Typical meals in modern Japan
Today I talk about typical meals in modern Japan. Japanese people eat various dishes such as Japanese, western, Chinese, Korean, and Asian food, etc. I introduce daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Japan.
※Japanese style meal is called “washoku(和食)”, and it is well-balanced and healthy. Basically, there are rice, soup, one main dish, and two small side dishes.
This post introduces the Japanese style meal.
①Breakfast
Popular breakfast styles are the Japanese and the western.
★Japanese style meal
There are rice, miso soup, grilled fish, egg dishes, pickles, or natto.
★Western-style meal
There are bread, egg dishes, ham or bacon or sausage, salad, yogurt, etc. Some people drink milk or coffee.
I usually eat a western-style meal in the morning because it is easy for ready. My husband doesn’t eat breakfast at home. He likes to eat breakfast in a cafe or his office.
Nowadays Japanese adults who don’t eat breakfast have increased
And according to the survey in 2016 of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japanese adults who don’t eat breakfast reached 15.4% for males and 10.7% for females. Some people do not have time in the morning.
②Lunch
I introduce weekdays lunch.
★Go to restaurants
Company employees often eat a one-dish meal for lunch. Popular foods are noodles (udon, soba, and ramen) and beef bowl. And many izakayas (Japanese drinking restaurants) serve lunch teishoku menu, so some workers go to eat lunch at izakayas. The average spending on lunch is 500～600 yen.
The post about a beef bowl is here. ↓
★At an office or school
Some people make lunch at home, and bring it to their office or school. We call that “obento”.
Some people buy food for lunch in a convenience store. Many foods are sold there. Obento, rice ball called onigiri, sandwich, bread, noodle, etc.
※onigiri is a rice ball wrapped in seaweed with fillings.
③dinner
There are many restaurants in Japan. Japanese people often drink at an izakaya with a colleague after work. Italian, Chinese, Korean and Asian restaurants are also popular. We often eat Japanese style meal for dinner at home.
Popular main dishes are
・Fried chicken
・Nikujaga (meat and potatoes)
・Ginger fried pork
・Tonkatsu(Japanese pork cutlet)
・Hamburg Steak
・Fish Meuniere
・Fried fish
etc.
We also cook Chinese food such as mapo tofu, fried rice, dumplings, and sweet and sour pork, etc. I love mapo tofu and dumplings!
Of course, We sometimes eat western-style dishes.
・Curry and rice(Japanese curry)
・Stew(use stew mix)
・Omelette rice (an omelet stuffed with rice)
・Pasta dishes(it is easy to cook)
etc.
Other than, we sometimes eat sushi, and in winter we often eat nabe. The post about nabe is here. ↓
If you visit Japan, try to eat those foods(*^^*).
This website has many recipes of Japanese dishes↓
Japanese OL. (OL means “office lady”. Women who work in offices.)
I was born in a rural part of the Kanto area in the latter half of the 1980s. I live and work in Tokyo now. I live with my husband. I study English by writing this blog!
