My wife and I go to Korean restaurants a lot. One day I wondered what the most popular Korean food is in Japan. I thought it would be Kimchi because it’s available basically everywhere in Japan. You can buy Kimchi at the most of Japanese supermarkets. Personally Samgye-tang is one of my most favorite foods among Korean foods although there are still many people who don’t know Samgye-tang in Japan. It does not look as prevalent as Kimchi. Probably Samgye-tang is not the most popular in Japan.

I made the figure below about Korean food ranking in Japan based on the survey done by Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). With respect to how the survey was conducted such as the investigation period and so on, please see this link for the survey.

Here is the Korean food ranking. The pictures of each Korean food are attached below.

No1. Korean BBQ

No2. Kimchi

No3. Bibimbap (Korean Style Rice)

No4. Buchimgae (Korean Pancake)

No5. Naengmyeon (Cold Noodle)

No6. Jjigae (A Korean Stew)

No7. Yukhoe (A Korean Raw Meat Dish)

No8. Namul (Korean seasoned vegetable dish)

No9. Gukbap (Korean Rice Soup)

No10. Bulgogi

No11. Samgye-tang (Ginseng Chicken Soup)

No12. Makgeolli (Korean Rice Wine)

No13. Han-jeongsik (Korean-sytle full-course meal)





