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These traditional Japanese desserts (Wagashi) are served in top Tokyo (and Kyoto) restaurants. The Emperor himself eats these sweets.



Yakitori is bit-sized food on skewers that's grilled over charcoal. Here's a list of the 18 most common types of Yakitori.
Many Japanese festivals attract millions of visitors — somebody has to feed all those people.

18 Kinds of Yakitori 19 Japanese Festival Foods (Part II)

In Japan's consumer society products must be trendy to make the store shelves. Japanese snacks are no exception.
The Canadian commercial for Sapporo beer everyone is talking about.
The mysterious long lines of Japanese ramen shops.
Not all Japanese food is traditional. Japan has plenty of great junk food too.

10 Best Japanese Fast Food Chains Yoshinoya: The World's Oldest Fast Food Restaurant

Japan is both the thinnest country (of G20 nations) with the longest life expectancy of any country. There has got to be something healthy about Japanese food.

Japanese Vending Machine Diet Japanese vs Western Sushi — The Calorie Countdown The Real Reason Japanese People Are Thin

The real deal — how to eat sushi like a true Samurai.
Interesting things that are rude in the West — but fine in Japan.
Every evening millions of people in Japan visit their neighborhood izakaya.
Kappabashi is what the World would be like if all food was plastic.
Japan's love affair with stinky fermented beans.
Pocky are a Japanese snack food. They are one of the greatest candy innovations of all time: thin pretzel sticks covered in chocolate.

Monster With 21 Faces

How slabs of raw fish became an art form.
Japanese family members young and old enjoy a sip of a spiced Japanese medicinal sake called Toso (屠蘇) every New Years Day.
How Japan's best hotel introduced vikings to Japan.
This song went viral in Japan in 1999. It's called だんご3兄弟 (The Rice Dumpling Family).
Tonkatsu sauce or Japanese Worcestershire sauce is a popular condiment in Japan commonly found on restaurant tables. It is so widely used in Japan that Japanese simply call it sosu (sauce).
There's good news and bad news for vegetarians traveling to Japan.

Yuba (Tofu Skin)




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