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Harumi's Japanese Cooking by Harumi Kurihara

Authentic Japanese Food Cookbook by Daniel Humphreys

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The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li

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Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler

Japan in Juvenile Fiction

139 books — 20 voters

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai

Sushi Covers

9 books — 3 voters

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“ With six thousand miles separating me from sleep, I stumbled down into the subway at dawn and emerged on the outskirts of the Tsukiji market just as the sun broke across Tokyo Bay. Inside the market, I saw the entire ocean on display: swollen-bellied salmon, dark disks of abalone, vast armies of exotic crustaceans, conger eels so shiny and new they looked to be napping in their Styrofoam boxes. I stumbled onward to a tuna auction, where a man in a trader's cap worked his way through a hundred si ...more ”
― Matt Goulding, Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture

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“ The sushi rice was topped with thin strips of omelet, grilled conger eel, steamed prawns, boiled shiitake mushrooms, ginkgo nuts, and large green soybeans. There was also a scattering of something reddish pink--- probably dried and shredded fish. Taking care not to touch the bowl again, Shuji used his chopsticks to scoop up some of the mushi-zushi and slip it into his mouth. It was so hot that he found himself wondering how it was even possible for food to retain such a high temperature. He open ...more ”
― Jesse Kirkwood, The Menu of Happiness

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