Mpunga ndizofunika kwambiri pa zakudya za ku Japan. Mkate wa mpunga (mochi) umagwiritsidwanso ntchito. Anthu a ku Japan amaitananso chakudya chilichonse "gohan" chomwe nthawi zambiri chimakhala ndi mpunga wochuluka. Mwachitsanzo, kadzutsa amatchedwa "asa-gohan". Mbale wa mpunga wophika umaphatikizidwa mu zakudya zomwe zimachitika ku Japan . Zakudya zamkati zimatchedwa okazu ndipo zimatumizidwa ndi mpunga ndi supu.
Zakudya zam'mawa za ku Japan zimakhala ndi mpunga wochuluka , miso (soya nyemba) msuzi, ndi mbale zotsalira, monga nsomba yoweta, tamagoyaki (omelet yophimbidwa), pickles, nori (nyanja zouma zouma), natto, ndi zina zotero.
Miphika yambiri ya mpunga ndi Zakudya Zakudya Zakudya Zakudya Zakudya Zakudya Zakudya Zamadzulo Mwachitsanzo, mbale zamphongo za ramen, soba, udon, gyudon zimatchuka. Anthu ambiri amatenga bokosi lamasitolo a masana ku sukulu kapena kuntchito. Chakudya chamadzulo nthawi zambiri chimadya chakudya cha tsikulo. Zakudya zamakono za ku Japan zimakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi zakudya zina za ku Asia ndi zakumadzulo.
Anthu a ku Japan amasiyanitsa mbale za chikhalidwe cha Chijapani ngati "wa-shoku" (njira ya Chijapani ndi shoku imasonyeza chakudya) mosiyana ndi chakudya chakumadzulo, chomwe chimatchedwa "yo-shoku". Zakudya za ku China zimatchedwa "Chuuka", ndi mbale za chuuka zophikidwa ku Japan zimakonzedwa mu chikhalidwe cha ku Japan. Zili zofanana ndi mbale zowona zaku China, koma zimasiyana.
Kuwonjezera pa mpunga, nsomba zimadya kwambiri ku Japan chifukwa dzikoli lizunguliridwa ndi nyanja. Nsomba za m'nyanja, nsomba, mafupa, mikate yopanda nsomba zimakonda kwambiri pophika ku Japan. Msuzi wa Dashi womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga mbale umapangidwa ndi katsuobushi (bonito flakes) kapena / ndi kombu (kelp).
Chofunika kwambiri ndi nyengo ya soya msuzi, mirin, miso, ndi zina zotero.
Japan ndi dziko laling'ono, koma dera lirilonse kapena ngakhale mzinda uli ndi mwapadera. Kwenikweni, pali dera la Kanto (kummawa kwa chilumba chachikulu) chakudya ndi dera la Kansai (kumadzulo kwa chilumba chachikulu) chakudya. Kawirikawiri, chakudya cha Kanto chili ndi zokopa zamphamvu, ndipo Kansai chakudya chimakhala chosavuta.
Zakudya zambiri zimaphika mosiyana pakati pa dera la Kansai ndi dera la Kanto.
Kuti adye chakudya cha ku Japan, zidutswazo zimagwiritsidwa ntchito. Komanso anthu a ku Japan amagwiritsa ntchito mafoloko, mipeni, kapena mikate, malingana ndi mtundu wa anthu omwe amadya chakudya. Kuyika tebulo lachikhalidwe chaku Japan ndikoyika mbale ya mpunga kumanzere kwanu ndikuyika mbale ya miso msuzi kumanja kwanu patebulo. Zakudya zina zimayikidwa kuseri kwa mbale izi. Zidutswa zimayikidwa pa wodula chovala patsogolo pa mpunga ndi mbale za msuzi.