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Soba with Tempura

Soba (蕎麦)

Soba is a Japanese dish made from buckwheat noodles and processed with buckwheat flour. There are two typical ways to eat soba: Kakesoba (hot soba noodles served in a bowl with dipping sauce) and Zarusoba (cold soba noodles served separately

Sushi

Sushi (寿司)

Sushi is a Japanese dish that generally consists of lightly seasoned vinegar and salt seasoned rice, lightly pressed and served with a combination of mainly fish and seafood. In addition to Nigirizushi, which is often associated with sushi, there are

Set meal of Tempura

Tempura (天ぷら)

Tempura is one of the typical Japanese dishes consisting of ingredients such as seafood, meat, and vegetables wrapped in a cake flour and deep fried. Tempura is said to have been introduced to Nagasaki by the Portuguese in the Azuchi-Momoyama

Takoyaki

Takoyaki (たこ焼き)

Takoyaki is a Japanese dish of flour dough, filled with octopus and condiments and cooked into a spherical shape. It is generally served with takoyaki sauce and Japanese mayonnaise, often topped with dried bonito flakes and aonori flakes (dried seaweed).

Yakitori

Yakitori (焼き鳥)

Yakitori is chicken meat cut into bite-sized pieces, skewered, and grilled over an open flame using charcoal. The seasoning is usually salt or tare (a slightly sweet seasoning made with soy sauce), and some restaurants allow customers to choose whether

Tonkatsu

Tonkatsu (とんかつ)

Tonkatsu is a deep-fried pork-based dish with its roots in the French Cutlet. Thick slices of pork loin or fillet are coated with flour, beaten egg, and bread crumbs and deep fried in cooking oil. Sponsor link Variations in seasoning

Kushikatsu

Kushikatsu (串カツ)

Kushikatsu are deep-fried skewers said to have originated in Kansai (Osaka), Japan. There are a wide variety of choices of ingredients for kushikatsu, including beef, pork, chicken, shrimp, scallops, quail eggs, eringi mushrooms, onions, asparagus, eggplant, cherry tomatoes, and cheese.

Comic Market

Comic Market (コミックマーケット)

Comic Market, also known as Comike or Comiket, is the world’s largest doujinshi marketplace organized by the Comic Market Committee. A doujinshi marketplace is an event where doujinshis (Magazine that are edited and published by individuals or groups of people

miso ramen

Ramen (ラーメン)

Ramen (ラーメン) has its origins in Chinese noodles, but has evolved and taken root in Japan in its own unique way. And you can enjoy a huge variety of ramen in Japan. In general, ramen can be divided into shoyu

glass of beer

Toriaezu nama (とりあえず生)

When you go to izakaya (Japanese pub) and order “Toriaezu nama!”, beer will be served for your first drink. “Toriaezu” means first of all, and “nama” means beer in izakaya (Japanese pub). And this order is generally in Japan.