Ilayisi yisisekelo sokudla kwaseJapane. Amaqebelengwane aselayisi (mochi) nawo avame ukusetshenziswa. Abantu baseJapane babiza ngisho nokudla okufanayo "gohan" okuvame ukukhombisa ilayisi elithuthukile. Isibonelo, ibhulakufesi ibizwa ngokuthi "asa-gohan". Isitsha selayisi esithambile sifakiwe ekudleni okuvamile kweJapane . Izitsha zangasese zibizwa nge-okazu futhi zikhonzwa ngelayisi nesobho.
Isidlo sasekuseni saseJapane se-Traditonal sinomsila omisiwe, isobho (soy bean paste), nezitsha zangasese, njengezinhlanzi ezigobile, i-tamagoyaki (i-omelet eqoshiwe), ama-pickle, ama-nori (ama-seaweed aqoshiwe), ama-natto, njalonjalo.
Izitsha zelayisi ezihlukahlukene kanye nezitsha zamaswidi zivame ukudla kwasemini. Ngokwesibonelo, izitsha ze-ramen, soba, udon, ze-gyudon zenkomo zithandwa kakhulu. Abantu abaningi bathatha amabhokisi amabhasi ama-bento esikoleni noma emsebenzini. Isidlo sivame ukudla okuyinhloko kosuku. Izitsha zaseJapane zanamuhla zithonywa kakhulu ezinye izinto zokudlela zase-Asia naseNtshonalanga.
Abantu baseJapane bahlukanisa izitsha zendabuko zaseJapane ngokuthi "wa-shoku" (okusho ukuthi isitayela saseJapan ne-shoku sibonisa ukudla) ngokuphambene nokudla kwaseWestern, okubizwa ngokuthi "yo-shoku". Izitsha zaseShayina zibizwa ngokuthi "chuuka", futhi izitsha ze-chuuka eziphekwe eJapane zihlelwa ngesitayela saseJapane. Kufana nezitsha zangempela zaseChina, kodwa kunemibono yalo.
Ngaphandle kwelayisi, izilwane zasolwandle zidla kakhulu eJapane kusukela leli zwe lizungezwe olwandle. Izinhlanzi zasolwandle, izinhlanzi, ama-clams, amaqebelengwane enhlanzi ziyisithako esidumile ekuphekeni kwaseJapane. Isobho le-Dashi esetshenziselwa izitsha zendabuko lenziwe nge-katsuobushi (ama-bonito flakes omisiwe) noma / ne-kombu (kelp).
Izinkinobho ezibalulekile ziyi-soy sauce, mirin, miso, njalonjalo.
I-Japan lizwe elincane, kodwa isifunda ngasinye noma ngisho nedolobha sinamakhono akhe. Ngokuyinhloko, kunesifunda saseKhanto (indawo esempumalanga yesiqhingi esikhulu) ukudla kanye nesifunda saseKansai (indawo esentshonalanga yesiqhingi esikhulu) ukudla. Ngokuvamile, ukudla kwe-Kanto kunama-flavour anamandla, futhi i-Kansai ukudla ayitholakali kahle.
Izitsha eziningi ziphekwe ngokungafani phakathi kwesifunda saseKhansai nesifunda saseKhanto.
Ukuze udle ukudla okuyisitayela seJapane, izikhogwe zivame ukusetshenziswa. Futhi, abantu baseJapane basebenzisa amafoloko, imivese, noma izinkezo, kuye ngokuthi yiziphi izinhlobo zabantu abadlayo abadlayo. Ukuhlelwa kwetafula yendabuko yaseJapane ukubeka isitsha selayisi ngakwesobunxele sakho nokubeka isitsha sesobho se-miso ngakwesokudla sakho etafuleni. Ezinye izitsha zibekwe ngemuva kwalezi zitsha. Izinhlayiya zifakwe kumnikazi we-chopstick phambi kwelayisi nezitsha zesobho.