Post with "#ILoveThisRecipe"! If you post about a recipe from a title that passed the first round of the "Cooking Recipe Book Awards," you could be invited to the awards ceremony.
The "Cooking Recipe Book Awards," which have previously been won by the likes of Ryuji and Remi Hirano, are back. This year, note is collaborating with the Cooking Recipe Book Awards to host a special theme project! From Monday, July 6th to Monday, August 3rd, we are calling for recipe posts that include the hashtag "#ILoveThisRecipe".
If you have a favorite recipe among the 46 titles that passed the first round of the "Cooking Recipe Book Awards" (listed below), please introduce it.You can enter by sharing your thoughts on a recipe you actually made, or by introducing a recipe that caught your eye while reading the book (including your thoughts on the book itself is also fine).
From the submissions received, the Cooking Recipe Book Awards Executive Committee will select about 10 wonderful articles. Those selected will receive luxurious benefits, such as an invitation to the "Cooking Recipe Book Awards" ceremony on September 9th.
Please note that the hashtag "#ILoveThisRecipe" also welcomes posts about titles other than those that passed the first round. Feel free to post any recipe, whether it's one you found in a cookbook or on the web, or one you arranged yourself. (*Only articles written about titles that passed the first round are eligible for the awards ceremony invitation and prizes.)
Event Overview
■ Theme and Format
Please post your favorite recipes from cookbooks or recipes that caught your eye using the hashtag "#ILoveThisRecipe".
■ Submission Period
Monday, July 6, 2026, 11:00 AM – Monday, August 3, 2026, 11:59 PM
■ About the Benefits
The Cooking Recipe Book Awards Executive Committee will judge articles written about recipes featured in the 46 titles that passed the first round of the "Cooking Recipe Book Awards" (listed below). Those selected will receive the following benefits (approximately 10 people).
Invitation to the Cooking Recipe Book Awards ceremony (September 9, Tokyo Dome Hotel)
Gift of the winning works
Prizes from House Foods and Ajinomoto
* Winners will be notified via email (scheduled for mid-to-late August 2026).
■ How to Apply
(1) Create a note account or log in.
(2) Post an article with the hashtag "#ILoveThisRecipe".
・Please set your post to "Public" when entering.
・You can also enter by adding this project's hashtag to an article you posted in the past.
・You may submit multiple entries.
■ 46 Titles that Passed the First Round of the Cooking Recipe Book Awards
When posting about a title that passed the first round, we also recommend adding the hashtag "#(Book Title)" in addition to "#ILoveThisRecipe." By adding the book title hashtag, your article will also be posted on that hashtag page, making it easier for more people to see.
Cooking Category: 30 titles
Harapeko Grizzly "The World's Most Delicious and Healthy Lazy Meals": (#TheWorldsMostDeliciousAndHealthyLazyMeals)
Okako "Complete 4 dishes at once in 10 minutes with a frying pan! Just wrap and steam recipes": (#JustWrapAndSteamRecipes)
Hideka "Obon Meals that Make Cooking Fun": (#ObonMealsThatMakeCookingFun)
Akari Hasegawa "Akari Hasegawa's 'New' Basic Cooking": (#AkariHasegawasNewBasicCooking)
Marumi Kitchen "Make it in 10 minutes! 1% Motivation Soup: 500 satisfying side dish soups just by adding rice!": (#1PercentMotivationSoup)
Kasumi Moai "Seriously thought out by a registered dietitian! Super delicious satisfying meals for 300 yen": (#SuperDeliciousSatisfyingMealsFor300Yen)
Chie Sakashita "304 recipes for using up lots of vegetables": (#RecipesForUsingUpLotsOfVegetables)
Ryuji "Ryuji-style bento for survival": (#RyujiStyleBentoForSurvival)
Mizuki, "Mizuki's Recipe Note Vol. 2: Even More Packed! 600 Items" (#MizukiRecipeNote)
Riyoko, "I Want to Steam Everything: Steamer Recipes, Seconds Please!" (#IWantToSteamEverythingSteamerRecipesSecondsPlease)
Tsurezure Hanako, "Tsurezure Hanako's Body-Conditioning Bento" (#TsurezureHanakosBodyConditioningBento)
Utamaru Gohan, "Utamaru Gohan's Easy Weekday Parent-Child Menus" (#UtamaruGohansEasyWeekdayParentChildMenus)
Wu Wen, "9 Tips for Delicious Cooking with Minimal Ingredients" (#9TipsForDeliciousCookingWithMinimalIngredients)
Japan Egg Over Rice Research Institute, "The Complete Book of Egg Over Rice" (#TheCompleteBookOfEggOverRice)
Chiharu, ""It Can't Get Any Easier Than This" Home Cooking Recipes" (#ItCantGetAnyEasierThanThisHomeCookingRecipes)
Michiru Fushino, "I Ate With That Person, At That Time." (#IAteWithThatPersonAtThatTime)
Makiko Oda, Illustrated by Sukerakko, "12 PM Bento Laboratory" (#12PMBentoLaboratory)
Shinyusha/NHK/Akita Shoten, "NHK Drama 10 'Happiness is Waiting While Eating and Sleeping': Mugimaki-san's Daily Medicinal Cookbook" (#HappinessIsWaitingWhileEatingAndSleeping)
Opekoyan, "Daily Natto Rice 365 Days" (#DailyNattoRice365Days)
