Traditional Japanese breakfast is a spread of many small dishes. Miso soup (shiru), steamed rice (gohan), and a protein like grilled salmon or a Japanese rolled omelet (tamagoyaki) are central ...

Miso-shiru, imperfectly translated as “miso soup,” shows up at nearly every Japanese meal, not as a starter but as a kind of beverage you sip alongside bites of food, right from the lip of the ...