Regional cuisine of Yamagata region

Yamagata
Yonezawa ramen
Yamagata Ramen

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...

Yamagata
Torimotsu ramen
Yamagata Ramen

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...

Yamagata
Boiled carp
Yamagata Seafood

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...

Yamagata
Yonezawa beef
Yamagata Nabe dish

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...

Yamagata
Dondon-yaki
Yamagata Local cuisine

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 ...

Yamagata
Grilled fish of black
Yamagata Seafood

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...

Yamagata
Sakata ramen
Yamagata Ramen

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...

Yamagata
Kujiramochi
Yamagata Local cuisine

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...

Yamagata
Moso soup
Yamagata Local cuisine

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...

Yamagata
Natto soup
Yamagata Local cuisine

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...

Yamagata
Tama-konjac
Yamagata Local cuisine

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...

Yamagata
Kado grilled
Yamagata Seafood

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...