Japan may not exactly be known for its wide variety of artisanal dairy products, but there’s one cheese that shines like a beacon from the land of the rising sun: Sakura Cheese. A cow’s milk cheese that’s creamy with an optimal balance of sweet, sour, and salty, Sakura Cheese is infused with cherry blossoms (hence the name). This cheese won gold at the Mountain Cheese Olympics in Appenzell, Switzerland, in 2004.

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