Magnet geography / Japan

Magnet geography / Japan, a photo by trudeau on Flickr.

Bluefin Tuna $$$
- spicy raw tuna (key to killing bacteria is quick freezing)
Nori
- seaweed dried and cooked for the international market; used in suchi.
Wasabi
- Japanese horeradish; powerful spice.
Gari
- pickled ginger, thinly spiced; to cleanse palate and is germicidal.
Koi, or carp
- aquaculture; protein from a fish that Americans would not find tasty.
Bento
- boxed lunch.
Zen Buddhism
- emphasis on meditation and riddles.
Shinto
- traditional religion.

- "hai, "yes." Iie, "no."