1. Characteristics of Japanese food culture China’s cultural feeling towards Japan is like a similar feeling between men and men or women towards women. Japan and China have been communicating with each other for thousands of years. It is precisely because they are separated by a strip of water that they face each other across the sea. Boats and ships come and go, exchanging what is needed. In the Eastern world, no other country has such a profound cultural connection as China and Japan. Most Chinese people who have never been to Japan are ignorant and regard Chinese culture as a "mother culture" and Japanese culture as a "child culture". Chinese culture is the chicken, and Japanese culture is the egg. Why should the Chinese take another look at the Japanese? As for culture, what else do teachers need to learn from their students? This is really a huge misunderstanding and a huge misunderstanding. During its lactation period, Japanese culture indeed sucked large gulps of milk from the early-maturing, strong, and plump body of Chinese culture. But as early as the "Heian Period" 1,000 years ago, Japan digested the huge Chinese culture in its strong stomach, forming a unique Japanese culture permeated with the Yamato national spirit. One of the important components of Japanese culture is "food culture". The biggest feature of Japanese cuisine is fresh seafood. Surrounded by the sea and composed of more than 4,000 islands, the Japanese archipelago has a mild climate, four distinct seasons, and is blessed with fresh seafood, so it has developed its own ocean cuisine. Presence determines consciousness, and the direction of cuisine is no exception. In other words, the cuisine is determined by local terroir. At the same time, because Japan is an island country, lacks resources, and has no bordering territorial countries, this natural environment makes it highly aware of crises, and it is always afraid that it will be difficult to survive any natural or man-made disasters and cause the Japanese nation to become extinct. For this reason, some of the culture passed down from China was translated into Japanese interpretations among the Japanese. For example, the idiom "carelessness kills people" means "killing the enemy with oil" in Japanese. They understand that without oil (that is, after the oil is cut off), a powerful enemy is approaching and there will be unexpected encounters. For this reason, the Japanese think that they cannot use oil to cook every meal like China does, but should cherish oil and save oil in order to live a safe life. For this reason, Japan uses as little or no oil as possible to cook dishes, and over time it has developed into a mainstream Japanese cuisine that is light and fresh. As everyone knows, Japan is greatly influenced by Confucianism, especially the deeply rooted idea of ??"harmony is the most precious". Prince Shotoku, whom the Japanese admire, attaches great importance to "harmony". The first sentence in the 17-article constitution he presided over is "harmony is the most precious thing." In view of this, the Japanese consider it unkind to slaughter large livestock for consumption. In addition, Japan has few plains and it is difficult to raise livestock. Japanese people rarely eat beef and mutton. After World War II, people gradually began to eat pigs and beef because they learned about the nutritional value of beef. Mutton is rarely seen in the market and can only be purchased in a few places such as Hokkaido. The custom of eating deer, donkey, dog, and rabbit meat is even rarer than in China. This creates the characteristic of Japanese dishes that are less processed and eaten fresh. Chinese food pays attention to "color, aroma and taste", while Japanese food pays attention to "color, shape and taste". By changing the word "shape", the characteristics of Japanese food culture emerge. Although Japanese cuisine does not pay much attention to the taste, it pays great attention to the "shape", so Japanese cuisine is said to be eaten with the eyes. This is also consistent with the situation in Japan. Japan has a narrow land area but a large population. It has been a custom since ancient times to protect and not destroy the natural landscape. The Japanese always inherit the beauty left by their ancestors to the letter. The entire dining environment is filled with beauty that is subtle but still cannot be ignored. The Japanese who value history have inherited the eating habits of the ancients without missing a beat. For this reason, the cooked dishes are also used as a bouquet of flowers in the natural scenery to embellish people's lives.