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Kenji Fujimoto (藤本 健二, Fujimoto Kenji, born 1947) is a Japanese chef who was the personal sushi chef of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il from 1988 to 2001. . Fujimoto, who uses a pseudonym and whose real name is not public knowledge, published a memoir in 2003 entitled I was Kim Jong-il's Cook, detailing many of his experiences with Kim J
The Japanese American Museum. Performers at the San Jose Obon Festival, held annually in Japantown. Santo Market mural inspired by The Great Wave off Kanagawa.. Japantown is the site of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, which moved into a new building in 2010; [4] San Jose Taiko, Shuei-do Manju Shop, [2] whose manjū were specifically requested during the 1994 visit of the Emperor of ...
The restaurant opened in August 2021. [2] Six months after the restaurant opening, it earned a Michelin star. [6] The chef-owner is David Yoshimura. [7] Yoshimura also won the Michelin guide's Young Chef Award for California. [8] [9] Next door is Bar Iris, the sister cocktail bar to Nisei which serves high end Japanese influenced cocktails. [10 ...
The San Francisco Michelin Guide was the second North American city chosen to have its own Michelin Guide. Unlike the other U.S. guides which focus mainly in the city proper, the San Francisco guide includes all the major cities in the Bay Area: San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and Berkeley, as well as Wine Country, which includes Napa and ...
A plate of assorted sushi from Todai. In 1985, two Japanese brothers named Toru and Kaku Makino opened the first Todai location in Santa Monica, California. [2] Toru Makino previously had success with his Japanese restaurant Edokko, which he founded in 1981 in Burbank.
Genki Sushi in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan Genki Sushi concept store in Apm, Hong Kong. Genki Sushi is a chain of conveyor belt sushi restaurants established in 1990 in Japan.The chain expanded to include locations in Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, [1] Kuwait, the Philippines, China, Australia, Cambodia, Myanmar and the American states of California, Hawaii [2] and Washington.
The Japanese population of the South Bay is diverse, and many have mixed-race backgrounds due to the growing trend of inter-racial marriages. According to a study conducted by Japanese American Citizens League, between 2000 and 2009, the mixed race Japanese population in San Jose grew by 27.3%, while the monoracial Japanese population declined.
Wako is a Japanese restaurant in San Francisco's Richmond District, in California. [1] The restaurant specializes in sushi and has received a Michelin star. [2] [3]