I make lots of videos about food

よく動画で食べ物を紹介するけど

But I thought it would be best to compile them all into one single video

一個でまとめた方がいいかなーと思って

So if you guys are coming here for a trip you can kinda look through this

日本に来てる観光客などがこの動画を見て

and get some ideas of stuff to try

食べたいものを見つければいいなーと思ってます

I'm not gonna mention the super obvious, like sushi

寿司とか、当たり前の日本食は入ってないです

So keep that in mind. It's not that I'm saying it's bad...

好きじゃないわけじゃないからね

It's just, you guys all know about sushi

ただみんな寿司知ってるから意味ないと思って

So yeah, lets get started!

レッツスタート！

The first thing that came to find when I was thinking of foods that people aren't familiar with in Japan

あんまり知られてない日本食を考えたら

I thought of katsudon!

最初に思いついたのはカツ丼でした！

Katsudon is one of my favourite dishes

カツ丼大〜好きです！

Even thought I don't like meat, I really like katsudon

肉はちょっと苦手だけど、なぜかカツ丼は好きです

It is a breaded pork cutlet, on top of a bed of rice

ご飯の上にかつと

And they have a really yummy egg that they pour over it with onions

たまごと玉ねぎが乗ってて

It is soooo delicious

すごく美味しいです

So I really recommend that you try katsudon!

ぜひぜひ食べてみてください！

You can get it at any Japanese style restaurant

和食売ってるレストランで食べられます

You can get it at super fast-food type of restaurants as well

かつやなどのチェーンレストランでも売ってます

I will list a couple places where you can get each dish down below in the description box

説明欄にレストランも書きますので

So check that out

見て下さい

But katsudon, yes #1 for sure!

一番はカツ丼です！

#2 would be zarusoba

２番はざるそば

I bet you guys know soba noodles, they are a buckwheat noodle

そばはみんな知ってるかな？

They're very popular outside of Japan as well

海外でもすごく人気ですよね

But zarusoba is a certain way to eat it here where the noodles are cold

ざるそばは冷たいそばを

and you dip them into a dipping sauce called mentsuyu

めんつゆに入れて、食べます

It's a really great dish for the summer because they're cold

冷たいので、夏に食べるといいです

But I love them so much so I even eat them in the winter

でも大好きなので、冬でも食べますw

Again, you can get these at any typical Japanese restaurant

こっちも和食レストランで食べられます

#3 would be udon!

３番はうどんです！

Udon are another type of noodle which are thick and made from wheat flour

うどんは小麦粉から出来てる太い麺です

I really like eating udon here because

色んなうどんのレストランで

lots of restaurants you can order your bowl of udon

うどんを頼んでから

and then you can pick and choose the toppings that you wanna put inside of it

好きなトッピングを選べることが出来ます

My favourite is to put some kind of tempura on top

私はいつも天ぷらと

and an egg, and I just think it's so yummy!

たまごと食べてます

Udon are really cheap and really filling

うどんは安くて、お腹いっぱいになるので

So it's a great meal if you're on a budget

お金をあんまり使いたくなかったらうどんはいいと思います

Ok next would be okonomiyaki

次はお好み焼きです！

Okonomiyaki is a Japanese pancake

お好み焼きは日本スタイルのパンケーキです

When you think pancake, you think sweet but okonomiyaki are a savoury pancake

普通のパンケーキは甘いけど、お好み焼きは塩っぱいです！

You can basically put whatever ingredients you want inside of it

好きなものを入れられます

Inside of my okonomiyaki I like to put lots of vegetables

私はいつも野菜をいっぱい入れます

You can also put meats inside

肉も入れてもオッケーです！

Honestly whatever you like

本当に何でも大丈夫です

so that's why it's so much fun

なのですごく楽しいです

Many okonomiyaki restaurants in Japan you can grill your own

いろんなお好み焼きレストランで自分で焼けます

So they'll bring you the bowl with the batter

材料が入ってるボウルをくれるので

and all the ingredients and then you stir that up

それを混ぜて

and pour it on the grill in front of you and fry it yourself

テーブルにある鉄板で焼きます

It's lots of fun

楽しいですよ！

I will list a couple okonomiyaki restaurants that I recommend down below

下に好きなお好み焼きレストランをリストアップしますね

Another favourite of mine is fish egg pasta

もう一つ大好きな料理は明太子パスタです！

Oh my god, I love it!

