Japanese cuisine as a national cuisine has evolved over the centuries from many political and social changes. Starting from the ancient era when much of the cuisine was influenced by Chinese culture. The cuisine eventually changed with the advent of the Medieval age which ushered in a shedding of elitism with the age of Shogun rule. Into the early modern area massive large changes would take place that would truly change when the modern era came and introduced western culture to Japan.The modern term "Japanese cuisine" (nihon ryōri, 日本料理 or washoku, 和食) means traditional-style Japanese food, similar to what already existed before the end of national seclusion in 1868. In a broader sense of the word, it could also include foods whose ingredients or cooking methods were subsequently introduced from abroad, but which have been developed by Japanese who made them their own. Japanese cuisine is known for its emphasis on seasonality of food (旬, shun), quality of ingredients and presentation.

About Peruvian food: thi cuisine is influenced by the many diverse cultures that settled here around the 1800, Spanish, French, Italian, African, Japanese and Chinese, so expect choices like arroz chaufa, Chinese-influence (with beef/chicken), lomo saltado, Spanish, tiradito, Japanece influence, and the most important of all Andean with the potato.

Thank goodness it isn't literal. Japanese culture has slowly saturated into Malaysia in aspects such as fashion and books to music preferences and food.

A lot of the cultural weirdness of Japan is pretty well known: food is weird (they have a fetish for raw eggs apparently), they are very reserved people (people would rarely talk during a subway ride), and men are very dominant and women subservient, etc.However, there were some things that caught me by surprise.

Japanese food culture shifting to western standards with problematic results for their health and the environment. It's made for some interesting responses from government and educators alike...

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