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* ''shio rāmen'' (塩ラーメン) - salty pork (or chicken) broth, popular in Hakodate, Hokkaido
* ''shōyu rāmen'' (醤油ラーメン) - soy and pork broth, popular in Tokyo
* ''miso rāmen'' (味噌ラーメン) - ''miso'' (soybean paste) and pork broth, originally from Sapporo, Hokkaido
* ''tonkotsu rāmen'' (豚骨ラーメン) - thick pork broth, a
Another popular dish is '''''yakisoba''''' (焼きそば, "fried ''soba''"), which is similar to Chinese ''chow mein'', containing noodles stir-fried with vegetables and pork, garnished with ''aonori'' seaweed powder and pickled ginger. Despite the name "''soba''", it actually uses wheat noodles similar to ramen. A variation called ''yakisoba-pan'' (焼きそばパン, "''yakisoba'' bread") stuffs yakisoba into a hot dog bun.
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====Fugu====
[[File:Fugu_dish_served.jpg|thumb|Fugu]]
'''''Fugu''''' (ふぐ) or puffer fish is highly poisonous and considered a delicacy in Japan. It requires a tremendous amount of skill in its preparation, involving the removal of the internal organs in which the poison is found. Despite the potential danger, it's highly unlikely you'll be poisoned to death as licensed chefs are assessed very stringently every year to ensure their preparation skills are up to the mark, and the Japanese government requires new chefs to undergo years of apprenticeship under experienced chefs before they are licensed to prepare the dish. Fatalities are very rare, and almost all are from fishermen who tried to prepare fugu they caught by themselves. Fugu is typically served only in speciality restaurants known as ''fugu-ya'' (ふぐ屋), though some top end sushi restaurants may also include it when in season. Incidentally, the Japanese emperor is banned from eating this dish for obvious reasons.
===Kaiseki===
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*Monjayaki (もんじゃ焼き) - Worcestershire sauce-flavored dough, mix in whatever toppings you desire and baked. It's similar to okonomiyaki, but the dough doesn't harden completely, so you scoop out a little bit with a spatula and eat it. At most restaurants you cook it yourself (staff can probably help, as it requires knowing the proper technique), and it's traditionally eaten directly off the griddle, one small spatula-full at a time.
*Chankonabe (ちゃんこ鍋) - a protein-rich stew of chicken and beef with various vegetables in fish or chicken broth. Commonly as a sumo wrestler's diet.
*Sushi (寿司 or 鮨) - especially the
*Shoyu ramen (醬油ラーメン) - The variant of this dish from Tokyo uses a pork and soy sauce based broth.
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*Osaka Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き) - Osaka is home to the predominant style of ''okonomiyaki''. Literally "cook it how you like it", it's a Japanese pancake-pizza, based on a wheat-cabbage batter with meat, seafood, and vegetable fillings of your choice, slathered with sauce, mayonnaise, bonito flakes, dried seaweed and pickled ginger. At many places you cook it yourself at your table.
*Takoyaki (たこ焼き) - a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour-based batter and cooked in a special moulded pan, filled with octopus and served with takoyaki sauce, originally from [[Osaka]]. A variety from [[Akashi]] (明石焼き, akashi-yaki) has the snack made from egg batter and dipped in fish broth before consuming. Okonomiyaki, Takoyaki and Yakisoba are often collectively called ''konamon'' (粉もん, "flour-things").
*Funa Zushi (鮒寿司) - Crucian carp meat pickled in salt, and then fermented with steamed rice, for months, leaving a cheesy taste. It is said to be the predecessor of sushi.
*Kobe Beef (神戸牛) - One of Japan's most famous foods, [[Kobe]] has many restaurants that serve its signature beef, ranging from steak in its purest form to croquettes with bits of the meat inside
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Good department stores also have an upper floor dedicated to limited term events, including some for food, such as "Products of Hokkaido", "All-Japan ''ekiben'' (railway lunchbox) Festival" or "Sweets World Expo". Check it on posters when you visit there for depachika.
====Time
In the evenings, supermarkets and department stores slash prices on unsold food, so look for yellow stickers like ''hangaku'' (半額, "half price") or ''san-wari biki'' (3割引, "30% off") to get a bargain. 割 means "1/10" and 引 means "off". Be careful, some stickers show discount in amount, like "50'''円'''引" (\50 off). Even in daytime, packaged food nearing its shelf-life limit may have discount stickers.
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