Do Japanese people like spicy food?

As for why… well, simply put, traditional Japanese foods are not spicy, and even their many re-interpretations of Western foods are quite tame. As such ... Most traditional Japanese food aren't spicy at all, so most Japanese aren't really exposed to terribly spicy food, except for things like curry rice, which can be very spicy. read more

Other plants like Japanese pepper (sansho) and ginger (shouga) have been growing on the Japanese soil, too. They were (these wasabi, sansho, ginger) used for a medicine. Don’t ask me what for. Japanese like a herb style spicy scent but not many people really like a hot spice. read more

Japanese traditional cooking does not contain too much spicy food. Wasabi, rarely chili peppers, Sansho would be available in traditional cooking. But during the imperial days, Japan got a taste for continental Asian flavors and we also had a “Geki-kara” (super hot food) boom back couple decades ago when people really got hooked on spicy food. read more

Sashimi consists of thin slices of raw fish or other seafood served with spicy Japanese horseradish (wasabi) and shoyu while sushi consists of the same, served on vinegared rice, but also includes cooked seafood, vegetables and egg. read more