Japanese cuisine is more that just sushi and fish, Japanese cuisine has a wide variety of dishes presenting all sorts of wonderful and tasty flavours.
Food Theme Parks
When you think of theme parks, you usually think of Mickey and his friends or some high thrill roller coaster. However, in Japan there is…
Sashimi
Sashimi is what many people in the west consider Sushi, raw fish. Sushi is actually a rice based product which uses vinegared rice as its…
Taiyaki
Taiyaki is a popular Japanese sweet desert that generally consists of a sea bream shaped jaffle made from pancake or waffle batter. It is filled…
Japanese Curry
You might not expect to find curry on a Japanese menu, but it is quite common, extremely popular and a relatively cheap dish throughout Japan.
Takoyaki
New York has its hot dog, London has its bangers and mash, Berlin has its Currywurst and Osaka has its Takoyaki. Takoyaki is found all over…
Fugu
Poisonous puffer fish are a speciality at many Japanese restaurants, especially around Osaka. Pufferfish are known as Fugu in Japan and depending on the region…
Happoshu Beer
In recent years, many of the Japanese breweries have been producing a low malt beer like beverage known as Happoshu.
Japanese Snack Foods
Japanese love their snack foods but unlike much of the western world chocolate is not one of the major sellers, other than Pocky which is…
Japanese Soft Drinks
With all the vending machines in Japan, you may think they are full of Coca Cola, but no you will rarely see Coke, instead you…
Green Tea Ice Cream
Green tea ice cream is a favorite dessert served in many Japanese restaurants. The Japanese call their green tea Matcha and it is very popular…
Sake
Sake is probably the best know of all Japanese beverages. It is an alcoholic brewed drink which is produced from rice.
Beer
Beer or as it is pronounced BI-RU is Japan’s most popular alcoholic beverage. It can be drank just about everywhere, and in fact, it can…
Sushi
Probably the best known of the Japanese foods to westerners are Sushi and Sashimi. Over recent years, these dishes have become popular, if not fashionable…
Tachinomi Bars
Tachinomi is the name given to bars that have no seating, referred to in English as standing only bars, these bars are popular with Japanese…
Ramen
Ramen is the Japanese name for the popular noodle soup dish that is much like instant noodles. In fact, instant noodles actually evolved from the…
Izakaya Bars
An izakaya is the traditional Japanese bar that are popular with Japanese businessmen for an after work drink, in recent years these bars have also…
Bento
Bento is a popular Japanese meal traditionally served in a wooden box. Bento dates back centuries and could be called one of the world’s first…
Gyudon
Gyudon is fast food Japanese style, translated gyudon means cow bowl, and that’s sort of what gyudon is, strips of beef served in a bowl….
Vending Machines
It is estimated there is a vending machine of some variety for every 20 people in Japan. With Japan’s population in excess of 127 million…
Yakitori
Yakitori is one of the tastiest and cheapest meals in Japan, it is succulent pieces of chicken meat served on bamboo skewers, marinated in BBQ…