1. Miso Soup: A classic Japanese soup made from fermented soybean paste called miso.
2. Tonjiru: A hearty soup made with pork and vegetables, including daikon radish, carrots, and potatoes.
3. Oden: A comforting winter soup featuring various ingredients such as fish cakes, daikon radish, boiled eggs, and konnyaku (a jelly-like food made from konjac yam), simmered in a soy-based broth.
4. Chanko Nabe: A nourishing hot pot soup that originated in sumo wrestler stables.
5. Sukiyaki: A popular Japanese hot pot dish that combines thinly sliced beef with vegetables, tofu, and noodles in a sweet and savory soy-based broth.
6. Udon: A thick wheat noodle soup served in a soy-based broth. It can be garnished with tempura, green onions, and kamaboko (fish cake).
7. Soba: A lighter alternative to udon, soba is made from buckwheat noodles served in a hot or cold broth.
8. Chawanmushi: A delicate steamed egg custard soup that often contains ingredients such as shrimp, chicken, mushrooms, and ginkgo nuts.
9. Shabu-Shabu: While technically not a soup, this Japanese hot pot dish involves cooking thinly sliced meat, vegetables, and noodles in a flavorful broth.
10. Nikujaga: A flavorful stew made with thinly sliced beef, potatoes, carrots, and onions simmered in a sweet soy-based broth.