Exploring the question of if ninja existed or not, and a survival food from a 17th century ninja text that takes 3 years to make

The decline of food availability on the home front in World War 2 Japan, and a recipe for mock grilled eel from before things got truly dire

What it was like at a feast in the late Sengoku period (around 1600), and two dishes that would have been fit for the meal of a shogun

The origins of sumo wrestling and a delicious soup that became a staple in heya, or sumo training stables

How the Portuguese’s brief stint trading with Japan in the 16th century changed Japanese cuisine, and a recipe of one of the tasty dishes to come out of it

Ninja instructions and survival foods from the ninja scrolls, and a recipe for 16th century ninja energy balls

A brief history of noodles in Japan, a Japanese myth, and a recipe for noodles from the oldest surviving Japanese cookbook