Harvest from the sea was bountiful including seaweed, fish, clams, shrimp, octopus, and whale meat. Red meat was not part of the pre-modern Japanese diet, and did not become popular until the Meiji Era. Rice was a staple and considered a measure of wealth (samurai’s stipends were paid in rice).

Owariya or Honke Owariya is the oldest restaurant in Kyoto, Japan; it was founded in 1465. The specialty are traditional buckwheat noodles – called soba – and even the royal family eats here when they come to Kyoto….Owariya.

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• Sushi. Sushi is one of the best known Japanese foods around the world.
• Sashimi. Sashimi is another must-try food.
• Unagi – Grilled Eel.
• Tempura.
• Soba (Buckwheat Noodles) and Udon (Wheat Noodles)
• Onigiri – Rice Balls.
• Yakitori – Grilled Chicken Skewers.
• Sukiyaki.

The traditional Japanese diet is rich in the following foods:

• Fish and seafood. All types of fish and seafood can be included.
• Soy foods. The most common are edamame, tofu, miso, soy sauce, tamari, and natto.
• Fruit and vegetables.
• Seaweed.
• Tempura.
• Rice or noodles.
• Beverages.

The most well-known drink at the heart of Japanese drinking culture is nihonshu (日本酒, Japanese alcohol), a strong rice wine more commonly known as sake. Made by fermenting rice with water, yeast and a mold known as Koji, the resulting drink is around 15% strength/alcohol content.

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Hinduism is practiced mainly by the Indian migrants, although there are others. As of 2016, there are 30,048 Indians in Japan. Most of them are Hindus. Hindu gods are still revered by many Japanese particularly in Shingon Buddhism.

Beginning in 1587 with imperial regent Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s ban on Jesuit missionaries, Christianity was repressed as a threat to national unity. After the Tokugawa shogunate banned Christianity in 1620 it ceased to exist publicly. Only after the Meiji Restoration was Christianity re-established in Japan.

Brahma the Creator Brahma created the four types: gods, demons, ancestors, & men. In the beginning, Brahma sprang from the cosmic golden egg and he then created good & evil and light & dark from his own person. He also created the four types: gods, demons, ancestors, and men (the first being Manu).

Supreme God has uncountable divine powers. This is almighty God, whose three main forms are Brahma; the creator, Vishnu, the sustainer and Shiva, the destroyer. Hindus believe in many Gods who perform various functions; like executives in a large corporation. These should not be confused with the Supreme God.

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evidenced by the discovery of inscriptions containing the word Allah from as early as the fifth century BCE in northern and southern Arabia. 4 With this evidence, they claim that Allah should not be understood as only a proper name of the Islamic God and that its use by Christians is legitimate.

According to the Islamic statement of witness, or shahada, “There is no god but Allah”. Muslims believe he created the world in six days and sent prophets such as Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Jesus, and lastly Muhammad, who called people to worship only him, rejecting idolatry and polytheism.

Allah, Arabic Allāh (“God”), the one and only God in Islam.

Islam Facts Muslims are monotheistic and worship one, all-knowing God, who in Arabic is known as Allah. Followers of Islam aim to live a life of complete submission to Allah.