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Within the world of Japanese food, you find two main styles: traditional Japanese food, called washoku, and a more recent style called yoshoku. Yoshoku means "Western food," but it is much more than that. It is a unique kind of food crea...

Drive into a coastal pine forest in northern Kyushu, and a red microbus appears among the trees. Customers step up to its door to order, then wait for burgers finished fresh inside. This is Karatsu Burger (からつバーガー), a local hambur...

Open a box of live Himeshima kuruma prawns, and the sawdust inside may suddenly move. The striped prawns come from a small island off Oita Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu. There, land once used for salt making gave way to seawater po...

Order sashimi in Naruto and the white fish on your plate may push back a little when you bite. That fish is often Naruto sea bream (鳴門鯛), known locally as Narutodai. It is Japanese red sea bream, or madai, from the fast waters around ...

Picture a Japanese yellowtail raised on feed that contains locally grown citrus peel. It may sound unusual, but in Tokushima the idea has become a recognized regional brand. Sudachi Buri (すだちぶり) is farmed in Kitanada, just west of t...

Hello, food lovers! Today we are talking about a warm, crunchy, and very popular dish from Japan called Kaki Fry (カキフライ). If you visit Japan in the winter, you will see this "yummy" treat on many menus. It is the perfect c...

Crab cream croquette is a Japanese yoshoku dish made from crab meat bound in béchamel sauce, coated in panko, then deep-fried until golden. People also call it kani cream korokke, using the Japanese word for crab and croquette together. ...

Few dishes say "home cooking" in Japan like cream stew. It is warm, creamy, and gently sweet. A pot of it can fill a whole kitchen with comfort. Children adore it, and adults feel nostalgic. This dish is Japanese cream stew. So what is J...

If you think Italy holds a monopoly on great pasta, think again. Deep in Gunma Prefecture, about 90 kilometers northwest of Tokyo, sits a city called Takasaki. And Takasaki has a secret. Locals call it the "pasta city" of Japan. That lab...

Yokohama is Japan's most cosmopolitan food city. As the country's first modern port, opened in 1859, it became the birthplace of Japan's ramen culture, home to the nation's largest Chinatown, and the city where Western-style dining first...