Do You Know Japanese Cuisine?

Japanese cuisine was registered by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage . Though I don't know a lot about it, it is a good news.
What do you thnk of when you hear the word Japanese dishes? Tenpura? Sukiyaki? Sushi? They are of course Japanese, but they are not all. Our dishes are basically boiled or grilled vegetables and fishes. We have so many different kind of them. Professional cooks decorate their dishes beautifully according with the seasons.
I'm a member of a women's group in this area, and I really surprised how they are good at cooking. Most of them grow vegetables in the garden themselves and cook everyday meals for their families. They make 'miso' together. They make many kinds of pickles. Their cooking doesn't need long time, much money, but is good for health. When they have a gathering they bring one dish from their kitchen and enjoy them. They often exchange recipes. Some days ago they said laughing, "Our cooking is the true Japanese cuisine,isn't it?"
But Japanese cuisine has a big problem. The rate of our self sustenance of food is only less than 40 percent now. It is said the number will be less than 20 when Japan joins the TPP,Trans pacific Treaty. Is Japanese cuisine made from foreign products a true Japanese?

Just now I got a news that the people who oppose the new U.S.base in Okinawa won the election of the Nago mayor. What a great news! I realy respect the people of Okinawa.