Japan Eats!

Akiko Katayama

Booking Overview

An interview-led food and beverage podcast focused on Japanese cuisine and culinary culture, typically featuring chefs, beverage producers, restaurant and bar founders, food writers, and other specialists with firsthand expertise. PR agencies could credibly pitch Japanese food and drink entrepreneurs, cookbook authors, culinary educators, hospitality leaders, and experts in sake, tea, or Japanese gastronomy; booking difficulty is medium because guests are usually accessible professionals or rising industry experts rather than major celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 395

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.0k subscribers

Instagram: 23.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Akiko Katayama - Japanese-born, New York-based food writer and director of the New York Japanese Culinary Academy.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Firsthand expertise in Japanese cuisine, sake, tea, wine, cocktails, restaurants, hospitality, culinary education, or food writing; guests are commonly founders, operators, authors, bartenders, brand leaders, or other established practitioners.

Required Achievements:

Founding or leading a food, beverage, restaurant, or hospitality business, Writing a recognized book about Japanese food or drink, Building expertise through notable restaurants, bars, or culinary institutions, Receiving industry award nominations or appearing in established culinary competitions, Developing new approaches to Japanese food and beverage culture

Recent Guest Discussions

Kazuya Kubota - Pizza 4p's International Growth, Its Social-impact Mission, Location-based Concepts, And The Brand's Approach To Japanese-inspired Culinary Hospitality.

Christian Suzuki-Orellana - Dokidoki's Cross-cultural Cocktail Concept, Creative Uses Of Sake And Shochu, And The Tachinomi Bar Tradition.

A-K Hada - Dokidoki's Cross-cultural Cocktail Concept, Creative Uses Of Sake And Shochu, And The Tachinomi Bar Tradition.

Genki Ito - Sake Distribution In The United States, Supporting Traditional Family-owned Breweries, And Expanding Consumer Access To Japanese Sake.

Nick Rowan - Japanese Wine Terroir, Winemaking Challenges, Flavor Characteristics, And The Growth Of Japan's Wine Industry.

Recent Topics

Food, Japanese Cuisine, Sake, Japanese Tea, Japanese Food Culture

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Japan Eats!

From Vietnam to New York: The Story Behind Pizza 4P’s

September 10, 2026

Our guest is Kazuya Kubota, who is the Global Brand Director of Pizza 4P’s https://pizza4ps.com/. Pizza 4P's is truly a unique concept. It goes far beyond serving pizza, with the vision of “Make the World Smile for Peace”. Pizza 4P’s was founded in Vietnam in 2011 and it now operates over 40 locations in 5 countries: Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan, India and the U.S. Its first U.S. location opened in Brooklyn, New York, on July 4th, 2026. In this episode, we wi...

Dokidoki: Innovative Sake & Shochu Cocktails In Japanese Tachinomi Vibes

August 20, 2026

Our guests are A-K Hada and Christian Suzuki-Orellana, who opened a fascinating cocktail bar Dokidoki https://www.dokidokinyc.com/ in Brooklyn, New York in July 2026. Both A-K and Suzu have highly successful careers as bartenders. A-K served as head bartender at the renowned cocktail bar PDT for six years. She also worked as a brand ambassador for Bacardi Rum, earning nominations for Best U.S. Brand Ambassador at the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards in 2023 and 2024. Meanwhile...

Palate Project: Making Japanese Sake More Accessible to Americans

July 10, 2026

Our guest is Genki Ito, who founded the unique online sake shop Tippsy Sake in 2018. He joined us in Episode #254 in February 2022 and discussed its innovative concept. Tippsy Sake’s business has grown successfully, alongside a community of sake lovers, and in May 2026, Genki renamed it Palate Project https://palateproject.co/ to reflect the company’s new mission to make sake more accessible to American consumers. In this episode, we will dis...

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