The following items are common Japanese

cooking Cooking, also known as cookery or professionally as the culinary arts, is the art, science and craft of using heat to make food more palatable, digestible, nutritious, or Food safety, safe. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely, from ...

tools used in preparing

Japanese cuisine Japanese cuisine encompasses the regional and traditional foods of Japan, which have developed through centuries of political, economic, and social changes. The traditional cuisine of Japan (Japanese language, Japanese: ) is based on rice with m ...

. For a list of general cooking tools see the

list of food preparation utensils A kitchen utensil is a hand-held, typically small tool that is designed for food-related functions. Food preparation utensils are a specific type of kitchen utensil, designed for use in the preparation of food. Some utensils are both food prepar ...

Knives

*'' Deba bōchō'': kitchen carver for meat and fish *'' Fugu hiki'', ''

Tako hiki Tako may refer to: * Tako, Chiba, a town in Japan * Tako (band), a Yugoslav progressive rock band * Ibrahim Tako, Nigerian frontier politician * Ido Tako, Israeli actor * Tako hiki, a Japanese knife used to prepare sashimi * Takoyaki, a type of du ...

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sashimi is a Japanese cuisine, Japanese delicacy consisting of fresh raw fish or Raw meat, meat sliced into thin pieces and often eaten with soy sauce. Origin The word ''sashimi'' means 'pierced body', i.e., "wikt:刺身, 刺身" = ''sashimi'', whe ...

'' slicers *'' Nakiri bōchō'' and '' usuba bōchō'': vegetable knives for vegetables *'' Oroshi hocho'' and '' hancho hocho'': extremely long knives to fillet

tuna A tuna (: tunas or tuna) is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe Thunnini, a subgrouping of the Scombridae ( mackerel) family. The Thunnini comprise 15 species across five genera, the sizes of which vary greatly, ranging from the bul ...

*'' Santoku'': general purpose knife influenced by European styles *'' Udon kiri'' and '' soba kiri'': knife to make

udon Udon ( or ) is a thick noodle made from wheat flour, used in Japanese cuisine. There are a variety of ways it is prepared and served. Its simplest form is in a soup as with a mild broth called made from dashi, soy sauce, and mirin. It is usual ...

and

soba Soba ( or , "buckwheat") are Japanese noodles made primarily from buckwheat flour, with a small amount of wheat flour mixed in. It has an ashen brown color, and a slightly grainy texture. The noodles are served either chilled with a dipping sau ...

*'' Unagisaki hōchō'': eel

knife A knife (: knives; from Old Norse 'knife, dirk') is a tool or weapon with a cutting edge or blade, usually attached to a handle or hilt. One of the earliest tools used by humanity, knives appeared at least Stone Age, 2.5 million years ago, as e ...

Pots, pans, and bowls

*'' Abura kiri'': drainer tray for oils *'' Agemono nabe'': deep frying pot *'' Donabe'': ceramic pot for use on an open flame *'' Hangiri'': rice barrel *'' Makiyakinabe'': rectangular pan for '' tamagoyaki'' *'' Mushiki'' and '' seiro'': steamers *'' Otoshi buta'': drop lid *'' Suihanki/rice cooker'': electric appliance for cooking rice *'' ''suribachi'' and ''surikogi'''': grinding mortar and pestle *'' Takoyaki pan'': frying pan for

takoyaki Takoyaki ( or ) is a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour-based batter (cooking), batter and cooked in a special molded pan. It is typically filled with minced or diced octopus as food, octopus (''tako''), tempura scraps (''tenkasu' ...

*'' Tetsubin'':

cast iron Cast iron is a class of iron–carbon alloys with a carbon content of more than 2% and silicon content around 1–3%. Its usefulness derives from its relatively low melting temperature. The alloying elements determine the form in which its car ...

kettle *''Tetsunabe'': cast iron pot (common for sukiyaki) *'' Usu'' and ''kine'': large

mortar and pestle A mortar and pestle is a set of two simple tools used to prepare ingredients or substances by compression (physics), crushing and shear force, grinding them into a fine Paste (rheology), paste or powder in the kitchen, laboratory, and pharmacy. ...

for pounding

rice Rice is a cereal grain and in its Domestication, domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa. Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice)—or, much l ...

Other kitchen tools

*'' Ami jakushi'': scoop with a net bottom *'' Iki jime'': awl or spike, used on fish's brain *'' Katsuobushi kezuriki'': mandoline-like device traditionally used to shave '' katsuobushi'' *'' Kushi'': skewers *'' Makisu'':

bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in th ...

mat for

sushi is a traditional Japanese dish made with , typically seasoned with sugar and salt, and combined with a variety of , such as seafood, vegetables, or meat: raw seafood is the most common, although some may be cooked. While sushi comes in n ...

rolls *'' Oroshigane'': graters *'' Oshizushihako'': boxes for pressed sushi *'' Saibashi'': Japanese kitchen chopsticks *'' Shamoji'': rice paddle *'' Tsukemonoki'' and '' tsukemonoishi'': Japanese-style pickle press *'' Urokotori'':

fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...

scaler *''

Zaru A is generally a flat or shallow basket made from bamboo used in the preparation and presentation of Cuisine of Japan, Japanese cuisine. It also has variations made of plastic or metal similar to a strainer, sieve or colander. ''Zaru'' are air ...

'': bamboo draining basket

Serving tools

*'' Jūbako'': tiered boxes *'' Shokado bento'': bento box

Knives

Pots, pans, and bowls

Other kitchen tools

Serving tools

See also