Jessica Korteman

Jessica Korteman is a seasoned travel writer from Melbourne, Australia. She has spent a decade living, working and traveling in Japan, and specializes in Japanese culture, festivals and events, and travel destinations both on and off the beaten path throughout the country.

She is the Founder and Editor of Japanese Food Guide.

A picture of a teppanyaki grill with a red cross over it and a picture of a shichirin charcoal grill also with a red cross over it.

‘Hibachi’ Probably Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does

Hibachi is a word that is now in common usage, but what it means abroad and in Japan are two different things. So, just what does hibachi actually mean?

A Japanese school lunch sits on a tray in the foregound with a room full of elementary school students wearing whte hats and jackets tucking into their school lunch meals in the background.

Japanese School Lunch: Why it’s Awesome and One Reason it’s Not (with photos)

Japanese school lunch in photos over an entire year. First-hand experience of what the school lunch system in Japan gets right and one major thing it doesn’t.

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‘Hibachi’ Probably Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Does

Japanese School Lunch: Why it’s Awesome and One Reason it’s Not (with photos)

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