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Home » Pantry

Build Your Japanese Pantry

Explore well-stocked essential Japanese pantry ingredients.

From staples like soy sauce, miso, and short-grain rice to unique condiments like mirin and sake, and umami-rich dried ingredients like seaweed and bonito flakes, discover the key pantry essentials for authentic Japanese cooking and how to use them to create delicious dishes.

Find out where to buy these ingredients with our crowd-sourced list of Japanese grocery stores worldwide and trusted online shops.

6 Essential Japanese Condiments

5 different types of dashi in a jar and their ingredients.

How to Make Dashi (The Ultimate Guide)

Sake | Easy Japanese Recipes at Just One Cookbook.com

Sake

Takara Mirin | Easy Japanese Recipes at Just One Cookbook.com

Mirin (Japanese Sweet Rice Wine)

Soy Sauce | Easy Japanese Recipes at Just One Cookbook.com

Japanese Soy Sauce

Hikari Miso | Easy Japanese Recipes at Just One Cookbook.com

Miso

Mizkan Natural Rice Vinegar | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Rice Vinegar

Dashi (Japanese Soup Stock) — Choose Your Method ↓

Awase Dashi in a measuring cup, and kombu and katsuobushi on a bamboo basket.

How to Make Dashi (Video) だしの作り方

4.65 from 196 votes
Glass pitchers containing vegan dashi (shiitake kombu dashi).

Vegan Dashi (Shiitake Kombu Dashi) 精進だし

4.72 from 14 votes
Dashi made from Dashi Packet.

Dashi Packet + Recipe (Video)

Dashi made from Dashi Powder.

Dashi Powder + Recipe (Video)

Iriko Dashi - Japanese Soup Stock in the bottle.

Iriko Dashi (Anchovy Stock) いりこだし・煮干しだし

4.82 from 22 votes
Katsuo Dashi (Bonito Stock) in a jar.

Katsuo Dashi (Bonito Stock) かつおだし

4.72 from 32 votes
Kombu Dashi (Vegan Japanese Dashi Stock) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Kombu Dashi (Vegan)(Video) 昆布だし

4.40 from 220 votes
Dried shiitake mushrooms and shiitake dashi.

Shiitake Dashi (Video) 干し椎茸の戻し汁

4.64 from 33 votes

Condiments + Seasonings

Japanese Curry Roux | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Japanese Curry Sauce Mix (Roux)

Mentsuyu / Tsuyu (Japanese Noodle Soup Base) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Mentsuyu (Soup Base for Noodles)

Doubanjiang Spicy Bean Paste

Doubanjiang (Spicy Chili Bean Paste)

Tonkatsu Sauce

Tonkatsu Sauce

Kewpie Japanese Mayonnaise | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Japanese Mayonnaise (Kewpie Mayo)

Umajimura Yuzu no mura Ponzu I Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Ponzu (Japanese Citrus Dipping Sauce)

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Dried + Preserved Foods

Dried Shiitake Mushrooms | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Dried Shiitake Mushrooms

Katsuobushi (Dried Bonito Flakes) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Katsuobushi (Dried Bonito Flakes)

Anchovy (Iriko / Niboshi) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbok.comAnchovy (Iriko / Niboshi) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbok.com

Iriko (Niboshi) – Dried Anchovies

Japanese Honey Panko Bread Crumbs | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Panko (Japanese Bread Crumbs)

Kizami Beni Shoga (Pickled Ginger) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Red Pickled Ginger (Beni Shoga)

A glass jar and a bamboo strainer containing umeboshi (Japanese pickled plums).

Umeboshi (Japanese Pickled Plums)

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Meat + Fish + Tofu

Sliced Beef and Pork for Shabu Shabu

Thinly Sliced Meats

Aburaage | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Aburaage (Japanese Fried Tofu Pouch)

Imitation Crab Sticks (Kanikama) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Imitation Crab Sticks

Inari Age | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Inari Age (Seasoned Fried Tofu Pouch)

Oden (Japanese Fish Cake)

Oden (Nerimono): Japanese Fish Cakes

Tofu | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Tofu

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Noodles + Wrappers

Fresh Ramen Noodles

Ramen Noodles

Udon Noodles (Frozen and Dry) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Udon Noodles

Yakisoba Noodles Maruchan

Yakisoba Noodles

Soba (Buckwheat Noodles) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Soba Noodles (Buckwheat Noodles)

Somen Noodles

Somen Noodles

Myojo Gyoza Wrappers

Gyoza Wrappers

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Produce

Shiso Leaves | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Shiso (Green and Red Perilla)

Negi (Long Green Onion) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Negi (Japanese Long Green Onion)

Daikon (Japanese radish) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Daikon (Japanese Radish)

Burdock Roots (Gobo) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Gobo (Burdock Root)

Kabocha | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Kabocha (Kabocha Squash)

Green Ume Plums

Japanese Ume Plums

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Rice + Grains + Flours

Japanese Short-Grain Rice (White and Brown) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Japanese Short Grain Rice

Sweet Rice (Mochi Gome)

