Gourmet Navigator is a Web site that allows you to search for restaurants in Japan.
You can narrow down information by area, sort by cuisine and price bracket, and obtain ample information on menus and coupons.
Before you visit Japan, please search for your favorite restaurants.
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Tokyo
Although Tokyo's sushi and ramen shops are well known, you can enjoy any and all sorts of Japanese foods in this capital city.
Osaka
Osaka's specialities are okonomiyaki, takoyaki, and kushiage. Osaka is nicknamed Kuidaore-no-machi, meaning that Osakans spend their wealth on dainties.
Kyoto
Kyoto's traditional cuisine is basically of subtle (or mild) flavor in order to feature the taste of ingredients.
You can enjoy not only tasting but also the visual appeal or atmosphere, from serving dishes and way of arranging food.
Hokkaido
Other than Genghis Khan barbecue featuring ram, there is an abundant variety of fresh seafood cuisine such as sea urchin, crabs, and salmon caviar.
Okinawa
Many kinds of food differ somewhat from those of other regions of Japan.
A number of foods are influenced by Chinese dishes, which are well known as a macrobiotic diet.
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Sushi
A piece of fresh seafood such as tuna or shrimp lightly pressed onto an oval-shaped, vinegared rice ball.
Home-style dishes
Dishes daily cooked and eaten by general households.
Sukiyaki
Sliced beef roasted or cooked with sauce in a iron pan.
Characterized by a salty-sweet flavor.
Yakiniku
Meat grilled or roasted on a grill or hot plate.
Served with sauce called tare.
Nabe
Meat and vegetables thoroughly boiled in a large pan; shared by several persons.
Oden
Vegetables and other ingredients thoroughly boiled in a soy-based soup.
Tempura
Deep-fried ingredients coated with mixed wheat flour and raw egg—a traditional Japanese food.
Soba
A type of noodle made from buckwheat.
Also a traditional Japanese food.
Udon
A type of noodle made from wheat.
Served in a soy-based soup.
Domburi
Something cooked and put on rice in a bowl called domburi.