Kiyomi Mikuni, "The Chef Mikuni's Ultimate Home-Style Side Dishes" (#TheChefMikunisUltimateHomeStyleSideDishes)
Aya Fukasawa (Chef Aya), "Pie Sheets are Amazing!" (#PieSheetsAreAmazing)
Akari Hasegawa, "Simple Means No Worries! One-Pattern Menus" (#OnePatternMenus)
Akari Hasegawa, "Topped Rice and Drizzled Rice" (#ToppedRiceAndDrizzledRice)
Ramu, "Lazy Bamboo Steamer Cooking" (#LazyBambooSteamerCooking)
Hideka "One Soup Three Dishes Tray Menu" (#OneSoupThreeDishesTrayMenu)
Akari Hasegawa ""Maybe I'm a Genius!" Recipes" (#MaybeImAGeniusRecipe)
Ryuji "The Great Chicken Guy - 108 Legendary Chicken Recipes" (#TheGreatChickenGuy)
Akari Hasegawa "Daily Recipes You'll Want to Make" (#DailyRecipesYoullWantToMake)
NHK Educational "NHK Gretel's Oven: Hansel's Recipe Book" (#GretelsOven)
Atsuko Aoki "World Egg Dishes Made with Supermarket Ingredients" (#WorldEggDishesMadeWithSupermarketIngredients)
Sweets Category: 5 Titles
Rumi Kojima "If You're Going to Make It, Make It a Lifetime Delicious Sweet: Definitive Edition" (#IfYoureGoingToMakeItMakeItALifetimeDeliciousSweet)
Yoko Imai "Snacks and Sometimes Meals in a Steamer" (#SnacksAndSometimesMealsInASteamer)
Tama Nakagawa, "Steamed Bread and Snacks in a Steamer" (#SteamedBreadAndSnacksInASteamer)
Junko Fukuda, "Just Bake! Just Chill! Just Microwave! Just Snacks!" (#JustSnacks)
Kazuaki Eguchi, "Kazuaki Eguchi's Not Just Chiffon" (#KazuakiEguchisNotJustChiffon)
Children's Book Award: 5 titles
Mai no Oyatsu, "Magical Exciting Rice Balls" (#MagicalExcitingRiceBalls)
Studio Ghibli, "Children's Cooking Picture Book: Ghibli's Table - Spirited Away" (#GhiblisTable)
Yurie Shintani, "Elementary School Cooking Book" (#ElementarySchoolCookingBook)
Aya Ushioda, "I want to make it again and again! Cooking Basics for Elementary School Students" (#CookingBasicsForElementarySchoolStudents)
Text by Mami Imai, Illustrations by Yoko Kadokawa, "First Cooking: Rice" (#FirstCookingRice)
Comic Award: 6 titles
Niizaka Niiko "I Who Love the Seasons and Madame", ("#IWhoLoveTheSeasonsAndMadame")
Hasha "Sweet, Spicy, and Sour 1", ("#SweetSpicyAndSour")
Sukaracco "Soy Sauce Dispenser's Foodie Book Seconds 1", ("#SoySauceDispenserFoodieBookSeconds")
Yuka Sato "I Want to Live in the Kitchen 2", ("#IWantToLiveInTheKitchen")
Shumatsu Hokuobu chika "Tasty! Daily Feast Newsletter", ("#TastyDailyFeastNewsletter")
Sohei Inaba & Ryuji Motohashi "Soba Gal and the Old Man 1", ("#SobaGalAndTheOldMan")
Comment from the Cooking Recipe Book Awards Executive Committee
Our collaboration with note, the "#ILoveThisRecipe" project, is already in its fourth year. The Cooking Recipe Book Awards ceremony is a precious opportunity where you can eat dishes made from the recipes in the winning books and meet the winning culinary experts in person. The awards ceremony will be held on September 9th, and the venue will be the Tokyo Dome Hotel again this year. Please take a look at the books that passed the first round of the Cooking Recipe Book Awards, and if you post about them, you might be able to attend this ceremony yourself. We look forward to your entries in this posting project.
About the sponsorship of this project
"#ILoveThisRecipe" is usually held as a note theme project. During the submission period from Monday, July 6, 2026, to Monday, August 3, 2026, it will be a special project delivered under the sponsorship of the "Cooking Recipe Book Awards".
What are the Cooking Recipe Book Awards?
An award established with the goal of "providing indicators for cooking recipe books as publications, appealing to their charm, and widely spreading their value." 2026 marks its 13th year.
<Notes on Application>
■ About Submitted Works
・The copyright of submitted works belongs to the creator.
・Please ensure your post complies with copyright law. For details, please check the "Copyright Guidelines to Support Creation" page.
・Please refrain from submitting works that have won other contests held by note or other companies, or works similar to them.
・note management may remove hashtags from submitted articles that are unrelated to the contest theme.
■ About Judging and Winning Works
・We cannot respond to inquiries regarding judging criteria or the judging process.
・If a winning work or the creator themselves is found to be in violation of the Terms of Service, the award may be revoked even after the judging process.
・The announcement of winning works will be made via an email sent to the winners from the note management office (dir@note.jp) (scheduled for mid-to-late August 2026).
・In the notification email, we will ask for information such as the shipping address for the prize.
・If you do not reply within 10 days from the date the notification email is sent, or if we are unable to deliver the prize due to an unknown address or long-term absence, your right to receive the prize will be invalidated.
・Prize shipping is limited to addresses within Japan.
・Personal information will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
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