Hataraku Gohan

Meals of a working life in Japan. The big meal is breakfast.

A breakfast diary from Japan

My biggest meal is breakfast, cooked before work.

I work full-time in Japan and cook a large breakfast every morning. I have for more than ten years.

See my morningsWeekends

oden and stir-fried dishes on a trayMorning · Oden and Stir-fried Dishes(1 of 5)Japanese breakfast tray with oden, candied sweet potato, miso soup, sesame-dressed vegetables and yogurt.Morning · Oden, Candied Sweet Potato & Sesame Vegetables(2 of 5)Breakfast tray with simmered beef and potatoes, chilled tofu, miso soup, salad, persimmons and yogurt.Weekend · Simmered Beef and Potatoes with Miso Soup(3 of 5)Hotel breakfast tray with rice, coffee, scrambled eggs, simmered beef and daikon radish, tofu, salad, pickles, grilled fish and sweet potatoEating out · Hotel Breakfast in Toyama Prefecture(4 of 5)Breakfast tray with beef, tofu, vegetables and rice, prepared in a sukiyaki style.Morning · Sukiyaki-Style Breakfast(5 of 5)

More from my kitchen

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Japanese breakfast tray with cheese omelet, miso soup, onigiri, chilled tofu, wakame seaweed and yogurt.

Morning

Cheese Omelet, Miso Soup & Mackerel Onigiri

Grilled zucchini, eggplant and tomato with seaweed and mayonnaise sauce.

Morning

Grilled Zucchini, Eggplant and Tomato

Breakfast with chicken tsukune, orange slices and green vegetables.

Morning

Chicken Tsukune Breakfast

Miso soup served at Meizan-so guesthouse in Tokushima Prefecture.

Eating out

Miso Soup at Meizan-so

Omelet and semi-dried tomatoes on a white plate.

Morning

Omelet with Semi-Dried Tomatoes

Breakfast set with tonkatsu in egg sauce, salad, wakame seaweed and yogurt.

Eating out

Tonkatsu Egg Topping & Breakfast

Find a breakfast

Dinner for breakfastJapanese traysFish morningsEggs

From my table

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A working life, and my mornings.

I cook breakfast before work. What is left becomes lunch.

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