UNESCO Honors Japanese Cuisine as Intangible Cultural Heritage · Global Voices
Keiko Tanaka

The United Nations cultural agency UNESCO has officially recognized Japan's traditional cuisine “washoku” as “Intangible Cultural Heritage” among its 14 new listings.
Image of Japanese cuisine taken by Flickr user Kei Kondo (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Overjoyed after reading the news, Japanese twitter user Komachi jokingly commented that her regular habit is now part of renowned heritage:
私、3日にいっぺんくらいは無形文化遺産作ってる！と言えるわけですね。 「和食」無形文化遺産に登録決定…ユネスコ（読売新聞） – Y!ニュース http://t.co/Fxvh0uoCNO
— komachi (@komatchr) 2013, 12月 4
That means I can say that I am cooking intangible cultural heritage [washoku] once every three days!