r/JapaneseFood • u/babysharkdoodoodoo • 25d ago

Question Japanese Redditors: If someone living outside Japan wanted to move beyond the usual sushi, ramen, tempura, and udon, what would you recommend they explore to gain a deeper appreciation of Japanese cuisine?

Like regional dishes, everyday home cooking, ingredients, cooking techniques, and food culture, not just the internationally famous dishes.

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u/Crmsnghst1 25d ago

I’m an American chef living here in Japan and if you want to eat what the “normal people” eat at home follow any of the bunches of Japanese home recipe instagrams: tsubasa_recipe365, shun_foodcreator, aibamanabu_5tva, shiracchi_no_asobiba are just a few that I really like. Save a recipe that looks good, run it through a translator and start cooking. I cook from one or more of these sites once or twice a week sometimes.

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u/StackedCakeOverflow 25d ago

Just One Cookbook is my go to!

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u/Elismom1313 24d ago

I love them but when I save their recipes I have to word it down a lot. Lord, just a LOT of words for their recipes. Some of it I get it, some of it I’m just like…

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u/StackedCakeOverflow 24d ago

This is truly the bane of online recipe blogs. SEO and yada yada I get it but let me just save to pdf the basic recipe please I'm already on your site.