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【What is Kibinago?】 Kibinago (黍魚子) is a Japanese small fish of about 8 cm in the sardine family. Japanese can enjoy it in various ways, such as sashimi with vinegared miso, grilled with salt, tempura, simmered, deep-fried, and soup....

Talking about Japanese style street food, Gyoza is considered to be one of the most popular dish. Gyoza (餃子）is Japanese dumplings that usually consists of wheat flour based dough with various fillings such as meat, vegetables, etc. In...

【What is Unagi no Shirayaki? うなぎの白焼き】 In the Kanto region, the skewered eel is first grilled, plain, into what they know as shirayaki (白焼き or 素焼き). Then, they will steam it, before being flavored and grilled again; as a re...

【What is Temari sushi?】 Temari sushi (手毬寿司), also known as temarizushi, are round sushi rice balls that have decorative toppings including sashimi, vegetables, seaweed, and fish roe. They are frequently formed onto the iconic round...

【What is Kakigoori?】 Kakigoori (かき氷), also known as Japanese shaved ice, is a Japanese sweet made of shaved ice and syrup, frequently condensed milk, as a sweetener. Locals made it by shaving ice into small pieces and sprinkling syr...

【What is Hiyashi Chuka?】 Hiyashi Chuka (冷やし中華) means “chilled Chinese”; however, it is a Japanese dish as a summer noodle dish, with colorful ingredients such as vegetables, roasted pork, ham, and broth egg placed on chilled noodl...

【What is Anago meshi?】 Anagomeshi (あなご飯), also known as “conger eel rice dish” a specialty of Miyajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, is a  traditional Japanese food that locals also called the home taste of Hiroshima. The Ekiben bent...

【What is Iwakuni sushi】 Iwakuni sushi (岩国寿司) is a traditional Japanese type of pressed sushi popular for its luxurious ingredients and well-organized square shape from Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It has colorful ingredients...

【What is Kobe beef?】 Kobe beef (神戸牛) is one of the Japanese premium beef or Wagyu beef from Kobe region raised in Hyogo prefecture. It meets strict standards in terms of its growing environment, pedigree, meat quality, etc. by the K...

【What is Unagi no Kabayaki?】 Unagi no Kabayaki (うなぎのかば焼き) is a traditional Japanese dish consisting of a split-down Unagi eel around its back (or belly). Locals either gutted and boned, butterflied or cut it into rectangle fill...