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Where can I go to enjoy Japanese cuisine?
In a way this picture captures the essence of Japanese cooking. The fundamental importance of rice to Japan and Japanese culture is illustrated by the fact that rice (KOME) was once used as currency and that GOHAN may mean either cooked rice or a meal. When someone says "GOHAN DESU YO", it means that it is time to eat. The literal translation is "it is boiled rice." Breakfast is ASAGOHAN, or literally meaning morning (boiled) rice.
The Greater Fort Wayne area has much to offer when it comes to Japanese food. Whether you are craving sushi or desire to prepare your own authentic dish, this page will provide you with many options.

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Restaraunts

Takaoka of Japan
305 E Superior St
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
260.424.3183

Mon's Asian Grocery
3508 N Clinton St
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
260.482.4067

Oriental Grocery & Mart
504 Noble Dr
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
260.471.0245

Tokyo Seoul
6193 W Jefferson Blvd
Fort Wayne, IN 46804
260.459.1488

Tokyo Buffet International
4230 N Clinton St
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
260.484.3366

Sakura Japanese Restaurant
and Sushi Bar
5828 W Jefferson Blvd
Fort Wayne, IN 46804
260.459.2022

Asakusa
6224 Lima Road
Fort Wayne, IN 46818
219.490.6888

Hoa Hung Oriental Grocery
1940 S Calhoun St
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
260.745.3748

Asian Market
2615 S Calhoun St
Fort Wayne, IN46807
260.745.4773

JRS Asian Grocery
Coliseum Corners
1009 E Coliseum Blvd
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
260.373.1858

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Yokohama Restaurant
918 Woodland Plaza Run
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
260.497.7130

Groceries

Cooking Japanese
Recipe of the Month

食べようよ

Let's eat!

Dorothy Kittaka

TORORO

1 root of yamaimo (Mountain Potato), about 8 inches long

1 package of dashi-no-moto powder

1 cup of boiling water

1 – 2 tablespoons soy sauce (or to taste)

Shaved bonito (fish flakes come in small packets)

1-2 chopped green onions, sliced very thin


My father Kizo Kometani planted Yamaimo when we moved to Marengo, IL in 1945 after WWII from the internment camps. This plant grew very well in the soft Illinois soil, about 24 inches in length and 2 inches in diameter. We made exciting trips to Chicago with the whole family to sell this rare vegetable. Those trips to the big city remain a wonderful memory for all of us.

The Japanese grocery stores paid $5.00/pound, which was like gold to us at that time. You can get it today in Asian stores and the cost is about $5.00 to $7.00 pound.
My mother, Sakaye, and I would make tororo by peeling and grating this slippery potato. After you whip this mixture, it becomes frothy, viscous and slimy. Add a cup of dashi, made of a packet of dashi-no-moto powder and cup of hot water and beat into the grated yamaimo. Pour in soy sauce to taste. Or you can mix about 2 tablespoons of dissolved miso into the mixture. Sprinkle with finely chopped green onion and/or shaved bonito. Eat with steamed white rice.

This dish is to die for, especially if you eat it with spicy Hawaiian takuwan. In Japan, I had tororo mixed with dashi, with cold soba noodles. Of course, this is an acquired taste.

Saigon Oriental Market
3610 S Calhoun St
Fort Wayne, IN 46807
260.456.9966