Food in JapanJapanese cuisine is noted for its variety and delicious taste.

Below is a list of some of the most typical dishes of Japanese gastronomy:

Sushi ( 寿司 ). Japanese food is best known outside Japan. Is a rice based raw fish or shellfish or semi-cooked and other ingredients such as vegetables and eggs. There are different types of sushi, called the makisushi are wrapped in nori seaweed. The sushi is accompanied by soy sauce, wasabi and ginger marinade

Tofu ( 豆腐 ). food Tofu is a food prepared from soy milk, and texture characteristics similar to

cheese. There are several ways to cook and serve tofu, both hot and cold dishes. Some of the most famous dishes are agedofu and mabudofu, although the latter is originally from China, has become very popular in Japón. Soup miso ( 味 噌 汁 ). Present in almost every meal in Japan, as its name suggests, is a miso soup or pasta made from are dissolved in dashi broth or fish. Other common ingredients include tofu and seaweed wakame.Tsukemono ( 漬 物 ). Various pickled vegetables that are eaten as an accompaniment or picar.

Customs

-The Japanese women tend to cover his mouth with his hand to laugh (this comes from an ancient Buddhist belief in which is believed to show a bone is something impure and dentures in if .....). If you. You are a woman does not have the obligation to copy this custom, but soon you will realize. Also does.

Customs

There's an old custom in which the guest is offered a seat facing the entrance and into the main part of the room. Then the person of more age or older range is duesit in front of the guest.

Public holiday.Second Monday of January: Day of Age

In Japan we reach adulthood at age 20. At that age you can already vote, smoking and drinking, among other stuff. Every young adulthood that will meet during the same year celebrate Coming of Age Day, the day of arrival at the age of majority.To this day the youth with special kimono dress for the occasion and are only used for those days. Some kimonos that are worth a lot of money and that many young people choose to rent for a few hours or use of older siblings.