinegar and Shochu liquor. You can now get these Kagoshima produce and other Japanese snacks ...

The dark-tinted rice wine Kurozake has roots stretching back over a millennium. Brewer Higashi Shuzō in Kagoshima Prefecture makes the sake the old-fashioned way, with traditional ingredients. A ...

KAGOSHIMA -- Black tea made by a producer in southwestern Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture has received a top three-star rating in Britain's Great Taste Awards 2024.

Black vinegar was introduced into Kagoshima, Japan from China about 200 to 300 years ago, said Lee. The region became famous for its large population of long-living inhabitants.

SATSUMASENDAI, Kagoshima -- The whip scorpion, an arachnid (though not, in fact, a scorpion) which when threatened protects itself by emitting a liquid with a vinegar-like smell, has long been ...