List of Japanese cooking utensils
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The following items are common Japanese cooking tools used in preparing Japanese cuisine. For a list of general cooking tools see the list of food preparation utensils.
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[edit] Knives
- Deba bocho: Kitchen carver
- Nakiri bocho and usuba bocho: Japanese vegetable knives
- Oroshi hocho and hancho hocho: Extremely long knives to fillet tuna
- Tako hiki, yanagi ba, and fugu hiki: Sashimi slicers
- Unagisaki hocho: Japanese eel knife
- Udon kiri and soba kiri: Knife to make udon and soba
[edit] Pots, pans, and bowls
- Abura kiri: Drainer tray for oil
- Agemono nabe: Deep frying pot
- Donabe: Ceramic pot for use on an open flame
- Hangiri: Rice barrel
- Makiyakinabe: Rectangular pan for omelets
- Mushiki and seiro: Steamers
- Otoshi buta: Drop lid
- Rice cooker: Electric appliance for cooking rice
- Suribachi and surikogi: Grinding mortar and pestle
- Takoyaki pan: Frying pan for takoyaki
- Usu and Kine: Large mortar and pestle for pounding rice
- See also: Cooking pan
[edit] Other kitchen tools
- Ami shakushi: Scoop with a net bottom
- Kushi: Skewers
- Makisu: Bamboo mat for sushi rolls
- Oroshigane: Graters
- Oshizushihako: Box for pressed sushi
- Saibashi: Japanese kitchen chopsticks
- Shamoji: Rice paddle
- Tsukemonoki and tsukemonoishi: Japanese-style pickle press
- Urokotori: Fish scaler
- Zaru: Bamboo draining basket
[edit] Serving tools
- Shokado bento: Bento box
