Japan is surrounded in all directions by the sea and has four seasons, so that peolple eat mainly fish and different food stuff from different seasons. The basic Japanese food style is made up of one soup and three kinds of dishes such as sashimi, boiled stuff and baked stuff together with rice and tukemono. As the typical Japanese food there are tenpura, sushi and sukiyaki.

Dish which boils vegetables, beef, tohu, and shitataki. The cooking method (in boiling)is different in Kansai and Kanto district.

Dish which fries, coating vegetables, meat, and so on with flour. After frying eat them with dipping in soup.

Dish which combines rice mixed with vinegar with raw fish, shellfish and seaweed. Eat sushi with soysauce.