The Japanese are known for emphasizing on certain seasonal food, while putting together a great combination of ingredients and presenting it with finesse. But along with the rich and fanciful fare, you also have the modest bowl of rice and the simplicity of the heritage Japanese country-style cooking. Some of the popular staple food served in Japan includes okonomiyaki, which is seafood, meat and vegetable pancakes, sashimi, that is raw fish slices, sukiyaki, which is thinly-sliced meat, vegetables and tofu cooked in sweet soy sauce, and kare raisu, that is rice topped with vegetables and meat curry. So, if you are looking forward to being experimental and don't mind sampling a grilled octopus or raw fish and eel, then Japanese food will not come as a disappointment to you.
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