There are various kinds of sushi dishes, such as nigirizushi (hand formed sushi), makizushi (rolled sushi) and chirashi (sushi rice topped with raw fish). Sushi is the most famous Japanese dish outside of Japan, and one of the most popular dishes inside Japan, as well.
Having a balanced diet
The Japanese diet mostly avoids junk foods and high-calorie. Really, they don't enjoy it as much as we do! Japanese also don't even eat same meals all the time, since we assume that they only eat sushi. In fact, the Japanese diet is very much balanced and versatile.
Mochi sweets or mochigashi (餅菓子) are traditional Japanese confectioneries made from glutinous rice, non-glutinous regular white rice, kudzu starch, or bracken starch. Many kinds of mochi sweets are stuffed with red bean paste, but there are some that do not include the red bean filling.
Okonomiyaki
Okonomiyaki is sometimes referred to as "Japanese pizza.” I think of it more as a savory pancake. The pancake-like batter can be filled with many different ingredients. Common choices include cabbage, bacon, shrimp, cheese, and egg.
History of Japanese Snack
Originally, in the Edo Period, Dagashi (old Japanese confectionery) was made with grains and thick malt syrup, eaten as a snack by ordinary people, and called "ichimon gashi" (one coin confectionery) because of its low price.
1. Pocky. Pocky is one of the most popular Japanese snacks; it combines a crunchy biscuit with chocolate. Aside from milk chocolate, there are a variety of flavours to try, such as green tea, cookies and cream and strawberry.
Tonkatsu
They are unhealthy but taste so good. Japan has one significant deep-fried dish that we can't simply take our hands off. Tonkatsu is a pork loin covered with breadcrumb and deep-fried, usually served with miso soup, rice, shredded cabbage and high-calorie thick & rich sauce.
Don't leave food behind. It's considered bad manners to leave even grains of rice behind, so be sure to clean your plate! If there are some foods you cannot eat, ask to have them left out of the dish. Do use the opposite end of chopsticks to pick up food from a shared dish.
It is rude to say no to food being offered to you in general, not just in Japan. If you want to say no because you don't like the dish, you should still accept it but you are not obligated to eat. Similarly, if you are offered a drink you decide you don't like, simply leave your glass and don't empty it.
Katsuobushi is made by repeatedly smoking and drying boiled deboned filets of katsuo. The result is a hard, wood-like block of smoked fish that has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the hardest food in the world.
The “national dish” - curry-rice - is said to be eaten by many Japanese people once a week. It's more than 150 years since the Japanese came across this exotic dish that originated from India.
While there are no strict meal times in Japan, most Japanese people will consume meals at approximately the following times: Breakfast: 06:00-07:00. Lunch: 12:00-13:00. Dinner: 18:00-20:00.
In Japan, babies are given rice, tofu, natto, seaweed, dashi, and other Japanese ingredients at an early stage. Parents then gradually incorporate more foods and dishes to a simplified Ichiju Sansai meal around 2 years old.
The pizza in Japan is considerably more expensive. An average medium pizza easily costs over 2,000 yen and the large can cost up to almost 4,000 yen. That's approximately $40 on a pizza the size of a medium here in the U.S (compared to the $15 large pizzas available in the U.S).
Mayonnaise is something of a pizza staple in Japan. One popular mayo-laden pie is the Mayo Jaga, which also includes potato, corn, onions, pancetta, and a healthy dose of paprika for heat.
Yattai are small food stalls that can be found along Japanese streets and at festivals and you don't want to miss out on the food they offer! These vendors offer an accessible and tasty selection of on-the-go dishes that are cheap, yet high-quality and delicious.