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 ...

Chelsea Durand Senbei returned $4.90 in winning the A T Cole Stakes at Aqueduct on Saturday. Senbei took advantage of a field lacking early speed, sprinted right to the lead and made every pole a ...

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 ...

Belmont At The Big A, June 28, $125,000 added, value of race $121,250, 3-year-olds and up, 6 furlongs (turf), 1:07.47 (course record, 1:06.73), course firm.

Debra A. Roma Manny Franco guides Senbei to a wire-to-wire victory in the Funny Cide. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Senbei ran his career record to 2 for 2 when he won the $200,000 Funny Cide Stakes for ...

The history of the fortune cookie traces its roots to Kyoto’s tsujiura senbei, savory crackers flavored with miso and sesame and linked to shrine pilgrimages. Japanese immigrants adapted the treat in ...

The members of Highland Park United Methodist church worked hard for two days last week on traditional Japanese senbei crackers for an upcoming fundraiser as part of Japan Week festivities. Church ...

The city of Nara in Nara prefecture is famous for its free-roaming deer population, who’ve been known to cross at pedestrian crossings and bow to tourists in Nara Park in return for senbei rice ...

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, ...