Foods+of+Japan

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**Seasonal Food ** In the Summer, most people will feed off of a cold noodle and tofu とふ diet. One of these dishes is Hiyashi Chukaひやしちゅか, which is ramenらえん noodles with cold soup overtop. Another dish is Cooled Udon with a soy sauce. Cold Sobaさむいそば is one more famous Summertime dish.

In the Winter, most Japanese people will eat Odenおでん, a dish containing different meats, vegetables and sometimes boiled egg with a soy flavored sauce, and drink Hot Sakeあついさけ.

**Noodles and Rice **Noodles and rice are a main part of the Japanese diet. They are served with nearly every meal. Different famous noodles are, Udonうどん, thick wheat flour noodles, Ramenらめん, Chinese style wheat noodles in a broth, Somenそめん, very thin white noodles and Sobaそば noodles, which are thin noodles made of buckwheat flour. Japanese people have considered rice a very important cuisine for more than 2000 years. It was once used as even a sort of currency. The rice is short grain, and is recognizable by the texture, or stickiness of it. Rice, or ごはん, can be eaten plain, or put in many dishes. As well, rice is used to make a variety of drinks, snacks and some crackers. **Sushi ** Sushiすし is the most famous Japanese dish, and is eaten in North America as well. There are tons of different types of sushi. Sushi is typically known as cooked rice with a light vinegar. Nigiriにぎり is a type of sushi made of small rice balls with a thin slice of fish, shellfish or vegetable on top. You could also have sashimiさしみ on top which is raw, uncooked fish. Gunkanぐんかん are small cups made of rice and seaweed, and filled with seafood. Norimakiのりまき、 another sushi dish, is cooked rice and seafood wrapped up in seaweed. Oshizushiおしずし is pressed fish on top of rice. Inariいなり sushi uses brown, fried tofu to wrap the rice. Takoたこ, which means octopus, are octopus on top of rice. 

**Other Famous Japanese Foods ** There are many well known, and popular Japanese dishes. Most consist, of meat, rice, vegetables and noodles. Some of these dishes are, Donburiどんぶり, cooked rice with vegetables and meat on top, Gyozaぎょざ, which are Japanese style dumplings, Nikujagaにくじゃが, a meat and potato dish, Sukiyakiすきやき, a noodle with varying vegetables and meat, Tempuraてんぷら, vegetables or seafood that has been battered and deep fried and Okonomiyakiおこのみやき, a

pan fried dish food that consists of batter and cabbage.





**Food Art ** In Japan, not only is the taste of the food important, but also how it looks. Many Japanese cooks, make their food, look like art. They color and shape rice into different characters and shapes.







**Chopsticks ** <span style="color: #404040; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Japanese people use chopsticks to eat their food. There are many different types of chopsticks. Chopsticks can be made from different materials like, wood, metal, bamboo, plastic and ivory. Japanese chopsticks are longer stick, that are tapered and square at the top. People traditionally hold the chopsticks with the right hand. You should never cross chopsticks, as it symbolizes death. <span style="color: #c11f5e; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 350%; text-align: center;">