Like a great Japanese meal, it is a marvel of deceptive simplicity.

Few Japanese meals do not include wasabi in one form or another.

"A traditional Japanese meal includes nothing that can't be picked up with hashi or drunk from a bowl."

While there is a small wine list, beer or saki make a natural fit with a Japanese meal.

The meeting will be followed by a visit to a restaurant in the area for our first true Japanese meal.

With luck, you will have ordered a traditional Japanese meal.

A night, with two typical Japanese meals costs $48.

Most traditional Japanese meals end with soup, rice and pickles.

The seat facing the garden was always the position of honor for a traditional Japanese meal.

After a few very Japanese meals, I needed a break.