The term wagyu literally translates to Japanese cow. And it generally refers to ... However, the best-known cut of wagyu is Kobe beef, which comes from the city of Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture and ...

To qualify as Kobe beef, the meat must come exclusively from Japanese Black cattle of Tajima lineage and be raised in the ...

Grown exclusively in the Mie Prefecture in Japan, Matsusaka cattle are raised ... 8 degrees lower than Kobe. These cows are so valuable that in 2002, one fetched 50 million yen, over $330,000 ...

Kobe club has closed ... for the purpose of importing wagyu-style American beef (or washugyu) back to Japan, since raising the cattle on an Oregon farm and shipping it overseas is cheaper than ...

Kobe beef is said to be the best quality wagyu (‘Japanese cow’) in the world. But if you can’t source kobe, any good-quality beef will do the trick for this delicious Japanese stew.