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2,746 foods, built from Japan's official food composition tables (MEXT) and Wikidata. Each page shows what the food is, its Japanese name and, for ingredients, nutrition per 100 g from Japan's official tables.

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Curry bread (カレーパン): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Curry bread (カレーパン) is a Japanese food classified as bread, dish. Ingredients listed for it include Japanese curry, dough. It is associated with Asia.
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Instant noodles (インスタント麺): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Instant noodles (インスタント麺) is a Japanese food classified as instant food, noodle dish. Ingredients listed for it include noodle, soup, water, wheat flour. I
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Gyūhi (求肥): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Gyūhi (求肥) is a Japanese food classified as wagashi. Ingredients listed for it include glutinous rice flour, mizuame, sugar.
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Shimotsukare (しもつかれ): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Shimotsukare (しもつかれ) is a Japanese food classified as salmon dish. Ingredients listed for it include Sake kasu, aramaki, root vegetable, soy bean.
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Furikake (ふりかけ): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Furikake (ふりかけ) is a Japanese food classified as food. Ingredients listed for it include Sesamum indicum.
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Umeboshi (梅干し): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Umeboshi (梅干し) is a Japanese food classified as pickled fruit, tsukemono. Ingredients listed for it include Prunus mume, salt.
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Mirin (みりん): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Mirin (みりん) is a Japanese food classified as condiment, rice wine. Ingredients listed for it include glutinous rice.
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Dorayaki (どら焼き): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Dorayaki (どら焼き) is a Japanese food classified as pancake, wagashi. Ingredients listed for it include castella, red bean paste.
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Katsukarē (カツカレー): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Katsukarē (カツカレー) is a Japanese food classified as Japanese curry rice, pork dish. Ingredients listed for it include cooked rice, tonkatsu.
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Chanpurū (チャンプルー): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Chanpurū (チャンプルー) is a Japanese food classified as pork dish, yasai itame. Ingredients listed for it include cooking oil, shimadōfu, vegetable.
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Chazuke (茶漬け): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Chazuke (茶漬け) is a Japanese food classified as Japanese rice dish. Ingredients listed for it include cooked rice, green tea, nori, rice.
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Donburi (丼物): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Donburi (丼物) is a Japanese food classified as Japanese rice dish. Ingredients listed for it include rice.
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Shabu-shabu (しゃぶしゃぶ): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Shabu-shabu (しゃぶしゃぶ) is a Japanese food classified as beef dish, nabemono, pork dish. Ingredients listed for it include meat.
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Wagashi (和菓子): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Wagashi (和菓子) is a Japanese food classified as confectionery.
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Toriten (とり天): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Toriten (とり天) is a Japanese food classified as fried chicken, tempura. Ingredients listed for it include Brassica oleracea var. capitata, chicken as food,
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Daifuku (大福): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Daifuku (大福) is a Japanese food classified as mochi, wagashi. Ingredients listed for it include glutinous rice, red bean paste.
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Pocky (ポッキー): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Pocky (ポッキー) is a Japanese food classified as snack. Ingredients listed for it include biscuit.
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Chawanmushi (茶碗蒸し): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Chawanmushi (茶碗蒸し) is a Japanese food classified as egg dish, mushimono. Ingredients listed for it include egg as food.
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Awamori (泡盛): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Awamori (泡盛) is a Japanese food classified as alcoholic beverage, rice wine. It is associated with Ryukyu Islands.
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Tendon (天丼): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Tendon (天丼) is a Japanese food classified as donburi. Ingredients listed for it include rice, tempura.
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Octopus-shaped sausages (たこさんウィンナー): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Octopus-shaped sausages (たこさんウィンナー) is a Japanese food classified as sausage. Ingredients listed for it include sausage.
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Sabazushi (鯖寿司): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Sabazushi (鯖寿司) is a Japanese food classified as sushi. Ingredients listed for it include mackerel as food.
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Nuta (ぬた): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Nuta (ぬた) is a Japanese food classified as namasu. Ingredients listed for it include sumiso.
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Tanukijiru (たぬき汁): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Tanukijiru (たぬき汁) is a Japanese food classified as dish, miso soup. Ingredients listed for it include konnyaku, miso.
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Tamago doufu (玉子豆腐): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Tamago doufu (玉子豆腐) is a Japanese food classified as egg dish. Ingredients listed for it include dashi, egg as food.
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Tekkamaki (鉄火巻): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Tekkamaki (鉄火巻) is a Japanese food classified as Edo-style sushi, makizushi, tuna dish. Ingredients listed for it include Thunnus, nori, sumeshi.
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Kaki no ha zushi (柿の葉寿司): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Kaki no ha zushi (柿の葉寿司) is a Japanese food classified as sushi. Ingredients listed for it include leaf, mackerel as food, sumeshi.
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Maesawa beef (前沢牛): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Maesawa beef (前沢牛) is a Japanese food classified as beef. It is associated with Ōshū-shi.
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Gunkanmaki (軍艦巻): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Gunkanmaki (軍艦巻) is a Japanese food classified as makizushi. Ingredients listed for it include Oryza, nori, red caviar.
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Daigaku imo (大学芋): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin
Daigaku imo (大学芋) is a Japanese food classified as potato dish, snack, sweet potato fries. Ingredients listed for it include sweet potato.

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