朝御飯 (Asa-gohan)

Breakfast

  • あさごはん
  • Asa-gohan
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Meaning

朝御飯 (あさごはん, Asa-gohan) is Breakfast — a Japanese food.

What is Breakfast?

Asa-gohan , literally "morning rice", refers to breakfast. This meal is also called chōshoku (朝食), asa-ge (朝餉), and asa-meshi (朝飯). The picture shows a traditional breakfast at the Tamahan Ryokan in Kyoto. The dishes include roast mackerel, dashimaki-tamago (Japanese omelette, here Kansai style), rice, a paper pot ( kami nabe ) of yudofu over a small brasier, with soy sauce and toppings ( negi and katsuobushi ), tsukemono (cucumber, pickling melon, turnip) and green tea. In the black cup is miso soup.