page_title: Japanese cuisine
section_title: List of dishes
hierarchical_section_title: Japanese cuisine / List of dishes
caption_attribution_description: English: Tempura This picture depicts an order of tempura in a Japanese restaurant in the US. The dish has two shrimps in the top foreground and vegetables on the bottom. The picture was taken in Nov. 2004 using my own camera.
context_page_description: Japanese cuisine encompasses the regional and traditional foods of Japan, which have developed through centuries of political, economic, and social changes.
  The traditional cuisine of Japan, washoku, lit. "Japanese eating", is based on rice with miso soup and other dishes; there is an emphasis on seasonal ingredients. Side dishes often consist of fish, pickled vegetables, and vegetables cooked in broth. Seafood is common, often grilled, but also served raw as sashimi or in sushi. Seafood and vegetables are also deep-fried in a light batter, as tempura. Apart from rice, staples include noodles, such as soba and udon. Japan also has many simmered dishes such as fish products in broth called oden, or beef in sukiyaki and nikujaga.
  Historically influenced by Chinese cuisine, Japanese cuisine has opened up to influence from Western cuisines in the modern era. Dishes inspired by foreign food—in particular Chinese food—like ramen and gyōza, as well as foods like spaghetti, curry, and hamburgers have become adopted with variants for Japanese tastes and ingredients.
context_section_description: Below are listed some of the most common dishes:
  grilled and pan-fried dishes (yakimono 焼き物),
  stewed/simmered/cooked/boiled dishes (nimono 煮物),
  stir-fried dishes (itamemono 炒め物),
  steamed dishes (mushimono 蒸し物),
  deep-fried dishes (agemono 揚げ物),
  sliced raw fish (sashimi 刺身),
  soups (suimono 吸い物 and shirumono 汁物),
  pickled/salted vegetables (tsukemono 漬け物),
  dishes dressed with various kinds of sauce (aemono 和え物),
  vinegared dishes (su-no-mono 酢の物),
  delicacies, food of delicate flavor (chinmi 珍味).
caption: Tempura battered and deep fried seafood and vegetables
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