とっても大〜好きです！

It probably sounds creepy to lots of you because it did to me at first too

ちょっとえ〜って思っちゃうかもしれないけど（私も最初そうでした）

I had the instant kind first actually

最初に食べたのは自分で作る

I'll put a picture here so you can see what it looks like

このソースでした

You can buy some in the grocery store

スーパーで売ってますので

and bring some back with you so you can eat it in your home country as well

お土産にもいいかもしれないです

But it's so good, it's not super fishy

とても美味しいですよ〜魚の味はあんまり強くない

It's got kind of a spicy flavour

ちょっと辛いです

There's two types actually

二つの種類あります

Mentaiko and Tarako

明太子とたらこ

Tarako and Mentaiko are both made from the same type of fish eggs

同じ魚の卵巣です

The are cod or pollock eggs

タラの卵巣です

The only difference is the flavourings

味付けだけが違います

With the tarako it's basically just salted, it doesn't have any spice to it

たらこは塩だけで作られてるけど

The mentaiko has a bit of a kick to it, it's got some chili pepper in it

明太子は唐辛子が入っててちょっと辛いです

They're not only used in pasta but also in other dishes such as pizza

パスタだけじゃなくて、ピザなどいろんな料理に使われてます

Sandwiches, sushi...

サンドイッチ、寿司、

It's a popular ingredient for onigiri as well

おにぎりも

I prefer mentaiko usually

私は明太子の方が好きだけど

But a very cheap family restaurant called Saizeriya

サイゼリヤにある

has a tarako pasta that I really really really like

たらこパスタが凄く好きですw

So if you go there, please try the tarako pasta!

サイゼリヤに行ったら食べてみてね！！

So good omg

美味しいよー！！

Next up is curry rice

次はカレーライス

When you think of Japan you probably don't think curry

日本と行ったらカレーのイメージはあんまり強くないと思うけど

But curry is actually one of the most popular meals that people eat here

実はカレーは人気な料理なんです

It's really easy to make yourself, or you can go out and get it at a restaurant

簡単に自分でも作れちゃうし、レストランでも食べられます

There's a very popular chain called CoCo Curry

ココイチカレーと言う、人気なチェーンレストランがあります

And again, you can choose whatever toppings you want on your curry

うどんみたいに、好きなトッピングを選べます

There'll be the base curry, you can choose to put katsu (breaded meat) on it

かつとか

Or vegetables like spinach, or scrambled egg

野菜、スクランブルエッグ、

Or eggplant

なす

My favourite is eggplant with scrambled egg, it's so good! I recommend you try it!

私がいつも頼んでるのはなすとスクランブルエッグです！おすすめですよ♥︎

Be very careful at CoCo Curry! They have different spiciness levels

辛さも選べます！でも気をつけて！

You can choose

自分で選べるんですけど

I always choose the sweetest one (amakuchi)

私はいつも甘口にします

It goes up to level 10 I think

レベル１０まであると思います

Basically you can choose whatever level you want

好きな辛さを頼のめるんですけど

But after like 3, it starts to get pretty intense

レベル３を超えるとかなり辛いんですよ

Which is weird for Japan, so it's kind of surprising

日本は辛い料理あんまりないけど

So forget all that you know about Japanese food not being spicy when you go there

ココイチはヤバいので

And stick with like a lower number to start with, just in case

最初はレベル１か２ぐらいにしてください

Because it's really really really spicy

本当に辛いので

My friends I know that love spicy food, like SUPER spicy food

辛い食べ物好きな友達でも

will only get like a 4, past that is a little much for them

４ぐらいしか食べられないです

Be careful!

