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Japanese Cuisine Guides

Want to learn more about Japanese cuisine, food history, cooking techniques, ingredients, and more? Read our guides, features, and personal essays to deepen your knowledge of Japanese food.
Japanese Recipes
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Home-Style Tamagoyaki (Japanese Rolled Omelette) Recipe
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Pressure Cooker Pork Belly Chashu Recipe
A glass and pitcher with Japenese-Style Iced Coffee.
Japanese-Style Iced Coffee Recipe
A bowl of tonkatsu ramen with half a soft-boiled eggs, green onions, and a slice of pork on top. A Chinese soup spoon and a pair of chopsticks are sitting on the rim of the bowl.
Rich and Creamy Tonkotsu Ramen Broth Recipe
More Japanese Cuisine Guides
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The Secret to Perfectly Imperfect Yakitori (Japanese-Style Grilled Chicken Skewers) | The Food Lab
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Shio Koji: A Fermented Moldy-Rice Marinade That Makes Food Taste Great
A variety of colorful Japanese pickles.
Do You Know Your Tsukemono? A Guide to Japanese Pickles
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How to Make a Traditional Japanese Breakfast
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Japanese Curry Roux Mixes | Taste Test
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Obsessed: A Man and His Mold
Seven bottles of different brands of teriyaki sauce
Bottled Teriyaki Sauce | Taste Test
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Seriously Asian: Mizuna
Kombu and bonito for making dashi.
Dashi 101: A Guide to the Umami-Rich Japanese Stock
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A Seaweed Primer: How to Use Kelp, Nori, Wakame, and More
Spice Hunting: Seven Spice Powder (Shichimi Togarashi)
A bowl of prepared ramen from Sun Noodles. The ramen has a two soft-boiled egg halves, green onions, and broth. A pair of chopsticks are lifting some of the noodles.
The Fresh Ramen Kits From Sun Noodle Will Knock Your Socks Off
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The Best Chicken-Flavored Instant Ramen | Taste Test
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How to Stock a Japanese Pantry: 13 Indispensable Ingredients
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We Tested 16 Santoku Knives—Here Are Our Favorites
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Beer Pairings: What to Drink with Sushi
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Miyazaki’s Magical Food: An Ode to Anime’s Best Cooking Scenes
Shinjuku street scene
10 Sensational Stops for Japanese Food in Shinjuku, Tokyo
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What to Drink with Ramen
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Pantry Essentials: All About Ponzu Sauce
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Obsessed: We Talk to Reddit's /u/Ramen_Lord
Four assorted bottles of ginjo sake.
Sake School: Ginjo and Daiginjo
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Plumbing the Depths of Miso Soup
10 of the Funniest, Strangest, Grossest Ramens
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How Japanese Knives Are Made
fresh soba noodles
The Secrets of Amazing Soba: Behind the Scenes at Miyabi 45th
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Sushi Week Part 1: A Sushi Style Guide and How to Make Sushi Rice
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Don't Put Your Hand in the Noodle Machine: Notes From Ramen School in Osaka
9 Japanese Vegetables You Should Know
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A Brief History of Japanese Beer
Watch 5 Ramen Chefs Slurp Their Signature Bowls
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Editor's Picks: The Best Things I Ate in Japan
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Pantry Essentials: All About Wasabi
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Where to Eat and Drink in Tokyo
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Fishing for Somen: How I Hosted a Japanese Backyard Noodle Party in My Studio Apartment
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Sake School: All About Honjozo-shu
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Obsessed: Getting Funky With Natto
Yudofu (hot water tofu) being spooned out of a bowl.
My Favorite Japanese Meal: Yudofu, or 'Hot Water Tofu'
Sake School: All About Sake Rice
Japanese Snacks: Toys and Candy
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A Guide to Beef Offal at Takashi, NYC
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A Ten Course Tempura-Only Meal at Tsunahachi in Tokyo, Japan
Yakisoba
Snapshots from Japan: Street Fair Food in Kyoto
Japanese Snacks: Drink-Flavored Candy
Coolest Part About Japanese Rice Balls: The Packaging
A bowl of tonkatsu ramen with half a soft-boiled eggs, green onions, and a slice of pork on top. A Chinese soup spoon and a pair of chopsticks are sitting on the rim of the bowl.
Rich and Creamy Tonkotsu Ramen Broth Recipe
Oyakodon, in a white ceramic bowl alongside wooden chopsticks, a small ceramic bowl holding togarashi seasoning, and an additional bowl of oyakodon off to the left side.
Oyakodon (Japanese Chicken and Egg Rice Bowl) Recipe
Freshly cut homemade ramen noodles in four nests on a flour-dusted wood cutting board.
Homemade Ramen Noodles Recipe
Tamago kake gohan (egg and rice) with furikake seasoning
Tamago Kake Gohan (Japanese-Style Rice With Egg) Recipe