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Dashi plays an indispensable role in Japanese cuisine, serving as the foundation for countless dishes from simmered foods (nimono) to soups, ohitashi (blanched vegetables), and flavored rice (takikomi gohan). While many people might find...

Katsuobushi, a cornerstone of Japanese cuisine, is dried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna, often seen as thin flakes atop steaming dishes. If you have ever watched the beloved anime "My Neighbor Totoro," you might remember a scene wh...

When summer comes, there are hundreds of matsuri (Japanese festival) celebrated in every part of Japan. Food stalls are indispensable for festivals and fireworks displays! Among them, the standard is definitely "takoyaki". Today, let us ...