About Japanese Food at Home
Japanese Food at Home is a place where Chef Reina shares Japanese recipes, cooking tips, food culture, and everyday stories from Japan for people who love Japanese food and want to bring authentic flavors to their table, wherever they are.
About Chef Reina
Reina Hayasaka is a chef, recipe developer, and food stylist based in Japan.
After graduating from culinary school, she built her experience as a private chef, cooking instructor, and food consultant. In 2019, she began leading a culinary education program at Google Japan, where she had the opportunity to connect with people from many different countries and experience a wide range of food cultures.
Through that work, she met many people from around the world who had a deep interest in Japanese food. This inspired her to start Japanese Food at Home in 2023, an English-language YouTube channel sharing Japanese recipes and food culture.
Today, she works as a freelancer, developing recipes for restaurants and businesses, styling food for commercial visual content, and producing recipe videos for companies.
For Reina, cooking is not only about making delicious food. She believes in helping more people learn how to cook well, so they can bring more joy and smiles to the table.
The Story Behind Japanese Food at Home
Since I was a teenager, I have always loved cooking and baking. I spent countless hours reading cookbooks and watching cooking shows. Among them, what excited me the most was watching cooking shows from other countries.
Seeing unfamiliar ingredients turn into dishes I had never seen before, and watching how people enjoyed food in their everyday lives, made me feel as if my own world was expanding. Those experiences gave me so much energy, excitement, and inspiration.
Japanese Food at Home is my way of giving something back to all the people whose passion for food has enriched my life.
Through this site, I share Japanese food culture from Japan for people somewhere in the world who want to enjoy Japanese cooking, learn the stories behind it, and bring authentic Japanese flavors into their own homes.
About the Content on This Website
The photographs, videos, recipes, text, and other content on this website are either owned by Japanese Food at Home or used with permission, under license, or in accordance with the applicable terms of use.
Please do not copy, reproduce, redistribute, or use the content from this website without permission.