Regional cuisine of Yamagata region
Yonezawa ramen
Yonezawa ramen is a local ramen representative of Yonezawa in Yamagata Prefecture, and features thin, hand-kneaded curly noodles and a light soy sauce-flavor...
Torimotsu ramen
“Torimotsu Ramen” is a local ramen loved in Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture. The light soy sauce-based soup contains plenty of slowly simmered chicken offal...
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 sugar, soy sauce, and liquor. Carp boi...
Yonezawa beef
Brand beef boasting over 100 years of history Yonezawa beef, the three largest Wagyu beef in Japan, is characterized by “fine marbling” and “good fat quality...
Dondon-yaki
Dondonyaki in the inland area of Yamagata Prefecture has a common sauce taste, and its biggest feature is that it is wrapped around a piece of chopsticks to ...
Grilled fish of black
The blackfish that can often be caught on rocky areas and embankments near Kamo from Tsuruoka city Yunohama is white with a crunchy texture like a Thai famil...
Sakata ramen
Sakata ramen is a ramen that originated in the northern part of the Shonai region, mainly in Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture. It is characterized by using h...
Kujiramochi
Kujiramochi is a local confectionery that has been handed down since ancient times in Shinjo and the surrounding Mogami region. It is called whale mochi, bu...
Moso soup
“Moso soup” is a local dish using bamboo shoots of Moso bamboo shoots called Moso (Moso bamboo shoots).. The season of Moso begins in Kyushu and goes north w...
Natto soup
Natto Jiru, which is very nutritious, is a home cooking in winter that has been popular since ancient times in Yamagata Prefecture. Natto is crushed from gra...
Tama-konjac
Yamagata has long been the producing area of konjac potato, and “Tamakon” is a soul food of Yamagata prefectural people who have been nicknamed “Tamakon”. As...
Kado grilled
Kado is a herring that is eaten widely in Yamagata Prefecture. In the Tohoku region, it is said that herring for spawning was caught at the gate, so it came...