Regional cuisine of Okayama region

Okayama
Hiruzen Okowa
Okayama Don dish

Hiruzen Okowa

The local dish “Hiruzen Okowa” from the Hiruzen (Hiruzen) region in the northern part of Maniwa city in Okayama prefecture is an essential dish for festivals...

Okayama
Sozuri pot
Okayama Nabe dish

Sozuri pot

The local dish “sozuri nabe,” which has been popular since ancient times in Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture, is a hot pot dish characterized by “sozuri meat...

Okayama
Kibidango
Okayama Local cuisine

Kibidango

Okayama prefecture is a peach producing area, so Okayama is famous as a place related to the Japanese folktale “Momotaro”. Kibidango became popular as an au...

Okayama
Shino udon
Okayama Soba & Udon

Shino udon

Shino udon is udon, which is said to have been eaten by Osho Yoshikan during his training at Entsuji in the latter half of the Edo period, and it is also cal...

Okayama
Okayama ramen
Okayama Ramen

Okayama ramen

Okayama ramen is a type of ramen developed mainly in Okayama city. Ramen from food stalls and barrack huts is said to have originated in the central urban a...

Okayama
Takomeshi
Okayama Don dish

Takomeshi

Okayama prefecture has one of the highest octopus catches in the whole country, and octopus grown in the sea near Shimotsui in Kurashiki City, where the tide...

Okayama
Okayama demi-katsudon
Okayama Don dish

Okayama demi-katsudon

“Okayama demi-katsudon” is an Okayama local bowl with freshly fried crispy pork cutlets topped with a hot, thick demi-glace sauce, and there are many restaur...

Okayama
Yubeshi
Okayama Local cuisine

Yubeshi

It is a mochi confectionary made using locally aromatic yuzu. “Yubeshi,” which is said to have started when the ancestors of Tennodo presented mochi confecti...

Okayama
Chiya beef
Okayama Meat dish

Chiya beef

It is a Japanese black breed that inherits the lineage of Japan's oldest vine beef (lineage beef), which is said to have originated in Niimi City, and is sai...

Okayama
Bizen curry
Okayama Local cuisine

Bizen curry

“Bizen Curry” from Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, which uses plenty of fruits, vegetables, and seafood grown locally in Bizen City, is a curry with thorough...

Okayama
Misaki tamago kake gohan
Okayama Don dish

Misaki tamago kake gohan

It is a dish that is particular about Misaki-cho, such as freshly laid eggs from Misaki-cho, which has one of the largest poultry farms in western Japan, “ri...

Okayama
Sailor's jabu-jabu
Okayama Nabe dish

Sailor's jabu-jabu

It is a menu that has its roots in the meal of a former boatman in the Ushimado district, and it is a kake rice eaten by stewing minced bone geta (flat tongu...