I spent my pre-adolescence in Obihiro in Hokkaido. Corn was the local crop, so I ate a lot of it back then. I still remember the sweet smell of it when my mother prepared it in summer. Rice with a little butter mixed in with the corn kernels, with a drizzle of soy sauce. A real delight. It was THE recurring hit dish in my family. It couldn't be easier: remove the leaves and strands, then cook the maize in boiling salted water. Simple but effective. All you need is fresh corn. Freezing it spoils its flavour.
Allow me to digress for a moment. When I was at high school, I lived in Hakodate, still in Hokkaido, and there was a little restaurant called "California baby" run by the Shibata brothers, which still exists. The speciality is 'Sisco rice'. The rice is steamed with a mix of chopped vegetables. It is then pan-fried with butter, topped with grilled sausage and tomato sauce with minced beef before being served. It's high in calories, but frighteningly effective. A far from refined dish, but at the time, it was everything I loved.