A few years ago I began regularly crossing the country from my main residence in Yokohama to live part time in Nagasaki. Spending long stints in the historic Kyūshū city, once the center of Japan’s ...

Fukusaya, a historic Japanese Castella brand, celebrates its 400th anniversary. The brand will open its first-ever pop-up store in Hong Kong. The pop-up will be located at AIRSIDE city'super from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Learn how to make authentic Japanese Castella cake with a perfectly soft, moist, and slightly chewy texture. This recipe shows you ...

V! Castella offers the pleasures of cake as a sports food supplement to be enjoyed before or after exercising — not during for obvious choking hazards. This particular type of cake is “castella,” a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Le Castella (1 of 9) It’s been slightly more than a month since LE Castella (樂古早味蛋糕), the famous Japanese sponge cakes from Taiwan ...

Foodies, mark your calendars — the signature Japanese sponge cakes from Fukusaya Castella, a confectionery brand founded in 1624 in Nagasaki prefecture, Kyushu island, will hit our shores on August 20 ...

Fukusaya Castella brings with it almost 400 years of history. It’s relatively accessible to us in this day and age, but back in the 16th century, the high cost of sugar made this sweet treat a luxury ...

After indulging in a Castella Fruit Sandwich at the Bunmeido Cafe in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district, I faced a culinary conundrum. Was the delicious fruit sandwich I devoured truly a sandwich, or was ...

Castella is one of the most interesting sponge cakes you’ll ever make. With its beginnings coming from Portuguese traders but with centuries of adaptation in Japan, and made from bread flour leavened ...

V! Castella offers the pleasures of cake as a sports food supplement to be enjoyed before or after exercising — not during for obvious choking hazards. This particular type of cake is “castella,” a ...