NEW YORK — Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and Darlene Bilinski’s Senbei dug in on the lead to wire Saturday’s $125,000 Ashley T. Cole, a six-furlong outer turf sprint for New York-breds 3-years-old and up ...

Sōka in Saitama Prefecture is known for its senbei. The city’s connection to the crunchy, savory rice cracker dates from the Edo period (1603–1868) when Sōka was a lively post town on the busy Nikkō ...

Senbei finished full of run down the center of the course to register a 1 1/4-length victory over the pace-dueling Nothing Better in the Grade 3, $200,000 Belmont Turf Stakes, becoming a graded stakes ...

Senbei, ridden by Manny Franco, was never headed in the 6 1/2-furlong race and hung on with ease after setting swift early fractions of 22:00 and 44:88 over a track rated fast. He opened up to lead by ...

Luke Fortney is a journalist based in New York City. He most recently worked as a reporter for Eater, where covered restaurants and food trends for nearly five years. In Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji Market, ...

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM Michelle Ogata of Ishiharaya holds a package of tea cookies at the Made in Hawaii Festival at the Neal Blaisdell Center. Ishihara is preparing to ramp up ...

Rice is so deeply ingrained in Japanese culture that the word gohan (cooked rice) has come to mean a meal in the general sense. Once used as currency in feudal Japan, the staple grain can be consumed ...

Osaka is so famous for food that the saying kuidaore (“eat ’til you drop") has famously been connected to the city. So when it comes to buying souvenirs for yourself and people back home after a visit ...

Belmont At The Big A, Oct. 5, $200,000 added, value of race $200,000, 3-year-olds and up, 6 furlongs (turf), 1:07.74 (course record, 1:06.73), course firm.

As soon as I walked into Chigasakiya, I was immediately greeted by store owner Judai Takahashi dressed in his aloha shirt, short pants, and beach sandals. I felt as if I had been transplanted to ...