気をつけて！

Another rice dish is omurice

次はオムライス

Omurice is short for omelette rice

オムライスはオムレツライスのことです

It's a flavoured rice, covered in an omelette

オムレツの中には味が付いてるライスが入ってて

It's usually served with ketchup or a tomato sauce

上にケチャップやトマトソースがあります

There are so many omurice restaurants in Japan, and they're all so delicious!

オムライスのレストランいろいろあります！

It's also really easy to make yourself!

自分でも簡単に作れます！

I will be making some recipe videos soon

いつかレシピ動画を出します

I wanna show you guys some of the Japanese foods that you can make at home

海外でも作れる日本食を紹介したいです

really simply, so you guys can try this out even if you don't have a chance to come to Japan

日本に来られない人のために

But omurice is so good

でもオムライスは最高ですよー

And there's so many different variations of it too

いろんな種類あります

I went to an omurice restaurant in Shibuya recently

最近渋谷にあるオムライスレストランに行ったんですけど

I will put that one down below

下に名前書きますね

But there were probably 20-30 different kinds of omurice there

２０〜３０種類のオムライスがあって

They were so good! I got the basic one with tomato sauce

すべて美味しそうでした！私は普通のトマトソースにしました

And it was delicious!! So good.

とても美味しかったです

Next is oden!

次はおでんです！

Now, oden is a winter dish

冬の食べ物です

So if you come here in the summer or spring you might not see it around

春と夏には見ないですね

I saw it come out in about the middle of September this year

今年は９月の中旬ぐらいから

So I figure if you come here anytime after that, you will see it in the convenience stores

コンビニで見ましたので、そのぐらいの時期だと売ってるはず

It's basically vegetables, and fish and eggs and various ingredients stewed in a hot fish broth

つゆの中に野菜、ちくわ、たまごなどさまざまな物を入れて煮込んだ料理です

It is so yummy! And you can tell the people which ones you want

好きなものを選べます

So I pick out my favourites which are daikon, shirataki noodle, and hard boiled egg

私はいつも大根、しらたき、たまごを食べます

Daikon is the best, just make sure you try the daikon

大根が一番美味しいんですよ

It absorbs all the broth and like melts in your mouth, it's so good!

一番おつゆの味がしみるし、口に入れると溶けますし、とても美味しいです！

Really cheap too! Each piece will be about 50-100 yen

安いんですよ！一個で５０〜１００円ぐらいです

So you can choose however many you want

好きな量を選べます

You can eat them just like that, or they will give you some spicy mustard to eat with them

そのまま食べてもいいし、からしと食べてもいいです

Either way, it's really really good

どっちでも美味しいです

So if you guys are here in the winter, definitely check that out at the conbini

冬に日本に居れば、ぜひ食べてみてください！

It will be up by the cash register, up at the front there

レジの近くにあります

So you'll order it from the cashier and they will serve it for you

店員に頼めば取ってくれます

It looks kinda gross, I'm not gonna lie

見た目はそんな美味しくなさそうかもしれないけど

But try it because it's really good!

食べて！美味しいから♥︎

I hope that gave you guys some ideas of things that you didn't really know about

この動画役に立ったのかな？

Leave some comments down below and tell people what your favourite Japanese foods are

好きな日本食をコメントで教えてください！

There are so many more that I could have mentioned, but I just picked some of my favourites

まだまだ色々あるから

So leave some comments down below so other people get some more recommendations

他の視聴者のために好きな物コメントで教えてね♥︎

I will be making another video focusing on sweets

スイーツの動画も作る予定です

Because I decided that that deserved a whole video all to itself

色々あるので別の動画にしないとね！

So look out for that!

楽しみにしてください♥︎

And I will see you guys soon, bye!

じゃあ、またね！バイバイ！