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Yamanashi
Yoshida udon

Yoshida udon

"Yoshida Udon" is a traditional dish from Fujiyoshida City in Yamanashi Prefecture, known for its incredibly firm, ch...
Ehime
Sea bream somen (taisomen)

Sea bream somen (taisomen)

“Tai somen” is a dish made by simmering a whole tail of Thailand on a platter with boiled somen, and eaten as a dippi...
Oita
Sorakitamochi

Sorakitamochi

“Sorakitamochi” is a local confectionary that has long been loved by Himeshima, a remote island floating at the weste...
Kochi
Kirazumochi

Kirazumochi

Okara, which is a byproduct of tofu making, can be eaten throughout Japan and is called “Unohana”, “Kiram”, “Karasu”,...
Miyazaki
Charcoal-grilled Miyazaki specialty · local chicken

Charcoal-grilled Miyazaki specialty · local chicken

Speaking of Miyazaki's local chicken, charcoal grilled using it in Miyazaki Jitokko is known as Miyazaki's local cuis...
Kanagawa
Enoshima bowl

Enoshima bowl

“Enoshima-don” is a local dish born in Enoshima in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and is a flavourful rice bowl ...
Oita
Jiriyaki

Jiriyaki

Oita Prefecture is known for its heavy consumption of chicken, but the flour food culture using flour is also deeply ...
Iwate
Morioka cold noodles

Morioka cold noodles

Morioka cold noodles are a cold noodle dish that originated in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, and is a local gourmet...
Wakayama
Mandarin orange mochi

Mandarin orange mochi

Wakayama Prefecture's local confectionary “mandarin orange” is a sweet that makes use of mandarin oranges, a specialt...
Ehime
Ebiten

Ebiten

From Niihama to Kawanoe from Hiuchinada, which is rich in seafood, small prawns of 2 to 5 cm long, are abundantly cau...
Hokkaido
Luibbe

Luibbe

“Ruibe” is a local dish that fish such as salmon and trout are frozen and then eaten with sashimi without thawing. It...
Nagasaki
Nagasaki Champon

Nagasaki Champon

Champon, which is said to be the origin of Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, is one of the local specialties that h...
Ishikawa
Hotaruika

Hotaruika

Toyama Prefecture is famous for its firefly squid, but in Okunoto in Ishikawa Prefecture, it is also used as a taste ...
Kyoto
Kyoto tea soba

Kyoto tea soba

Cha-soba is a kind of so-called kari-soba that is mixed into Sarashina flour, but it is also a bright green soba that...
Tokushima
Dokomawashi

Dokomawashi

“Dekomawashi” is a miso dengaku that is made by stinging local potatoes, soba dumplings, tofu, konnyaku, etc. on skew...
Tokyo
Kanto oden

Kanto oden

Oden is not a common name throughout Japan, and in the Kansai region, it is sometimes called “Kanto ni” or “Kanto coo...
Hiroshima
Hiroshima ramen

Hiroshima ramen

The soup of Hiroshima ramen is cooked in a sauce flavored with soy sauce and pork bones, chicken gala, vegetables and...
Yamagata
Boiled carp

Boiled carp

It is the representative dish of Yonezawa's carp dish. It is a local dish made with carp cut into rings and boiled in...
Akita
Agar dishes

Agar dishes

Agar culture is rooted in Akita prefecture, and when you visit, you can enjoy agar dishes everywhere. Agar is a food...
Niigata
Hegi soba

Hegi soba

Niigata Prefecture's representative local dish “hegi soba” is a traditional soba loved mainly in the Uonuma region. B...
Yamagata
Mogami River Oshin Bento

Mogami River Oshin Bento

The “Mogami River Oshin Bento,” which is offered on Mogami River Boat Ride in Yamagata Prefecture, is a special bento...
Okinawa
Tofu yō (Tang Hibiscus)

Tofu yō (Tang Hibiscus)

“Tofu yo,” a traditional delicacy from Okinawa Prefecture, is a fermented food developed using a unique manufacturing...
Aomori
Hirosaki Igamenchi

Hirosaki Igamenchi

It is a home-cooked dish in which squid legs (geso) are tapped with a kitchen knife, and seasonal vegetables are mixe...
Nagano
Togakushi soba

Togakushi soba

Togakushi soba refers to soba (soba) in Togakushi (formerly Togakushi village), Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. Alon...
Okinawa
Mee Bai

Mee Bai

Mee Bai is a word that refers to grouper fish in the Okinawan dialect. The skin on the surface is gelatinous and sof...
Ishikawa
Ebisu (berobero)

Ebisu (berobero)

Ebisu is sometimes an egg agar and is an essential food for every festival or celebration. It is said that there are...
Kagoshima
Kibinago sashimi

Kibinago sashimi

Kibinago is a small fish with a body length of around 10 cm, and is an indispensable presence on the dining table in ...
Yamagata
Natto soup

Natto soup

Natto Jiru, which is very nutritious, is a home cooking in winter that has been popular since ancient times in Yamaga...
Mie
Anori pufferfish

Anori pufferfish

“Anari pufferfish,” a high-class ingredient representing Ago-cho in Shima City, Mie Prefecture, is a specialty of nat...
Hyogo
Awaji Island Burger

Awaji Island Burger

Awajishima Burger is a title given only to burgers made in Awaji Island due to the idea of “I want you to know the fo...

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Tochigi
Awaji Island Burger

Sano ramen

The local gourmet “Sano Ramen” from Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture, is a traditional cup characterized by handmade noodles made with green b...
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Gunma
Awaji Island Burger

Himokawa udon

“Himokawa udon,” which is popular mainly in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, is a local dish known for its unique wide range of noodles. Unlik...
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Tochigi
Awaji Island Burger

Radish soba

Tochigi Prefecture's local dish “daikon soba” is a combination of shredded daikon radish and soba, and is generally filled with local wisdo...
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Kumamoto
Awaji Island Burger

Shaku tempura

“Shaku tempura,” which is popular as a summer delicacy in Kumamoto Prefecture, is a local dish using shaku (official names: sea bream, anaj...
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