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Japanese Food and TravelJapanese food ?The staple of the Japanese diet is rice, rice and tofu soup being common breakfast foods. There are also many people who eat bread for breakfast.Japanese food mostly consists of fish instead of meat, and also soybeans, so it is considered good for the health. Foods that are most well received by foreigners are tempura, sukiyaki, sushi, sashimi, buckwheat noodles(soba), and tofu.TempuraThis dish mostly consists of deep-fried eggplant, squash, sweet potato, and other vegetables, along with shrimp and fish. One theory is that the word tempura came from the Spanish tempera, meaning temperature. Tempura is eaten with a special soy sauce-based dip.SukiyakiSukiyaki is one of the representative foods of Japan. The naming comes from the spade sometimes used to cook on. Sukiyaki refers directly to broiling beef on the spade, along with tofu, leeks, and vegetables. The seasoning includes soy sauce, sweet sake, and sugar.SushiSushi is another food that represents Japanese, piping hot rice is mixed with vinegar, sugar, and salt. A rectangle cake of rice is formed, and then a slice of raw fish or other topping is placed on top . It is said that sushi got its start as a snack eaten at intermissions of kabuki（歌舞伎） performances.SashimiSashimi is the sliced strips of fresh fish, making Japanese one of the few peoples in the world to eat raw fish. The most common types of fish used are sea beam, tuna, and bonito. The fish used in sashimi does not have the smell usually associated with fish because it is always fresh. Sashimi is eaten with soy sauce, enhanced by grated radish, ginger or green Japanese horseradish.Buckwheat noodles(soba)Buckwheat noodles or soba is also a typical Japanese dish. There are some people that eat soba at least once a day. Many office workers make it a habit to have soba for lunch. Soba noodles are a mixture of buckwheat, flour and eggs. It looks similar to spaghetti in shape. It is first boiled, and then dipped in a so