The integration of elements that refer to the peculiarities of Japanese gastronomy and culinary practices is a fairly common phenomenon in novels, essays, guides, comic books, digital productions, and films. These inserts have a direct informative role on this country (or on its globalized outgrowths) but also a role of consolidation of an imaginary of the Japanese culture. This presence will be questioned here both from the point of view of an aesthetic and sensory production (the kitchen elevated to the rank of fine arts), and from the point of view of a hermeneutic construction.