As Japanese people come across lots of opportunities to eat tempura from a standing-up-eating shops to high-class Japanese-style restaurants, it is a very familiar dish in Japan, and is recognized as a typical Japanese dish as well as sushi and sukiyaki abroad.
日本人にとっては、立ち食いから高級料亭までと食べる機会の多い、非常に馴染み深い料理であり、また海外においては寿司、すきやきと並び、代表的な日本料理とされる。