If you are living or visiting Japan, every now and then you may hear a recorded tune with someone singing 'ya-ki imo, ishiyaki imo' meaning sweet potato baked over hot stones.

Kuri (Japanese chestnuts) symbolize the coming of the fall season in Japan. The simplest way to eat kuri is to boil or roast the chestnuts.

In Japan instant food is a food culture of its own because of the variety that can be found.

Natto is a traditional Japanese food made from fermented soybeans, usually eaten with soy sauce and karashi mustard.

For those who have not lived in Japan, the first thing that comes to mind when they think of Japanese food is sushi. However, if you come to Japan, you will see that there is more to Japanese food than sushi.

Crab is a delicacy during the winter season in Japan. Zuwaigani, snow crab is the most sought out for its flavor which also makes it the most expensive crab on the market.

Matsutake is considered the king of all mushrooms found in Japanese cuisine thanks to its rich aroma and flavor. Since it only grows naturally in red pine forests in the autumn, it is considered a delicacy of the season.

Omurice is a popular western-style Japanese dish consisting of fried rice covered with a sheet of fried egg.

There are many types of sushi in Japan besides nigiri or makizushi (rolled sushi) which perhaps are the two most familiar to people.

Derived from the words teppan, meaning iron plate, and yaku, which means to grill, teppanyaki is a type of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle to cook various meats, seafood, vegetables, and noodles eaten with various dipping sauces.

Unlike ramen these are Japanfs own noodle inventions and are highly popular.

In conjunction with the recent slow food movement, there has been a sudden increase in interest in sansai, or Japanese mountain vegetables, due to trends toward healthier organic food consumption among Japanese people.

Everywhere you go during the fall and winter seasons in Japan, you are bombarded by television commercials or aisle displays marketing Nabe (hot pot) ingredients at the supermarket.

If you did a statistical survey of the average Japanese childfs favorite food, kare raisu (curry rice) for sure will be at the top. Japanese style curry rice dish best represents the average Japanesefs diet.

Donburi is a general term for gbowl,h but it is also the name of a popular Japanese dish: a bowl of cooked rice ...

Of all the foods associated with Japan, sushi must be the most famous -- and indeed the most notorious...

According to most historians, tempura has its origins in the arrival of Portuguese traders and missionaries in the 17th century.

Of all the foods associated with Japan, sushi must be the most famous -- and indeed the most notorious.

Specialist yakitori (literally, ggrilled chickenh) restaurants are more easily detected by smell than sight.

This dish of noodles in soup is originally from China and is still often called chuuka soba (gChinese noodlesh) in many restaurants.

Those who are interested in trying Japanese beef should certainly give one of these dishes a try.

Any true gourmet visiting Japan should not miss out on a kaiseki meal.

If you had to compare it to something, you might say it was a cross between a pizza, a pancake and an omelette.