There was a song called 'Sukiyaki' (or 'Ue o muite aruko') in the 60's sung by Kyu Sakamoto, a Japanese singer who died from a plane crash tragically like Sonny. The song was nothing to do with this dish but Americans named the song because it was from Japan. Sukiyaki was treated as a national dish by them.
Sukiyaki is truly a very traditional hot pot dish. It's a very popular dish for foreigners. You can see it in the video clip; there were thin sliced beef, lots of seasonal vegetable, tofu, kon-nyaku (jelly type vegetable), and more cooked in soy sauce and sugar based sauce. After they are ready, you eat them in a small ball with a raw beaten egg. That's how Japanese people eat sukiyaki in the most parts of Japan.
It's a very friendly food; you share the food cooked in one pot. It's good in summer; you eat it with cold beer. It's good in winter; you eat it with hot sake (rice wine).
By the way, this is my family. My sister is stirring the pot and my nephew is ready to eat sukiyaki. It was delicious! Gochiso-sama (Thank you for the nice meal.).
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