Yakju (Clear Rice Wine/Medicinal Wine) refers to a Korean clear rice wine made from steamed rice that has gone through several fermentation stages. Various ingredients used in traditional medicine are also added, giving this liquor its literal name of "Medicinal wine". Yak is a Korean word for "medicine".

Yakgwa refers to a Korean traditional snack which is a soft cookie made from wheat flour dough mixed with honey, rice wine, and sesame oil. The dough is flower-patterned and fried, and then marinated in honey before serving.

Yeot Gangjeong refers to one of the traditional snacks from Korea. Yeot Gngjeong is made from a mixture of Yeot (sticky rice sugar) and sesame seeds, beans, walnut, or pine nut, then cut into bite-size pieces.

Yahata-maki refers to Anago roll, a Japanese food. The fish is rolled around pieces of goboo burdock. Fresh burdock from the area of Iwashimizu Hachimangu. It is one of the specialties of Yahata town, Kyoto, thus the name Yahata maki. This kind of food preparation dates back to the area of the warring states and maybe invented by the merchant Yodoya Joan

- Yokan (Yohkan) : Yokan is a traditional Japanese sweet. It is a sweet jellied red beans paste. Yokan is often made from red beans, agar-agar and sugar and sold on block form. It is generally sliced before serving. Eaten with green tea.

Yakuzen Ryori refers to a healthy cuisine that originated in China. Fresh vegetables produced in Nara, including some that were first brought here from ancient China, are cooked with Japanese herbs and seasonings to create delicious food. Not only is it tasty, Yakuzen Ryori is also good for enhancing the immune system to keep you in good health. In Nara Prefecture, one can try both traditional as well as fusion style dishes .