4．Popular Japanese food

The most popular Japanese foods are sushi from a foreigner. The foreigner did not have a custom to eat a raw fish until now. But they began to eat under the influence of sushi boom. Because sushi is healthy. As for the foreigner, meat dishes with much fat are main. They have begun to think that sushi is healthier than meat. They know that a Japanese eating a fish is longevity. When the foreigner hold a party, they cook tirashi sushi. But there is the foreigner who does not like laver. Because the black food is rare abroad. In addition, the rolling by hand sushi is popular too. The rolling by hand sushi has pleasure to make by oneself and is one of the popular menus.

Next food popular is tempura. A foreigner loves tempura.　The tempura uses vegetables and the seafood. Therefore the tempura is healthy. There is not deep-fried food culture in the West. So tempura is popular. Tempura is popular with the foreigners who do not like a raw fish.

The third is okonomiyaki. Preparation of okonomiyaki is simple and can cook it in large quantities. I watch the foreigner who eats okonomiyaki in a shop even if in Japan. They do not understand how to make. But they have a salesclerk make it and they have eat it. The Japanese use a source and mayonnaise to an appropriate amount. But the foreigner use okonomiyaki a source and large quantities of the mayonnaise. I and customers and salesclerk was surprised not to mention. I felt difference of food culture of between Japanese and the foreigner.

I talk about the experience that visited in the foreign country. When I walked the town, there was billboard of some Japanese food. It was almost a billboard of the sushi. When I entered inside, sushi was fresh visually. Customers came to the shop every day. I understood that it was popular just to look. Besides, sushi was sold in Frankfurt Airport in Germany. Sushi is sold always in the foreign Japanese restaurant. The customer's always orders sushi. But it is not only sushi. Customer order the tempura. I ordered sashimi and tempura in a Japanese restaurant. The taste was very delicious without changing. The countries of origin may be different, but I think that the recipe does not change. I am glad when I look a foreigner eats Japanese foods. Because I think that connected to the people of the world.

How do you think? I love Japanese food! And you?