Q 01/05

Traditional Japanese cuisine, based on rice, miso soup and seasonal side dishes, is known by what name?

A) Yōshoku

B) Kaiseki

C) Washoku

D) Omakase

Answer · why

C) Washoku

It was added to UNESCO's Intangible Heritage list in 2013.

Q 02/05

The phrase ichijū-sansai, describing a typical Japanese meal, means what?

A) One rice, three fish

B) One soup, three sides

C) One bowl, three sauces

D) One meal, three courses

Answer · why

B) One soup, three sides

The set is served with steamed rice and pickles, and also describes the first course of a kaiseki dinner.

Q 03/05

What is the one defining ingredient of sushi?

A) Raw fish or seafood

B) Toasted seaweed

C) Vinegared rice

D) Grated wasabi

Answer · why

C) Vinegared rice

Raw seafood is the most common topping, but plenty of sushi contains cooked seafood, vegetables or omelette and none at all.

Q 04/05

Nigiri sushi, seafood on hand-pressed rice, is credited to Hanaya Yohei around which year?

A) 1824

B) 1848

C) 1868

D) 1905

Answer · why

A) 1824

It was the fast food of Edo's townspeople; the city is now Tokyo.

Q 05/05

Yoshiaki Shiraishi got the idea for kaiten-zushi, sushi that circulates past diners, from watching what?

A) Luggage at an airport

B) Beer bottles on a brewery conveyor

C) A car assembly line

D) A sushi chef's tray

Answer · why

B) Beer bottles on a brewery conveyor

He opened the first Mawaru Genroku Sushi in Higashiosaka in 1958 and expanded to 250 restaurants.