Japanese cuisine

culinary traditions of Japan
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Japanese cuisine

Summary

Japanese cuisine is a national cuisine[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of national_cuisine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,605 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Japanese cuisine is in the country of Japan[3].
  • Japanese cuisine's instance of is recorded as national cuisine[4].
  • Japanese cuisine is a type of East Asian cuisine[5].
  • Japanese cuisine's Commons category is recorded as Cuisine of Japan[6].
  • Japanese cuisine's country of origin is recorded as Japan[7].
  • Japanese cuisine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Japanese cuisine[8].
  • Japanese cuisine's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00869[9].
  • Japanese cuisine's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00869[10].
  • Japanese cuisine's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00869[11].
  • Japanese cuisine's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as cuisine=japanese[12].
  • Japanese cuisine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Japanese cuisine[13].
  • Japanese cuisine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Japanese food and drink[14].
  • Japanese cuisine's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '日本料理'}[15].
  • Japanese cuisine's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '和食'}[16].
  • Japanese cuisine's history of topic is recorded as history of Japanese cuisine[17].
  • Japanese cuisine's has list is recorded as list of Japanese dishes[18].
  • Japanese cuisine's culture is recorded as culture of Japan[19].
  • Japanese cuisine's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[20].
  • Japanese cuisine's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[21].

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Definition and Type

Japanese cuisine's instance of is recorded as national cuisine[4]. It is a type of East Asian cuisine[5].

Why It Matters

Japanese cuisine ranks in the top 2% of national_cuisine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,605 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

It has been cited as an influence by Japanese Chinese cuisine[24], a cuisine by ethnic group[25], in Japan[26]; sushi burrito[27], a dish[28], founded in 2008[29]; and sushi pizza[30], a dish[31].

FAQs

Who did Japanese cuisine influence?

Japanese cuisine has been cited as an influence by Japanese Chinese cuisine[24], sushi burrito[27], and sushi pizza[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of East Asian cuisine
    Country of origin Japan
    History of topic history of Japanese cuisine
    Instance of national cuisine
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