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【What is Onigiri】 Onigiri (お握り or 御握り), also known as omusubi (お結び), nigirimeshi (握り飯), or rice ball, is a Japanese food consisting of white rice shaped into a triangular or cylindrical form and covered in nori. Japanese ma...

【What is Shinshu soba?】 Soba is a representative local food of Nagano Prefecture, so much so that Nagano Prefecture is synonymous with Shinshu soba. Shinshu soba is a generic term for buckwheat noodles generally made in Nagano Prefectu...

【What is Tori kawa?】 Tori kawa (とりかわ), sometimes called just kawa (かわ), are strips of fatty chicken skin, which have been grilled until crispy. In English, people call this dish "Chicken Skin." The "Torikawa" from Hakata, Fukuoka...

【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 Doteyaki?】 Doteyaki is a traditional Japanese dish consisting of skewering beef tendon and stewing it in miso or mirin (sweet sake) in Osaka prefecture. Doteyaki is an Osaka speciality, but the name may not ring a bell for tho...

【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...

【What is Hiyamugi?】 It seems that there are people in the world who do not know the existence of "Hiyamugi." Hiyamugi (cold barley) is a type of noodle made from wheat flour eaten during summer in Japan. Japanese often ate this chilled...

【What is Yaki ramen?】 Yaki-ramen, which translates to "grilled ramen," is a specialty of Fukuoka Prefecture and a popular Japanese noodle dish. Yaki-soba is a good comparison. Locals boiled the Tonkotsu soup and Worcestershire sauce be...

【What is Makizushi?】 Makizushi (巻き寿司), also known as sushi rolls, is a type of sushi made by wrapping vinegared rice and ingredients in sheet seaweed like a roll cake, which locals called "nori-maki." In Japan, sushi rolls are a wi...