Katsuobushi
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Katsuobushi is simmered, smoked and fermented skipjack tuna. It is also known as bonito flakes or broadly as okaka.
Katsuobushi shavings from a package
A bag of katsuobushi flakes
Katsuobushi is in wood-like blocks.
Katsuobushi kezuriki used to prepare katsuobushi shavings
Furikake
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Furikake is a dry Japanese condiment sprinkled on top of cooked rice, or used as an ingredient in onigiri. It typically consists of a mixture of dried fish or freeze-dried eggs, sesame seeds, dried se
Katsuobushi
…stuffing for rice balls (onigiri). As a topping for rice. Popular for bentō, often covered with strips of laver. Dried okaka is used as an ingredient of furikake rice topping (called "okaka furikake"). As a seasoning for cold tofu (hiyayakko, 冷奴) along with grated ginger and Welsh onion (a type of spring onion…
Furikake sprinkled on rice
Noritama furikake
On rice
Gohan no Tomo is considered to be an early version of furikake.