Japanese+Food

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Rice is one of the most important food in Japan. Sushi（すし is very popular, Japan is known for they're sushi.

Some examples are Nigri which are small rice balls with fish, shell fish on the top.

A popular dinner is ichiju-sansai(いちじゅーさんさい). It means one soup and three sides. This dinner usually has soba(そば) - which is a thin noodle, rice bowl, or udon which are thick noodles,raw fish,grilled chicken and sashimi are examples. With the dinner the soup is usually miso soup which is seasoned with bean paste and contains tofu.

**__History:.__**  Korea and China have strongly influenced the way Japanese food has evolved through-out the last 2,000 years. In the Yayoi (やよい) period Korea's rice growing tedchnique was passed down to Japan.China introduced wheat and soybeans and are now a big part ofJapanese cooking. Religion also played a big part in Japanese cuisine. In the 6th century, Buddhism became the official religion therefore in AD 675 the first record of prohibbiting the eatting of cattle,horses,dogs,monkey and chicken. It was alsorepeated in the 8th and 9th century. In the 15th century the Japanese ate eggs and meat again. Emperor Meiji, had a New Years feast in 1872 to embrace the western world. And for the first time, in a long time, people ate meat publicly.

[|http://www.youtube.com/user/cookingwithdog?gl=JP&hl=ja#p/search/0/-_hbPLsZvvo] to make a bento lunch.