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Dashi plays an indispensable role in Japanese cuisine, serving as the foundation for countless dishes from simmered foods (nimono) to soups, ohitashi (blanched vegetables), and flavored rice (takikomi gohan). While many people might find...

Katsuobushi is made from skipjack tuna. Producers smoke, dry, and ferment it, then shave it into flakes for Japanese dashi, toppings, and furikake-style uses. Katsuobushi is dried, smoked, and fermented skipjack tuna. Cooks shave it into...

When summer comes, there are hundreds of matsuri (Japanese festival) celebrated in every part of Japan. Food stalls are indispensable for festivals and fireworks displays! Among them, the standard is definitely "takoyaki". Today, let us ...

Dashi plays an indispensable role in Japanese cuisine, serving as the foundation for countless dishes from simmered foods (nimono) to soups, ohitashi (blanched vegetables), and flavored rice (takikomi gohan). While many people might find...

When summer comes, there are hundreds of matsuri (Japanese festival) celebrated in every part of Japan. Food stalls are indispensable for festivals and fireworks displays! Among them, the standard is definitely "takoyaki". Today, let us ...

Katsuobushi is made from skipjack tuna. Producers smoke, dry, and ferment it, then shave it into flakes for Japanese dashi, toppings, and furikake-style uses. Katsuobushi is dried, smoked, and fermented skipjack tuna. Cooks shave it into...