Let's re-discover Japanese food! It is not all about sushi and tempura - Japanese cuisine has a lot more varieties to offer than you would think possible. This point-and-speak phrase book can help you find a new menu that exceeds your expectation. It is a convenient communication tool for anyone visiting Japan. Both Japanese and English names are provided with their respective pronunciations. They are categorized by types of food with alphabetical index. It covers from traditional Japanese menu to yoshoku (Japanese western food), local cuisine, and seasonings in exhaustive detail. A brief illustration will help you comprehend the conversations in the book while photographs will help you get ideas of what kind of dishes they are. This is one fine reading, too, as there are interesting columns on Japanese cuisine.

Author Biography

Toshiya Enomoto was born in 1966 in Tokyo. As a "streetwise linguist," he has published several books as a freelance journalist and photographer.