Japan's Most Popular Foods Explained

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!!!

Thanks for the new upload, Greg. i haven't been feeling okay lately and I've been binge-watching your videos.. quite surprised that this video was just uploaded today hehe

You must have one of the most relaxing channels on YT!

非常によくまとめられていて、日本人から見ても説明として間違いがない この動画はよく研究されていて素晴らしいです👍

If you'd like a tenugui (traditional Japanese Hand Towel), we're selling them at / 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

Thanks! I am Portuguese, and I was always suspicious of what many teachers and dictionaries said about the origin of the Japanese "tenpura" (天麩羅, てんぷら) being the Portuguese word "tempero", because it doesn't sound alike… I had never heard of "têmpora", but I researched it and I was really surprised to have learned about it. It sounds very much like the Japanese word, and the explanations I found make sense entirely. The Wiktionary entry for tempura links to two credible Japanese sources, and summarizes as follows: "When Portuguese explorers (mostly Jesuit missionaries) arrived in Japan, they abstained from eating beef, pork and poultry during the Ember days, a Catholic series of holidays. Instead, they ate fried vegetables and fish. This was the first contact of the Japanese with fried food, and since then they began associating the Portuguese word têmpora (which they pronounced tenpura) with such food."

man the production quality is off the chain

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!

Thank you for posting this today. I really needed something comforting to watch. (Akko's nails are fantastic.)

日本の食事が海外からどのように見られているか分かって面白かった！ 紹介されているほとんどが米と一緒に食べてるおかずだ笑 改めて日本人は米に合うか合わないかで選んでるなぁ笑

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

Longtime watcher of your channel. Thank you for this video, Greg. Watching this is a comfort for me living here in the US on this particular post- Election Day. Having curiosity about others and their way of life, and making effort to understand, is much more in the spirit of how I want the world to be. ☮️

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!

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

I had no idea that meat was essentially BANNED for 1200 years in Japan. I truly can’t believe I wasn’t aware of this before, so thank you. Reading up on some of the history now 😅

Great, now I am hungry. Thank you for the delicious visuals alongside the story.

You kinda forgot that salmon sushi was not eaten in japan . It was introduced by a Norwegian country into japan and heavily advertised. It was to open new markets for salmon fish. And now it is common place.

Really love your longer form content . Even tho I know most of the facts regarding the foods presented. The way you present your content is so enjoyable and relaxing to watch. Thank you ! 🙏❤

Cold soba is the GOAT in the summer.

I really needed this video today😢❤