{"id":2968,"date":"2020-03-24T13:55:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T04:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhbloglive.wpengine.com\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2020-03-25T13:30:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T04:30:28","slug":"your-new-diet-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/japanese-apartment-life\/your-new-diet-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Your New Diet in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everywhere you go\nyou will find that each place you visit will always its own special things.\nFrom building styles, to kinds of animals, each new area can lead to many new\ndiscoveries for travelers. One thing that is definitely unique about any place\nyou may go will be the food. Each town, state, country, and nation has its own\nspecial dishes or common foods that separate it from the others. Japan is no\ndifferent with its own kinds of seafood, vegetables, and sweets. Coming from\nanother country will have visitors curious about the new delicacies that can\nawait them. Getting a good idea of the kinds of food that are available will\nhelp with everyday life, and for those who are visiting for a short period of\ntime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Under\nthe sea<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since Japan is an\nisland nation it is easy to guess that a large portion of its natural food will\ncome from the surrounding seas. Since they pull so heavy from the waters, there\nhave been a large number of seafood dishes that have been created or borrowed,\nby the people of Japan. Expect to have lots of sea bream, swordfish, buri, and\ntuna when looking at fish dishes. When pulling from the rivers in the country\nyou will be treated to smaller types of fish such as smelt, eel, and salmon.\nAlong with typical fish dishes, there are also a lot of cephalopods that are\neaten. Octopus and squid are used frequently in Japanese cooking. They have\ndishes that also use shellfish and sea urchins in their traditional and new\nstyles of cooking. There is even the widely contested dolphin dishes that has\nbrought a lot of negative attention to those areas of Japan. Being in the\nsituation they were in they have adapted to their environment and have made the\nmost of the surrounding waters of the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meats<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Being that there\nisn\u2019t as much room to spare for animal farming, the type of animals that they\nuse for meat stay on the smaller side. Pork and chicken will be the two most\ncommon types of meat you can find anywhere in Japan. If you visit the more\nrural areas of Japan that have more forests you will be able to find deer meat\nas well. There is beef there but it comes very specific places, and because of\nthe selective amount available, it can be expensive. The most famous of them is\nKobe beef. It will run up the bill if you try to order it at restaurants, but\nit is top-line meat and will make any meat lover happy. If you are looking for\nsomething else you will need to find specialty shops that will carry the meats\nyou want. Be prepared to pay the special price for your special items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vegetables\nand Fruits<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Japan sports an\nimpressive selection of vegetables that you can find anywhere. You will even\ncome across some on the side of the road. It will be in a small shack that will\nhave a pay box with all of the vegetables sitting outside. You simply pay for\nthe veggies you take with you. There are farmers markets in every town as well\nwith the locals selling their fresh grown products for anyone to buy. Fruits,\non the other hand, can be found in grocery stores, and very rarely anywhere\noutside of there. Even though there are many Japan grown fruits, the prices for\nthem are generally higher than normal. Some fruits that are definitely more\nexpensive are apples, pineapples, and strawberries. Though the Japanese version\nof these fruits are very sweet and delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eating\nout<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes you\nfeel like trying some of the local cuisine, and you will want to find some of\nthe best local places near you. Depending on where you are you can find the\nsame dishes, but with the local twists. This is true in Tokyo, in which you may\ngo to Machida to eat ramen, and end up finding a completely different taste for\nthe same thing in Shinjuku. Typical dishes you will find will be dons, curries,\ntonkatsu, and soups. If you have specific dietary needs you will need to tell\nthe staff and check the menus carefully. Most of the food you will encounter\nwill have some kind of broth involved, end it will be a meat-based broth for\nthe most part. There are vegetable broths, but if it doesn\u2019t clearly state on\nthe menu that it is veggie-based, then it may be best to avoid it altogether.\nThe country is one of balance when it comes to its meals, so expect to have a\nmeat, a vegetable, a soup, rice, and some fruit. They are usually well\nportioned out and enough for a typical adult to eat and be full off of. That\nbeing said, there is still plenty of guilty pleasure food to be had. This\nespecially true at the many convenience stores, which all sport their own\nbentos and fried food sections. They all do an assortment of fried items that\nyou can for cheap, and you can easily fill up on them. You have to be careful\nnot to fall to the ease of access and low price or it will catch up to you\nquickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\nWeight Loss Myth<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most people think\nthat if you go to Japan it will be easy, or a given, to lose weight. The idea\nis that Japan is the healthiest country in the world when it comes to the\ngeneral weight and health of its residents. This is a skewed view, as the\npeople tend to keep their weights at their small sizes due to lifestyle and\nactively choosing the better options when it comes to food. It helps that the\ngeneral portion size for most things is smaller than the western versions. Many\nJapanese dishes are actually quite oily and contain a lot of calories. It\u2019s the\nportion size of the overall meals that help them stay so healthy. The lifestyle\nof usually walking most places, and being active in some way every day helps to\nkeep the weight from piling up too. Don\u2019t think you can eat everything you see\nin Japan and not pay for it in some way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Generally\nspeaking, you may find that the foods available in the country can benefit you\nwhen looking to diet properly. There are a lot of western foods available in\nJapan now, and it is being welcomed by many to the native residents, so it is\nbecoming more popular to frequent those establishments. Just make sure to mind\nwhat you are eating regularly, and try to balance each meal correctly. Sticking\nto pre-made bentos, and ordering sets at restaurants can be an easy way to keep\na healthy lifestyle, and still taste everything Japan has to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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