A typical serving at a Japanese restaurant

A katsudon (カツ丼) is a popular Japanese food; it is a bowl of rice topped with a deep-fried pork cutlet, egg, and condiments. Variations include sauce katsudon (with Worcestershire sauce), demi katsudon (with demiglace sauce and often green peas, a specialty of Okayama), shio katsudon (with salt, another Okayama variety), shōyu-dare katsudon (with soy sauce, Niigata style), and miso katsudon (a favorite in Nagoya). Beef and chicken can substitute for the pork. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1224x1632, 156 KB) from ja File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1224x1632, 156 KB) from ja File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Tonkatsu (豚カツ, とんかつ, or トンカツ), invented in the 1930s, is one of the most popular dishes in Japan. ... 1900 advertisement Worcestershire sauce (IPA ) also known as Worcester sauce (IPA ) is a widely used fermented liquid condiment. ... Okayama (岡山市; -shi) is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan. ... Soy sauce (US) or soya sauce (UK) is a fermented sauce, made from soybeans (soya beans), roasted grain, water and sea salt (US will use salt unless otherwise stated). ... Niigata (新潟市; -shi) is the capital city of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. ... Miso (Japanese: 味噌) is a thick paste made by fermenting soybeans with kōji (麹, Aspergillus oryzae) and sea salt. ... Nagoya Castle. ...

The dish takes its name from the Japanese words tonkatsu (for pork cutlet) and donburi (for a bowl of rice). Donburi (丼, lit. ...

It has become a modern ritual tradition for Japanese students to eat katsudon the night before taking a major test or school entrance exam. This is because 'katsu' sounds like the word for victory or winning. A ritual is a formalised, predetermined set of symbolic actions generally performed in a particular environment at a regular, recurring interval. ... A tradition is a story or a custom that is memorized and passed down from generation to generation, originally without the need for a writing system. ...