Can you say 日本のたべもの instead of わしょく?


In the sentence 'わしょく は おいしい です' (Japanese food is delicious), can you instead
say '日本 の たべもの は おいしい です' and it will translate the same?




It depends on what you mean.

Normally, 和食{わしょく} means Japanese traditional dishes, such as
[nikujaga](https://www.kurashiru.com/recipes/352c9948-d5b7-4248-b48d-ea531cbeec56),
[sukiyaki](https://www.kurashiru.com/recipes/5a5a70f2-1100-48f7-94e3-bf3ac7668baf)
etc. A typical washoku set menu may look like
[this](https://www.kurashiru.com/recipe_cards/d3f59afd-3837-4beb-8ed2-5969468607ca)
for example.

日本の[食べ物]{たべもの} would technically mean everything you can eat in Japan, and at
least include dishes that are originally from other countries. For examples,
[ramen](https://www.kurashiru.com/recipes/a62e961f-8e3e-4277-ac70-dc1f6ae1deb4)
and
[curry](https://www.kurashiru.com/recipes/4afa40f9-5ca9-4a86-9125-f6dbe8326cb5)
are originally Chinese/Indian, but they are fairly localized and typical ones
are definitely called 日本の食べ物 but not 和食. (Ramen is called 中華{ちゅうか}=Chinese,
but Japanese ramen are not usually found in China. Similarly for Japanese
curry in India, as far as I know.)




It depends on what you mean.

Normally, 和食{わしょく} means Japanese traditional dishes, such as
[nikujaga](https://www.kurashiru.com/recipes/352c9948-d5b7-4248-b48d-ea531cbeec56),
[sukiyaki](https://www.kurashiru.com/recipes/5a5a70f2-1100-48f7-94e3-bf3ac7668baf)
etc. A typical washoku set menu may look like
[this](https://www.kurashiru.com/recipe_cards/d3f59afd-3837-4beb-8ed2-5969468607ca)
for example.

日本の[食べ物]{たべもの} would technically mean everything you can eat in Japan, and at
least include dishes that are originally from other countries. For examples,
[ramen](https://www.kurashiru.com/recipes/a62e961f-8e3e-4277-ac70-dc1f6ae1deb4)
and
[curry](https://www.kurashiru.com/recipes/4afa40f9-5ca9-4a86-9125-f6dbe8326cb5)
are originally Chinese/Indian, but they are fairly localized and typical ones
are definitely called 日本の食べ物 but not 和食. (Ramen is called 中華{ちゅうか}=Chinese,
but Japanese ramen are not usually found in China. Similarly for Japanese
curry in India, as far as I know.)

