The Japanese culture relies on rice, beans, fruit, and vegetables as a main source food. For example, each person eats approx. 150 pounds of rice per year. Although the people of Japan heavily rely on farming only 15% of japans land can be used for farming. Along with rice, vegetables, and beans Japanese people rely on fish as a main source of protein. Over 400,000 people are fisherman. Recently, meat has become more popular in Japanese culture.