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Japan's Most Popular Foods Explained

Life Where I'm From

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Get your traditional Japanese hand towel (tenugui) of 12 popular Japanese foods https://shop.lifewhereimfrom.com/.

Watch our previous video about how the towels are made How traditional Japanese hand-dyed towels ...

Not only am I going to introduce to you 12 popular Japanese dishes but I’ll show you the different ways they’re eaten, where they’re eaten, tell you a bit about their history, and hopefully you can learn a little bit about Japanese culture through it all. Sushi, ramen, karaage, yakitori, curry rice, yakiniku, sukiyaki, gyoza, tempura, soba, tonkatsu, and hanbaagu.

Additional images from Getty Images and Irasutoya https://www.irasutoya.com/

Sources
Tonkatsu https://r-wako.com/company/introducti...
Hanbaagu https://www.sendagi-legame.com/blog/1...
Gyoza https://original-gyoza-an.com/2020/02...
Curry rice https://www.gohansaisai.com/fun/entry...
Tempura https://www.showa-sangyo.co.jp/knowle...
Soba https://otaruiroha.com/?p=72
Soba https://rakujyo.com/blog/soba-history/
Karaage https://dancyu.jp/read/2021_00004063....
Sukiyaki https://www.maff.go.jp/j/keikaku/syok...
Yakitori https://guide.michelin.com/jp/ja/arti...
Yakitori https://alex-co.jp/free/teigi
Yakitori https://shun-gate.com/power/power_86/
Ramen Museum https://www.raumen.co.jp/
Sushi https://www.mizkan.co.jp/sushilab/man...
Sushi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi

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20 Comments

@LifeWhereImFrom Creator 1 year ago Pinned

If you'd like a tenugui (traditional Japanese Hand Towel), we're selling them at https://shop.lifewhereimfrom.com/ Please note that we were only able to do an initial run of 500 of the popular Japanese Foods tenugui and 200 of the previous scenes from Life Where I'm From tenugui. The shokunin (artisans) are incredibly busy at this time of year. The first batch of orders will be shipped in early December 2024. The second batch will be shipped in early February 2025. Once shipped it should arrive in 2-4 weeks. Thanks! Greg

@wendy-pz4pq 1 year ago

I am a Japanese with experience as a chef.
His explanation is excellent and flawless.
I recommend this video to all visitors to Japan!
Welcome to great Japanese cuisine!
Enjoy!!!

@JarkkoHietaniemi 1 year ago

I shouldn't have started to watch this late in the evening, now I am ravenously hungry.

@uncleiroh7910 1 year ago

I'm a brazilian woman living in Germany. Longing for going to Japan again.

@limitedmobro 1 year ago

I love how your videos uses almost no music. It's really calming

@kiddwong4186 1 year ago

Cold soba is the GOAT in the summer.

@CatFish107 1 year ago

Ramen shops are showing up all over the BC coast, not just Vancouver! I dig it. Eagerly awaiting a spurt of popularity for yakimiku here.

@bgregz 1 year ago

I think curry might be my favorite food in the world. I like the Japanese style too 😭😭

@arturslab7102 3 months ago

In Poland minced meat cutlets are made with exactly the same ingredients as japanese hamburg but are served without sauce and with potatoes. Also, pork cutlets like the ones in this video are a typical sunday meal in Poland served again with potatoes and often with cucumber salad called mizeria. Lastly, a baumkuchen cake quite popular in Japan and coming from Germany is also popular for special occasions like weddings in northeastern Poland and Lithuania.

@glass_parton 1 year ago (edited)

I went to Japan in September for the first time, and one day I ate in a small, neighborhood sushi place that could only seat seven people. It was outside of any of the touristy areas, and there were no other non-Japanese people there; no one spoke English to me. So I ordered the lunch special and let the chef serve whatever that came with. I loved all of it, and it was obvious what almost everything was, except for this oddly sweet fried pouch with rice. I didn't ask, since my Japanese is limited, and didn't know what it was, but it was tasty. You've solved this mystery for me; it was definitely inari sushi, which is something I have never seen at any of the Japanese places I've eaten at in the U.S.

Thanks for this wonderful video!

@randomdude5815 1 year ago

I made the mistake of making Japanese Curry a long time ago. Now when I ask what people want for dinner the answer is always the same 😢

@manucelajes 1 year ago

Is this a coincidence? Or are these Japan YouTubers coordinating with each other? 😂 This is uploaded days after Chris’ 12 must try food

@JC-life-is-good 1 year ago

In Houston, we have just about all the Japanese dishes you've shown. Being a big city with many immigrants from around the world, we are lucky to have cuisines from around the world. By the way, I think Indians eat their curries (they don't call them curries, they call them by the dish names) with rice and other types of bread, not just naan. Thanks for taking us on this excellent Japanese cuisine demonstration and some history.

@StopFear 2 months ago

This guys is easy to listen to and soft spoken. I am tired of the other cooking videos where someone always screams and tries 1up everything

@hodou16 3 months ago

突然綺麗な発音の｢カレーライス｣が出てきてびっくりした😂

@andyyang5234 1 year ago

I remember distinctively that Ippudou back in 2005 was just a hair under 1000 for their most basic broth, and 1000-ish for any additions. So really ramen had remained remarkably stable in price for 20 years, despite "inflation".

For that matter, the vast majority non-imported items have pretty much stayed exactly as I remembered them, even through the recent "inflation", which is really mild if at all.

@GypsyRosie17 1 year ago

I have been watching Japanese food videos on you tube for over 8 years
This one was absolutely the most helpful for an American just learning about Asian food on her own.
Thank you so much!

@ChrissyMcintire 1 year ago

Japanese food is one of the most interesting foods in the world , arigato for sharing with the world !

@mydogisbailey 1 year ago

I love Japanese food. But as a Chinese person, I find it super weird that Japanese noodles are called ramen. Ramen literally means hand pulled noodles, but Japanese noodles are never hand pulled.

@just88 1 month ago

Your channel is one of the best Japanese-focused channels anywhere. Not just YT. You should be acknowledged by the government of Japan. Your videos are comparable or even better than NHK channel's.