The cooking traditions of Japan, built on short-grain rice, dashi stock, soy sauce, miso and a strong seasonal calendar governing what is served when. Washoku, the traditional dietary culture of the Japanese centered on this seasonal, rice-anchored table, was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2013. Regional variation runs from the delicate, dashi-forward cooking of Kyoto and the Kansai region to the heartier, soy-forward cooking of Kanto around Tokyo, with Hokkaido in the north known for seafood and dairy the rest of the archipelago historically lacked.
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Signature TechniquePrecise raw fish preparation for sushi and sashimi, dashi stock making from kombu and dried bonito, and soybean fermentation for miso and soy sauce are hallmark techniques. 1 Origin RegionThe Japanese archipelago, historically shaped by Buddhist restrictions on eating meat and later by Western culinary influence after 1868. 2 Connections
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is a Japanese teppanyaki savory pancake dish consisting of wheat flour batter and other ingredients cooked on a teppan.
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Takoyaki was first popularized in Osaka, where a street vendor named Tomekichi Endo is credited with its invention in 1935.
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In Japanese cuisine, yakitori (Japanese: 焼き鳥; lit. 'grilled bird') is chicken cooked on a skewer over a charcoal fire and seasoned with tare sauce or salt.
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Tonkatsu (豚カツ, とんかつ or トンカツ; pronounced [toŋkatsɯ]; "Japanese pork cutlet") is a type of Japanese cutlet (カツレツ, katsuretsu) made from pork.
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Sukiyaki (鋤焼; or more commonly すき焼き; [sɯ̥kijaki]) is a Japanese dish that is prepared and served in the nabemono (Japanese hot pot) style.
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Shabu-shabu (Japanese: しゃぶしゃぶ, romanized: shabushabu) is a Japanese nabemono hotpot dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetables boiled in water and served with dipping sauces.
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In Japanese cuisine, chankonabe (Japanese: ちゃんこ鍋), also known as chanko or sumo stew, is a stew (a type of nabemono or one-pot dish) commonly eaten in vast quantities by sumo wrestlers while trying to gain weight.
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Unadon (鰻丼; an abbreviation for unagi donburi, "eel bowl") is a dish originating in Japan.
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Oyakodon (親子丼), literally "parent-and-child donburi", is a donburi, or Japanese rice bowl dish, in which chicken, egg, sliced scallion (or sometimes regular onions), and other ingredients are all simmered together in a kind of soup that is made with soy sauce and stock, and then served on top of a large bowl of rice.
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Katsu curry (Japanese: カツカレー, romanized: katsukarē) is a Japanese dish consisting of tonkatsu (pork cutlet) served with Japanese rice and curry.
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Dashi (出汁, だし) is a family of stocks used in Japanese cuisine.
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Muroran curry ramen (室蘭カレーラーメン, Muroran karē rāmen) is a curry-flavored ramen noodle dish provided at many ramen restaurants in the cities of Muroran, Noboribetsu, Date, and Tōyako in Hokkaido, Japan.
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Okinawa soba (沖縄そば) is a type of noodle produced in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
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Chawanmushi (茶碗蒸し, chawanmushi; literally "tea cup steam" or "steamed in a tea bowl") is a savoury egg custard dish in Japanese cuisine.
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Chicken katsu (Japanese: チキンカツ, Hepburn: chikinkatsu), also known as panko chicken or tori katsu (鶏カツ), is a Japanese dish of fried chicken made with panko bread crumbs.
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Onsen tamago (Japanese: 温泉卵 or 温泉玉子, lit. 'hot spring egg') is a traditional Japanese low temperature boiled egg which is slow cooked in the hot waters of onsen (hot springs) in Japan.
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Derived from the traditional bento box of Japan, kyaraben became a fun way to make meals for children beginning in the 1990s.
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Honey toast (Japanese:ハニートースト), also known as Shibuya toast, brick toast, and hanitō is a Japanese dessert that originated from the district of Shibuya during the Japanese asset price bubble, often served at karaoke bars.
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