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【What is Harihari nabe?】 Harihari nabe also referred to simply as 'Harihari,' is a type of hot pot dish made with whale meat and mizuna (potherb mustard). Because whale meat is difficult to come by these days, many restaurants substitu...

【What is Yudoufu?】 Yudoufu is a tofu-based hot pot dish that is popular in Kyoto, Japan. Locals heated the cubed tofu and water in a pot lined with kombu seaweed before serving it with soy sauce and condiments. Distinguished by its sof...

【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 Sekihan?】 Sekihan is steamed rice mixed with glutinous rice and adzuki beans or cowpeas and is a traditional dish mainly the Japanese eat on celebratory occasions in Japan. The colour of adzuki beans and cowpeas transferred to...

【What is Doria?】 Doria is a standard popular menu item at Western restaurants. It's a gratin-like dish with rice. In Japan, it is a dish made by pouring the white sauce over buttered rice or pilaf and grilling it over an open fire. It ...

【What is Buta Don?】 Buta Don is a Japanese donburi or rice bowl dish that features cooked pork on top of rice, originated in Hokkaido prefecture. Pork, rice, and green onions are the main ingredients. Locals grill the pork loin or rib ...

【What is Rafute】 "Rafute (ラフテー)" also known as "braised pork belly" is one of Okinawa's local dishes, and it is a menu that allows you to enjoy the deliciousness of pork. Locals make this dish by seasoning pork belly with skin or h...

【What is Goya Chanpuru】 Goya Chanpuru is a local Japanese dish made with tofu and thinly sliced goya or bitter gourd. It is also one of 100 local dishes from Japan's agricultural, mountain and fishing villages. Locals stir-fried in oil...

【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...