Food in Japan is of high quality and balanced. This confirms the fact that Japan is famous for the highest life expectancy.
Food in Japan
The Japanese diet includes fish, seafood, vegetables, rice, soy (they eat it in the form of miso soup, soy sauce, pieces of tofu), noodles.
Arriving in Japan, you should try national Japanese dishes - sashimi (fresh raw fish seasoned with soy sauce and wasabi), sushi, miso shiru (thick soup based on bean curd and mushrooms), Suki-Yaki (boiled beef with mushrooms, green onions and bean curd tofu).
If you wish, you can try a local delicacy - puffer fish. There is the smallest risk of poisoning with this poisonous fish, since high qualification requirements are imposed on the cooks who prepare it (they are licensed to carry out such activities). You can try this fish in specialized restaurants, although it will be very expensive.
Since the Japanese love to eat, there are many places to eat (there are 80,000 restaurants in Tokyo alone).
In Japan, you can taste unusual food, for example, fried baby crabs, ice cream with a taste of meat - chicken, beef or horse meat, as well as drink Pepsi with a taste of yogurt, shiso or cucumber …
Where can you eat in Japan?
At your service:
- cafes, elite and fast food restaurants;
- restaurants specializing in one dish (for example, restaurants where you can eat different types of sushi).
In Japan, you will have the opportunity to visit unusual restaurants. For example, visiting the restaurant "Ninja", you will find yourself inside a fortress made in the form of a cave with a labyrinth, where there are treasure chests and a secret bridge is installed (the restaurant looks like a real ninja hideout). Here you can taste sushi, soup with meat and herbs and other delicious dishes.
Drinks in Japan
Popular drinks in Japan are green tea, mugi-cha tea (made from barley or wheat), beer, sake (rice wine), and netu (a vodka-like drink that is drunk hot or cold).
Food tour to Japan
Gourmet tourism is thriving in Japan, with many of the local restaurants awarded Michelin stars. Here you will have the opportunity to attend famous tea ceremonies, taste Japanese cuisine and learn its basics.
You can attend master classes on cooking traditional Japanese dishes by visiting the Culinary Institutes - Tsuji. In addition, here you will be given a guided tour of the classrooms and kitchens of the institute.
There are many culinary festivals in Japan, for example, in October you can come here for the mushroom festival and taste various dishes based on them.
Arriving in Japan, you will never be hungry - you just need to decide on the choice of an institution, taking into account your taste and financial capabilities.
