Thinly sliced raw chicken sashimi from Kagoshima and Miyazaki on Kyushu, dressed with sesame-miso or soy and wasabi and eaten at specialist poultry restaurants.

🇯🇵 Japan · 📍 Japan (Kyushu: Kagoshima, Miyazaki)

Seafood ★ 4.5

Kamaboko

Kamaboko is the classic Japanese steamed fish cake made from seasoned surimi, painted pink, and served at New Year, in bento, and in noodle broth.

🇯🇵 Japan · 📍 Shizuoka, Yaizu, and Hakodate production centres + nationwide Japanese depachika and ekiben stalls

Drinks & Beverages ★ 4.5

Panko

Coarse Japanese breadcrumbs from crustless bread, fried light and crunchy for tonkatsu, korokke, and ebi fry.

🇯🇵 Japan · 📍 Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, plus nationwide industrial production)

Noodles & Pasta ★ 4.4

Tempura Soba

A Japanese noodle dish of soba in dashi broth, topped with a piece of crisp shrimp or kakiage tempura — a Tokyo staple since the Edo period, often eaten standing at a counter.

🇯🇵 Japan · 📍 Japan (Edo/Tokyo origins, popular across the country, especially Kanto and Kyushu)

Drinks & Beverages ★ 4.3

Midori

Midori is Suntory's bright-green Japanese melon liqueur from 1978, sweet and citrus-laced, and the base of the Midori Sour and Melon Ball.

🇯🇵 Japan · 📍 Nationwide (produced by Suntory in Japan)

Noodles & Pasta ★ 4.3

Tanuki Soba

Tanuki Soba is a Japanese noodle dish with chilled soba and crispy tempura bits, dipped in a sweetened soy sauce and eaten at train station counters across Japan.

🇯🇵 Japan · 📍 Japan

Drinks & Beverages ★ 4.2

Kamikaze

A bracing equal-parts cocktail of vodka, triple sec, and lime juice — a sour-family drink with Pacific War origins, served straight up in a chilled glass with a sugared rim.

🇯🇵 Japan · 📍 Worldwide (originated mid-20th century, popular in Japan and the United States)

Desserts & Sweets ★ 4.1

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)