List of Japanese soups and stews


In Japanese cuisine, the phrase refers to the makeup of a typical meal served, but has roots in classic,, and cuisine. The term is also used to describe the first course served in standard cuisine nowadays.

Japanese soups and stews

Soup/''Shirumono''

Butajiru – also known as tonjiru, soup made with pork and vegetables, flavoured with miso

Noodle soup

Champonnoodle dish that is a regional cuisine of NagasakiHōtōregional dish made by stewing flat udon noodles and vegetables in miso soup

Stew/''nimono''

Hot pot/''Nabemono''

Chankonabe – stew commonly eaten by sumo wrestlers as part of a weight-gain dietDojō nabeloach, tokusanhin of Asakusa in TokyoFugu chiripufferfishHarihari-nabeminke whale meat and mizunaImonibeef and potatoesKiritanpoMotsunabeOdenShabu-shabu