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【What is Nishiki Tamago?】 This dish is part of Osechi, a dish served in New Year with hopes of being financially well-off for the coming year. Nishiki Tamago is an egg dish that is boiled and divided into yolks and whites, then steamed...

【What is Sangayaki?】 Sangayaki is a speciality dish of the Chiba prefecture along with namero. It is a dish of grilled namero, made by searing fish, adding seasoning vegetables such as green onions and ginger, and miso, then beating it...

【What is Kaki mochi?】 Kaki mochi is a Japanese confectionery that consists of processing the okaki made from glutinous rice and roasting them until golden brown. It's a type of bite-sized Japanese sweet made from glutinous rice or moch...

【What is Shiraae?】 Shiraae is a sweet-flavored tofu salad in Gunma prefecture that looks like a white batter in which seasonings such as tofu, white sesame, and white miso are ground together and mixed with vegetables. Japanese used mu...

【What is Shougayaki】 Shougayaki is a traditional Japanese dish of marinated grilled meat in ginger juice. It is a pork-based recipe, and shoga-yaki simply means "pork ginger-grilled." Locals in Japan make this by combining grated ginge...

【What is Hanpen?】 Hanpen is a Japanese fish cake prepared with white fish surimi (Alaska Pollock), salt, and kombu dashi with biding agent shredded Japanese yam (yamaimo or nagaimo). It is a healthy fish protein ingredient and goes wel...

【What is White Gyoza?】 "White Gyoza" is a local gourmet dish from Chiba prefecture that consists of crusty dumplings filled with meat and vegetables. Locals wrapped the ingredients in thick skin and fried them in oil to make them crisp...

【What is Menchi Katsu?】 Menchi Katsu, also known as ground meat cutlet, is a Japanese dish that consists of minced pork or beef, finely chopped onions, salt and pepper, etc. into balls, forming them into oval shapes, coating them with ...

【What is Ningyo yaki?】 Ningyo yaki is a type of Japanese confectionery made by baking sponge cake dough with fillings such as red bean paste. Locals mainly sold these Japanese sweets in Nihonbashi, Chuo Ward, in the centre of Tokyo. Th...

【What is Kaminari Okoshi?】 Kaminari Okoshi is one of the traditional Japanese sweets from the Kanto region of Tokyo. It is now a nationally recognised dessert in Japan and one of the most popular Asakusa souvenirs. They are colourful r...