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Food of Japan

71 traditional dishes · Asia

Cities & regions of Japan

Tokyo Osaka Japan Kagawa Nagasaki Fukuoka Tōhoku / Kantō-influenced Countrywide - strongest in Tokyo Worldwide Japan-wide in spring Matsumoto Shizuoka
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Ikinari Dango -- traditional dish from Japan AI image
Desserts & Sweets

Ikinari Dango

Hand-held grilled rice dumplings on bamboo skewers, brushed with sweet soy glaze - a Japanese festival and hanami snack sold from roadside stalls and eaten on the spot.

Japan · Nationwide Japan (especially Kyoto, Tokyo, and the old Tōkaidō route)
Imagawayaki -- traditional dish from Japan
Desserts & Sweets

Imagawayaki

Round Japanese wheel-cake cooked in a heavy cast-iron clam mould, filled with sweet red bean paste and sold at shrine approaches and matsuri stalls.

Japan · Countrywide - strongest in Tokyo, Osaka and shrine towns
Shirasu Don -- traditional dish from Japan AI image
Rice Dishes

Shirasu Don

Shirasu don is a Japanese rice bowl topped with tiny boiled whitebait, prized for its delicate briny flavour and best eaten fresh near fishing ports like Shizuoka.

Japan · Shizuoka (Pacific coast)
Kusa Mochi -- traditional dish from Japan AI image
Desserts & Sweets

Kusa Mochi

Kusa mochi is Japanese mugwort rice cake, green from pounded yomogi leaves, traditionally filled with sweet red bean paste in spring.

Japan · Japan-wide in spring, with distinctive regional styles in Kyoto, Kantō and Sendai
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