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When you think of eel dishes, don't you think of kabayaki like "unaju", "unadon" and "hitsumabushi"? In fact, "Shirayaki" is also recommended. There may be some people who have never eaten shirayaki. Therefore, we would like to intr...

 When autumn comes, a lot of autumn ingredients will be on the market. It's everyone's favorite season not only because of the cool weather but also because of good food. Speaking of seasonal food of autumn, what is the first t...

There are hundreds of matsuri (Japanese traditional festival) all over Japan when summer comes. At matsuri, you can enjoy a lot of Japanese traditional food such as yakisoba, yakitori, ikayaki, etc. Today, we would like to introduce Kaki...

冷やし中華 Hiyashi chuka is Japan's signature summer noodle dish. Chilled ramen noodles sit at the base, topped with a colorful arrangement of cucumber strips, thinly sliced egg, ham, and tomato, then drizzled with a cold soy-vinegar or ...

Anago meshi is a Hiroshima specialty made with grilled conger eel over rice cooked in eel stock. It comes from the Miyajimaguchi area and became famous as an ekiben in 1901. People love it for its light, sweet-savory flavor. You can eat ...

Iwakuni sushi is one of those dishes that rewrites your expectations of sushi. The first thing you notice is the scale. This isn't a single piece balanced on vinegared rice. It arrives as a thick, square slice from a large pressed block,...

Kobe beef is a premium Japanese wagyu brand from Hyogo Prefecture, and the rules behind it are unusually strict. Roughly 6,800 carcasses earn the name in a typical year. That scarcity explains most of the price, though not all of the fas...

People tend to think of Shabu-shabu as a dish for cold winter days. However, Shabu-shabu is actually enjoyed all year round in Japan while various types of hot pot dishes are often eaten as the seasons change . Today, we would ...

If you are a fan of Japanese food, you may have heard or even tried sukiyaki before. However, do you know that there are more than one type of sukiyaki: Kansai style and Kanto style sukiyaki. Today, we want to introduce Kansai style Suki...

関東風すき焼き Kanto-style sukiyaki is the classic Tokyo-area way of making Japanese sukiyaki. Everything simmers together in a single pot of 割り下 warishita, a pre-mixed sauce of soy sauce, mirin, sake, sugar, and dashi. Thinly sliced ...