Japanese Sweet Rice (Glutinous Rice)

Shiratamako (Japanese Glutinous Rice Flour)

Shiratamako (Sweet Rice Flour)

Mochiko Sweet Rice Flour

Mochiko (Japanese Sweet Rice Flour)

Joshinko (Japanese Rice Flour)

Joshinko

Kirimochi

Kiri Mochi (Rice Cakes)

View More Rice + Grains + Flours

Seaweed

Japanese Kombu Types

Kombu

Yaki Nori Seaweed I Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Nori (Seaweed)

Cut Wakame Seaweed

Wakame Seaweed

Aonori

Aonori (Dried Green Seaweed)

Hijiki Seaweed

Dried Hijiki

Kizami Nori (Shredded Nori Seaweed)

Shredded Nori (Kizami Nori)

View More Seaweed

Seeds + Nuts + Beans

White and Black Sesame Seeds | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Sesame Seed

Natto

Natto (Japanese Fermented Soybeans)

Azuki Beans | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Azuki Beans

Koshian (fine red bean paste) and Tsubuan (chunky red bean paste).

Anko (Red Bean Paste)

Kuromame (Black Soybeans)

Black Soybeans

Ginkgo Nuts

Ginkgo Nuts

View More Seeds + Nuts + Beans

Japanese Sweets

Matcha (Green Tea Powder; Powered Green Tea)

Matcha (Green Tea Powder)

Salt Pickled Cherry Blossoms

Salt-Pickled Cherry Blossoms

Salt Pickled Cherry Blossom Leaves

Pickled Sakura Leaves

Kashiwa Oak Leaf

Kashiwa (Oak) Leaves

Kuri Kanroni (Chestnuts in Heavy Syrup) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Kuri Kanroni (Chestnuts in Heavy Syrup)

Kanten Agar

Kanten (Jelly)

View More Japanese Sweets

Latest in Pantry

Dashi made from Dashi Packet.

Dashi Packet + Recipe (Video)

4.67 from 24 votes
Yuzu Kosho | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Yuzu Kosho

Japanese Sauce

Sosu: Delicious Brown Sauces in Japanese Cooking

Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt

Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt

Various types of neural cooking oil displayed on the countertop.

Best Neutral Oil for Cooking

Japanese Toasted Sesame Oil

Sesame Oil

Japanese Kombu Types

Kombu

Doubanjiang Spicy Bean Paste

Doubanjiang (Spicy Chili Bean Paste)

Akazu (Japanese Red Vinegar)

Akazu Red Vinegar

Delicate Yuba Tofu Skin

Yuba (Tofu Skin)

Shiso Leaves | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Shiso (Green and Red Perilla)

Takara Mirin | Easy Japanese Recipes at Just One Cookbook.com

Mirin (Japanese Sweet Rice Wine)

Sudachi

Sudachi

Yamaki Kappo Shiro Dashi

Shiro Dashi

Shishito Peppers

Shishito Peppers

Satsumaimo Japanese sweet potato

Japanese Sweet Potato (Satsumaimo)

Daikon (Japanese radish) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Daikon (Japanese Radish)

Frozen Edamame Packages

Edamame (Soybeans)

Kiriboshi Daikon dried shredded daikon radish

Kiriboshi Daikon (Dried Daikon Strips)

Awamori

Awamori

Napa Cabbage (Hakusai)

Napa Cabbage (Hakusai)

Cake Flour

Cake Flour

Gluten Free All-Purpose Baking Flour

Gluten-Free Flour

Mochi Mugi もち麦

Mochi Mugi

Sake Lees (Sake Kasu) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Sake Lees (Sake Kasu)

Yakisoba Sauce

Yakisoba Sauce

Okonomi Sauce

Okonomi Sauce

Menma (Seasoned Bamboo Shoots)

Menma (Seasoned Bamboo Shoots)

Kabocha | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Kabocha (Kabocha Squash)

Mozuku Seaweed

Mozuku

Young Ginger

Young Ginger

Ume Plum Vinegar

Ume Plum Vinegar

Tobiko (Frying Fish Roe) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Tobiko (Flying Fish Roe)

Ikura (Salmon Roe) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Ikura (Salmon Roe)

Uni (Sea Urchin)

Uni (Sea Urchin)

Japanese Cucumbers | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Japanese Cucumber

Japanese Pancake Mix

Japanese Hotcake (Pancake) Mix

Shochu

Shochu

Green Ume Plums

Japanese Ume Plums

Rock Sugar (Koori Zato) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Rock Sugar (Rock Candy)

Bean Sprouts (Moyashi) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Bean Sprouts

Tokyo Turnip Kabu

Japanese Turnips (Kabu)

Oden (Japanese Fish Cake)

Oden (Nerimono): Japanese Fish Cakes

Fukujinzuke

Fukujinzuke (Japanese Curry Condiment)

Takuan (Pickled Radish)

Takuan (Pickled Daikon Radish)

Lemongrass

Lemongrass

Palm Sugar

Palm Sugar

Tan-Men

Tan-Men Noodles

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