In Japanese cuisine, soup stock is extracted by simmering konbu (a kind of kelp), katsuobushi (a dried bonito), ajibushi (dried scad), niboshi (also called iriko) (small dried sardines), dried flying fish and other varieties of dried fish.
日本料理では主にコンブ・鰹節・鯵節・煮干し（いりこ）・トビウオ・焼き干しなどを煮て作る。