For those who do not like hot and spicy flavors, these broiled mussels have a creamy white sauce with Parmesan cheese for a light crisp crust.

A type of wafuu pasta or Japanese-style pasta, Pasuta Napolitan is a yummy noodle dish made with hot dogs, bacon and curiously, ketchup!

This iconic Japanese nabemono is a one-pot, cold weather meal, and diners share from the same dish.

A seasonal sweet traditionally eaten on the Equinoxes, bota mochi is steamed glutinous rice wrapped in sweet red bean paste.

Made from fermented soybeans, miso paste comes in many variations, each with distinctive characteristics. Not only a basic ingredient for Japanese miso soup, miso paste also adds unique flavor to dipping sauces, salads, and meat and seafood rubs.

Despite popular belief, not all Japanese eat a healthy, fish-based diet and have no weight problems. A popular manga comic artist draws her weight loss journey in this raw, humorous book.

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These taste like shrimp tempura in a little ball. Easier and faster to cook than tempura, they make welcome appetizers or light dinner.

Even if you don't make your ramen (chukamen) noodles from scratch, do try to make your own ramen broth. The difference between instant ramen soup packets and homemade is similar to that of instant bouillon cubes and rich, homemade stock.

Cooking meat in shoyu can result in a salty, tough dish. But this chicken is briefly poached in a very light soy sauce marinade and is moist and flavorful.