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This popular Japanese dish features vinegared rice topped or rolled with fresh seafood, vegetables, or egg.
Difficulty: Easy- Sushi
- Ramen
- Tempura
- Yakitori
This cone-shaped hand roll allows diners to eat sushi directly from their hands, with nori wrapped around rice and fillings.
Difficulty: Medium- Hosomaki
- Gunkan
- Temaki
- Futomaki
This fermented condiment, made from chili peppers and yuzu, is green when fresh and becomes orange-red as the chilis ripen.
Difficulty: Hard- Yuzu kosho
- Shichimi
- Karashi
- Momiji oroshi
This fermented soybean paste is essential for making the soup that accompanies most traditional Japanese meals.
Difficulty: Easy- Tofu
- Miso
- Natto
- Ponzu
This battleship-style sushi features an oval rice base wrapped with nori, creating a vessel to hold loose toppings like salmon roe.
Difficulty: Medium- Gunkan maki
- Oshizushi
- Inari
- Narezushi
This historical style of formal Japanese cuisine, with its elaborate rules for arrangement, preceded kaiseki and is served at ceremonial occasions.
Difficulty: Hard- Kaiseki ryori
- Shojin ryori
- Chakaiseki
- Honzen ryori
These long wheat noodles are slurped loudly from a hot broth, often topped with sliced pork and a soft-boiled egg.
Difficulty: Easy- Udon
- Soba
- Ramen
- Somen
This specialized grater made from sharkskin has been used for centuries to create the finest wasabi paste.
Difficulty: Medium- Suribachi
- Oroshigane
- Makisu
- Hangiri
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