Japanese Food

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Chawanmushi is a dish made by mixing various ingredients along with a beaten egg and dashi stock in a small bowl.

Umeboshi are a type of pickle made from ume (plums) fruits that are dried in the sun after being salted and soaked in ume vinegar.

Tsukemono is a kind of food, mostly vegetables, that has been pickled in salt, rice bran, miso, or something else.

Like soba noodles, udon noodles are a well known type of Japanese noodles. Made from flour, they are distinctively thick and white.

Food samples are the plastic models of food that you see in glass cases outside restaurants.

Chirashi-zushi is a type of sushi made by combining various ingredients with vinegared rice.

Menchi katsu is a popular side dish on par with croquette.

To make shabu-shabu, you cook vegetables and tofu in a hotpot filled with flavored broth, and dip thinly sliced pieces of meat into the broth. The meat and vegetables are eaten with ponzu or sesame sauce.

「農業」で、経済的にも精神的にも自由な生活を手に入れる!

高温や渇水が頻繁になり，穀物や野菜の生育に悪影響が増大．農業は温暖化に脆弱な「被害者」だ．その一方で，実は温室効果ガスを排出する「加害者」でもあることはあまり知られていない．