List of Japanese cooking utensils

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.

Knives

Main article: Japanese kitchen knives

• Deba bōchō : kitchen carver for meat and fish
• Fugu hiki , Tako hiki , and yanagi ba : sashimi slicers
• Nakiri bōchō and usuba bōchō : vegetable knives for vegetables
• Oroshi hocho and hancho hocho : extremely long knives to fillet tuna
• Santoku : general purpose knife influenced by European styles
• Udon kiri and soba kiri : knife to make udon and soba
• Unagisaki hōchō : eel knife

Pots, pans, and bowls

• Abura kiri : drainer tray for oils
• Agemono nabe : deep frying pot
• Donabe : ceramic pot for use on an open flame
• Hangiri : rice barrel
• Makiyakinabe : rectangular pan for tamagoyaki
• Mushiki and seiro : steamers
• Otoshi buta : drop lid
• Suihanki/rice cooker : electric appliance for cooking rice
• suribachi and surikogi : grinding mortar and pestle
• Takoyaki pan : frying pan for takoyaki
• Tetsubin : cast iron kettle
• Tetsunabe: cast iron pot (common for sukiyaki)
• Usu and kine: large mortar and pestle for pounding rice

See also: Cooking pan

Other kitchen tools

A katsuobushi kezuriki, with its blade cover removed and drawer slightly open

Two urokotori of slightly different sizes

• Ami jakushi : scoop with a net bottom
• Iki jime : awl or spike, used on fish's brain
• Katsuobushi kezuriki : mandoline-like device traditionally used to shave katsuobushi
• Kushi : skewers
• Makisu : bamboo mat for sushi rolls
• Oroshigane : graters
• Oshizushihako : boxes for pressed sushi
• Saibashi : Japanese kitchen chopsticks
• Shamoji : rice paddle
• Tsukemonoki and tsukemonoishi : Japanese-style pickle press
• Urokotori : fish scaler
• Zaru : bamboo draining basket

Serving tools

• Jūbako : tiered boxes
• Shokado bento : bento box

See also

• List of Japanese ingredients
• List of Japanese dishes
• List of Japanese condiments
• List of food preparation utensils