Be a Rice Addict

We have a staple diet of rice in Japan. Most of Japanese people eat steamed rice every day. Washoku, Japanese dietary cultures of Japan, was recently registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage List as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. We consider rice as the center of Washoku, and we have invented over 100 types of rice. Of these varieties, Koshihikari is the most popular. People say that you can eat it without other dishes. If you haven't eaten Japanese rice, Koshihikari may make you scared out of your wit. 


This book shows you some kinds of toppings that make Koshihikari more delicious easily. You can find these toppings at any convenience store and supermarket in Japan, so it's easy to buy them even if you have only a few days in this country. It might be difficult to cook rice by yourself during your trip in Japan, but don't worry. You can get instant rice at a convenience store or supermarket, so you can have it with the toppings in this book even at your hotel. 


Japanese people are familiar with all toppings in this book, but some of them might look weird for you. So we have sorted them by the level of peculiarity; elementary, intermediate and advanced. The elementary course has ones that you may not be reluctant to eat even if you haven't eaten Japanese food at all. The intermediate course introduces you a bit unique ones, and the advanced course provides ones with peculiar appearance, texture or taste. If you love ones in the advanced course, you have a Japanese tongue!